Tag Archives: Home

Add Bluetooth to a Cheap Electronic Lock

Posted on by

[James] works from home. His office is filled with objects that can be described with adjectives such as, “expensive,” and, “breakable.” His home, however, is filled with professional object-breakers known as children. To keep these two worlds from colliding, he installed a keypad lock on his office door. The potential side-effect of accidentally training his children to be master safe-crackers aside, the system seems to work so far.

However, being a hacker, the tedium of entering a passcode soon grew too heavy for him. Refusing to be a techno-peasant, he set out to improve his lock. The first step was …read more

Continue reading Add Bluetooth to a Cheap Electronic Lock→

How Breach Readiness Is Enhanced by Threat Intelligence

Posted on by

Breach readiness is essential to limiting the impact of data breaches, regardless of industry or company size. Recent RSA research determined the current state of breach readiness and response at large organizations. The four critical areas considered in the survey were threat intelligence, content intelligence, analytic intelligence, and incident response. Organizations Are Moving Toward Proactive…

The post How Breach Readiness Is Enhanced by Threat Intelligence appeared first on Speaking of Security – The RSA Blog and Podcast.

Continue reading How Breach Readiness Is Enhanced by Threat Intelligence→

Continuous Monitoring: Not Quite Constant, But a Bit Automated

Posted on by

Visibility is a key security element in every network environment. Without it, IT teams would be flying blind, only able to react as their vulnerabilities are exploited. Fortunately, monitoring solutions give organizations the ability to remain proactive in their security efforts. Through a combination of constant, automated, and continuous monitoring, they can maintain an ever-watchful…

The post Continuous Monitoring: Not Quite Constant, But a Bit Automated appeared first on Speaking of Security – The RSA Blog and Podcast.

Continue reading Continuous Monitoring: Not Quite Constant, But a Bit Automated→

Ransomware Rules for Payment: Do Extortionists Have the Advantage?

Posted on by

When an entire health system fell prey to cybercriminals and medical records were locked up by a ransomware attack in early February, there seemed no choice but to pay the sum demanded in order to avoid the impact on patient care: $17,000 in 40 Bitcoin.   And in that single moment, one hospital became the obligatory…

The post Ransomware Rules for Payment: Do Extortionists Have the Advantage? appeared first on Speaking of Security – The RSA Blog and Podcast.

Continue reading Ransomware Rules for Payment: Do Extortionists Have the Advantage?→