Does this sound familiar? My company does what it can with security and is compliant, we have no breaches so far. The problem is that the security team knows we can get breached, in fact we likely already have. But fortunately nothing has been overtly accomplished (as far as we can tell) by the … Read more
If set up correctly your Firewall logs will tell you what is most important about your network, your employees, any trojans or viruses that are running in your network, etc. How do we do that in a way that can effectively make a safer network? SANS.org has a great pdf document that discusses this topic … Read more
14 years ago was a bad day in US history: And it was unfortunately not predicted by anyone, there was no formula to look at and say yes we knew that was going to happen. So remember just when you think you know your life is in a certain shape and format. It … Read more
I want to highlight 2 current articles: http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/pawn-storm-serves-malware-via-fake/ and http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2015/07/new-research-comparing-how-security.html It is best to use good passwords, 2factor authentication, and patch your systems The first article points to how a fake website was set up and delivers a zero-day java exploit attack onto unsuspecting users as they come in the website, and you … Read more
The Oracle CSO (Chief “Security” Officer) statements show a misunderstanding of IT security principles. IT-Security BlogNotions post is appropriate: That is why I came up with “Don’t Expose My Code Bro” I am afraid that a lot of Executives do not understand security principles within the IT industry. Let me help you understand a bit … Read more