All it takes is one patch is missed, One computer not taken care of. Computers must be patched so that Zero-day exploits have minimal affects. We discussed this on July 20th http://oversitesentry.com/why-security-news-scrutinized-to-nth-degree/ Let’s review: After a vulnerability is introduced, an exploit hits the “wild” and then the clock starts ticking, the attackers(criminal hackers) and defenders(software … Read more
I am always working on trying to explain how better security can save your company from headaches and certain disaster in the future. While also figuring out why people are just not paying attention to security in general. And as they say a picture says a thousand words. So lets discuss my little pie … Read more
#10 You can take the nerd out of the cyber war room, but you can’t remove the computers. Actually I found it at http://archives.thedailydose.com/2011/the-daily-dose-Sunday,_2011-05-29,_07:44.html Also a good Abbott and Costello Cyber routine: http://jokes.cc.com/funny-technology/y5spt3/abbott—costello-s-cyber-routine This is a good “Cyber Joke” movie: “The Interview” It is pretty funny – to think that somebody hacked Sony due to … Read more
My own criteria list, although using ideas from a 2012 discussion of NGFW InformationWeek-NetworkComputing: #1 Profitability and longevity. You don’t want to buy a firewall and then have the company have financial problems even 5 years down the road. (so startups need not apply – sorry) #2 Speed throughput – we have to be capable … Read more
“Detection is a Flawed” Strategy by Simon Crosby at Dark Reading: http://www.darkreading.com/endpoint/times-running-out-for-the-$76-billion-detection-industry/a/d-id/1321381 Simon goes over the problems we have had including the Target failure, where the malware was detected but not acted upon (2014). So the Firewall Industry does sell a difficult job – they do know that breaches occur, there will be breaches. (image … Read more
