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As a cybersecurity professional, how numb have you become to vendors who try to scare you with frightening statistics in an effort to sell you a new product? It is understandable that a vendor has to present as much information in a limited amount of a… Continue reading Fighting Cybercrime: We Are Stronger Together than We Are Individually
It may be possible to democratize security by making it more accessible to average companies through community resources. We have an idea or two, but we would appreciate your thoughts. At the 2019 RSA security conference, Matt Chiodi, Chief Security Of… Continue reading Open Invitation to Help Develop Infosec Community Resources
Companies are moving to incorporate the cloud into their computing infrastructure at a phenomenal rate. This is, without question, a very positive move. It permits companies to scale processing resources up and down in response to changing demands, giv… Continue reading Mitigating Risks in Cloud Migration
In October 2018, FICO (a consumer credit scoring specialist) began scoring the cybersecurity of companies based upon a scan of internet facing vulnerabilities. FICO grades companies using the same scoring that is familiar with consumer credit. These me… Continue reading Cybersecurity Hygiene: Not a Dirty Little Secret for Long
In May 2017, the Equifax data breach compromised critical credit and identity data for 56 percent of American adults, 15 million UK citizens and 20,000 Canadians. The Ponemon Institute estimates that the total cost to Equifax could approach $600M in di… Continue reading Regulatory Fines, Prison Time Render “Check Box” Security Indefensible
Maybe you have nightmares about accidentally posting AWS console credentials on Github. Some CISOs undoubtedly have dreams where they must explain to the board that the company has just set the record for the world’s largest data breach. As a dev… Continue reading What Keeps You Up At Night?
If you operate an industrial network, you know that it is important to recognize operational errors and malicious changes as fast as possible to prevent unsafe and costly conditions from emerging. But achieving this goal requires you to be able to inge… Continue reading Tripwire Visibility for ICS: Getting From Data Mountains to Event Nuggets
Eight companies including Tripwire have been selected by the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) to collaborate on the Energy Sector Asset Management Project. The NCCoE is a part of the National Institute of Standards and Technolo… Continue reading Tripwire & NCCoE Collaborate on the Energy Sector Asset Management Project
What does the chairman of MIT’s board of trustees and a Supreme Court judge for New York State have in common with the Weintraubs of Lebanon, Oregon? They were all victims of real-estate spoofing scams, a form of cyber-security fraud that has gro… Continue reading Beware: Real Estate Scams are Growing