Don’t Trust And Verify

I know the gipper had the famous saying: But that is only for the soviet union arms control in the 1980’s. In the 1990’s and early 2000’s we have the following: “Trust but verify” and always back up your work. But I think it is not enough in the 2010’s specifically March 10th, 2016. Now … Read more

A Single Link Can Destroy Your Data

If you click on the wrong link  this is what can happen: But besides losing all your data if you have other peoples information on your computers now that data can be stolen and deleted or unable to be retrieved if it is encrypted. Ransomware is a scourge that is difficult to fix, if not … Read more

What To Look For In Logs: Hackers Being Successful

Today there was an interesting VISA BlackPOS informational webinar today. What I got out of it is some more information to make sure and keep in mind these items when looking for Indicators of Compromise(IOC). VISA¹ has a great program to help small businesses protect themselves against cyber attacks There were a lot of good … Read more

If Offense Has Advantage We Must Analyze Logs Better

If  the theory says that Offense will always find a way into your environment (somehow) with  a mistake or just better attacks then we must get better at developing Logs and react to attacks as fast as we can. This interesting and well thought out guide from Crest-approved.org¹ discusses what should be done in the … Read more

How Do You Improve Cybersecurity? Will Not Be Easy!

As we get ready for 2016 From the www.timessquarenyc.org/events/new-years-eve/sponsor-new-years-eve  website (with additional Text “2016”).  It will look similar to the image above – maybe a different font for the numbers. So before the new year is tomorrow and it is too late to make plans… How should one improve the cybersecurity situation at your company? Of … Read more