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Most database breaches are blamed on insiders such as employees who are either malicious or whose security has been compromised. In fact, most of these breaches are actually caused by poor security configuration and privilege abuse. Every new database … Continue reading Seven Must-Dos to Secure MySQL 8.0
As we open 2019, we are expecting the issue of least privilege cybersecurity to become a priority for companies across the spectrum. One of the big reasons, of course, is that 80 percent of breaches today involve the compromise of IT and business user … Continue reading How to kick start your least privilege strategy as we begin 2019
Our IoT device runs only our application and the device users can not launch additional apps. The IoT device users and IoT device admins both run under normal (non-admin) accounts with identical privileges.
Device admin use… Continue reading IoT Device user needs to perform task requiring Windows admin privilege
Gone are the days when a security team could select a new tool, turn it on, and expect everyone in the organization to adjust. When security hinders the business, the business fights back. Users now have numerous ways they can work around security tool… Continue reading Top 10 Keys to Successful Least Privilege Adoption Via Application Control
Because it will save you time and money. Your end user’s computers are increasingly exploited as an attack vector used to attain accounts with local administrator rights on Windows or root access on Mac OS. Th… Continue reading Why is least privilege the place to start for endpoint security?
Captain Picard (from Star Trek: The Next Generation) has been known to produce some pretty memorable quotes. One such quote comes from an episode where the Federation is fighting the Borg, with Captain Picard saying (in reference to where they m… Continue reading Permissions, Accounts or Logons. Where do you draw the line in Least Privilege?
Learn how an attacker can move laterally across a network to get access to a domain controller.
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In this talk on privilege separation, Theo de Raadt explains that OpenBSD’s ntpd has a master process which calls settimeofday(), a DNS process responsible for querying DNS servers, and an NTP protocol process which is respon… Continue reading How does separating concerns into separate processes (without enforcement) help security?
In this talk on privilege separation, Theo de Raadt explains that OpenBSD’s ntpd has a master process which calls settimeofday(), a DNS process responsible for querying DNS servers, and an NTP protocol process which is respon… Continue reading How does separating concerns into separate processes (without enforcement) help security?