We Can Learn From Industrial Firewall Architecture
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…
Test Your Firewall With 3 Free Scans
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…
Manual vs. Automated Scan Tests
What does it mean to say check my firewall with an automated pentest scan? That means to test the firewall using various programs to review the vulnerabilities using an application…
Is Your “Cloud” Safe From Cross-Tenant Side-Channel Attacks?
The X-force Blog has a good post about Platform as a Service (PaaS) cloud (#28 in Security analyzed page) http://securityintelligence.com/platform-as-a-service-paas-cloud-side-channel-attacks-part-ii/#.VZq8NflglmM The Platform as a Service is a certain kind of…
IT Security is a Mindset
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…