Think about the process of buying a new home. There are certain criteria you look for such as the number of bedrooms, lot size, school district and the ever important – location. The latter is, after all, the golden rule in real estate. So imagine you find a home that met all of your criteria … Read more
Many enterprises wisely consider regular security vulnerability scans on information processing systems to be a vital component of their security programs. They allow the administrator to locate security weaknesses, assist in asset management and, most importantly, comply with regulatory compliance. In a traditional environment, the process is not difficult to carry out, but with the … Read more
Nearly everyone has an RF signature, and it is becoming as common as your fingerprint. This signature is the culmination of device and device usage such as: Your cell phone’s frequency Names of the networks you connect to with yourdevices Bluetooth devices and the connections to andfrom them Your device or devices (e.g., laptop, phone, … Read more
For most of us, cybersecurity means network and data protection. We think of intrusion detection, firewalls, secure network design, secure and trained workforce, social engineering, and other security activities. Essentially, we view cybersecurity as the tools and activities that keep our networks and the data that they handle secured. But what if one of the … Read more
Continuously updating, learning and optimizing in an ever-changing “threatscape” As most information security professionals are aware, breaches go from initial point of entry to data extraction in a matter of hours or seconds, yet their detection, analysis, and remediation is usually measured in weeks. New techniques and approaches are needed to shrink this time difference. There … Read more
We all are well aware that cyber attacks continue to increase in complexity, frequency and severity. These malicious cyber activities continue to grow at an unprecedented rate, severely threatening the nation’s public and private information infrastructure, as well as our very essence – our identities, our data, our personal conversations, our finances, and all aspects … Read more
Question: Can infrastructure play a positive role in your Cybersecurity program? Most often we think of infrastructure in a negative way, something we have to protect. It is the mess that we have to attempt to control through policy, procedures, technology and training. It takes a lot of different systems, network and data security components … Read more
With the increase of organizations establishing wireless networks, including wireless guest networks, as well as creating Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) environments, organizations have increased their susceptibility to newer types of threats. Organizations are struggling to balance convenience with security and too often, convenience is being implemented proactively while security is being implemented reactively. When … Read more
A few years ago the majority of our work focused on pen tests, security assessments and compliance audits. Most of our clients didn’t have giant networks but they were still of a respectable size, most between two and ten thousand network nodes. At the time, few if any of these businesses were using any method … Read more
Imagine a large bank. It has large corporate offices in several major cities in the United States and over 1000 branch offices across the country. It even has international branches. All of these different locations mean the bank functions on a large-scale, distributed infrastructure. Being a bank, like government institutions, they are subject to varying … Read more
