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In early July, NIST released draft versions of two new publications: NIST SP 800-171 Revision 2: Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Systems and Organizations NIST SP 800-171B: Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in … Continue reading Overview of NIST 800-171b: 33 Enhanced Security Requirements to Help Protect DoD Contractors
This article will give you insights into the common PayPal hoaxes circulating these days. Additionally, you will learn how to keep your payment experience safe when using the popular service in question. The undeliverable shipment stratagem Crooks may … Continue reading Top PayPal Scams and Protection Tips
What if your job was to break things repeatedly in order to make them work better? Sounds like the dream of every curious six-year old, but it’s actually an emerging software engineering trend based in the transition from devops to devsecops. It&… Continue reading Embrace the Chaos: An Emerging Trend in Software Engineering?
Cloud computing has transformed the IT industry, as services can now be deployed in a fraction of the time that it used to take. Scalable computing solutions have spawned large cloud computing companies such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud a… Continue reading Forensics in the Cloud: What You Need to Know
Gone are the days when being a CISO (or even just ‘the security guy’) was about actual information security or IT security. Even the term IT security is outdated now, as it emphasizes a one-dimensional view of what security is really about…. Continue reading Being a CISO Isn’t Just About Information Security – It’s About Building a Stronger Business Strategy
Every business leader understands that, when it comes to cybersecurity, the stakes are extraordinarily high. CEOs tend to take notice when they read headlines about yet another big-name company being victimized by a massive data breach or about industr… Continue reading CEO Cyber Quiz: What’s Your IT Security IQ?
The recent Tripwire blog ‘7 Habits of highly effective Vulnerability Management’ by Tim Erlin was a great read with some sage advice on the always relevant security topic of VM. I noticed, however, that although the seven points themselves … Continue reading Living the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity breaches and regulatory compliance are this year’s themes. Marriott was sued and fined $124 million for their data breach back in 2014, according to The Wall Street Journal. Capital One leaked 100 million credit applications includi… Continue reading Staving Off the Monetary Consequences of a Data Breach
When malware sneaks inside your network, it needs to communicate back to the internet whether to exfiltrate sensitive datasets it found, accept commands of its evil masters or even simply let them know it has successfully infiltrated your infrastructur… Continue reading Simple Security Configuration Can Help Your Sensitive Data From Being Stolen
As someone who has worked for their entire career in the Managed Network Services space, if I had to pick out, over the past five years, two of the most impactful shifts in managing technology, it would be a shift from traditional, in-house servers to … Continue reading Moving to the Cloud and How You Shift Your Security Management Strategy