ITSecurity Training

https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/sites/default/files/ICSJWG-Archive/F2012/D1_PM2_Tr1_Ginter_wf-13-ways-icsjwg-2012-d2.pdf Andrew Ginter  has an interesting presentation (Director of Industrial Security – Waterfall security Solutions) Notice how in an ICS (Industrial control System)  environment there are firewalls seperating different networks from the plant floor (the device floor has PLC’s) But let me dispel some notions here, an ICS environment includes this Picture from threatpost.com  which looks … Read more

There are ways for you to check your own firewall/router that you connect to: This is a free service that does a quick basic scan https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 here is my firewall being queried:     here is also a great site which allows you to see what your own website or DNS is giving out to … Read more

Here is a picture of a lock, since everyone has one (the above is a picture of a hotel lock).  We don’t buy a house with a Door that has no lock.   The lock cost is not high compared to the other items in the house, including land, wood structure, electric lines, and more. … Read more

We know a firewall protects the network   By using Port or protocol filter lists (also known as Access Control Lists) a firewall does protect the network in a minimal manner. But doing IP header  filtering is not enough today when there are so many attackers and they can change the port or IP addresses. … Read more

A nice article at Network World about how Milwaukee Tool used the “Cloud” to remake a significant part of the company (product development collaboration). (I like that picture) So we know the Cloud can help with multi-nation or multi-state collaboration efforts. The cloud can help with Application Development (not just tool product development) as well, … Read more