Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 16, 2022

In a previous blog post, I discussed how The White House Executive Order issued on May 12, 2021 laid out new, rigorous government cyber security standards for federal agencies. Protect – Encrypt data at rest and in-flight without costly performance impact. Government. MFA and Encryption.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

To realize, zero trust’s full potential, The Federal Government must bear the full scope of its authority and resources to ensure the protection and security of our national and economic assets. The Proper Authentication of Digital Assets. That’s why authorization is a critical aspect of zero-trust architecture.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

Sample access restriction from SolarWinds’ access rights management dashboard Encrypt Data This practice entails using data encryption tools to keep sensitive data confidential and safe from illegal access or exploitation, even if the device is lost or stolen. No user data was lost.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The Evolving Cybersecurity Threats to Critical National Infrastructure andrew.gertz@t… Mon, 10/23/2023 - 14:07 Cyberattacks on critical vital infrastructure can have disastrous results, forcing governments and regulatory bodies to pay close attention to intensifying the efforts to safeguard these industries. And only a mere 2.6%

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2023

These safeguards, when combined with adherence to security best practices and standards, establish a strong security architecture for public cloud environments. Data Encryption Public cloud providers implement strong encryption mechanisms to protect data at rest, and users should enable encryption for data in transit as well.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 9, 2022

government is recommending to ensure the operations of Critical National Infrastructure are not affected by ransomware attacks. Governments step up to protect all businesses. Government Towards a Zero Trust Architecture dictate U.S. Use multi-factor authentication for everyone (employees, vendors, etc.)

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 16, 2022

The emergence of ransomware groups targeting critical infrastructure such as healthcare facilities and energy organizations, as well as the rising trend of large-scale data breaches, is putting governments' capacity to defend citizens' lives, property, and well-being in jeopardy. Advance Trust with Awareness and Culture.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Network security architecture is a strategy that provides formal processes to design robust and secure networks. This article explores network security architecture components, goals, best practices, frameworks, implementation, and benefits as well as where you can learn more about network security architecture.

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SC Magazine

MAY 12, 2021

The executive order operates within the federal government and uses some of its buying power to influence broader private sector practices. Regarding the government, it encourages federal systems to invest in secure cloud services, detection and zero-trust architecture, and mandates multifactor authentication, logging, and encryption.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 18, 2021

“Phishing is responsible for the vast majority of breaches in this pattern, with cloud-based email servers being a target of choice." — 2021 Verizon DBIR The federal government had a tough year when it came to data breaches and ransomware attacks.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

A key principle of a Zero Trust architecture, as defined in NIST SP 800-207 , is that no network is implicitly trusted. Hence, all network traffic “must be encrypted and authenticated as soon as practicable.” Ensure ownership and governance. Protect associated cryptographic keys.

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Cisco Security

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Endpoint detection and response (EDR), multi-factor authentication (MFA), and the need for increased encryption, while implementing a zero-trust approach, were all called out as requirements within the order. Building and maintaining trust beyond the initial authentication is critical in a zero-trust framework.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption uses mathematical algorithms to transform and encode data so that only authorized parties can access it. What Encryption Is and How It Relates to Cryptology The science of cryptography studies codes, how to create them, and how to solve them. How Does Encryption Process Data? How Does Encryption Process Data?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 21, 2023

Explore topics such as authentication protocols, encryption mechanisms, and anomaly detection techniques to enhance the security and privacy of IoT ecosystems. Cybersecurity Governance and Risk Management: Analyze frameworks and methodologies for effective governance and risk management in cybersecurity.

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Veracode Security

APRIL 7, 2021

The first few entries talked about architectural details , Cryptographically Secure Random Number Generators , encryption/decryption , and message digests. We started by looking at the symmetric cryptography-based application with Message Authentication Code. Later we looked at What???s s New in the latest Java version.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2021

President Joe Biden signed an ambitious executive order to dramatically improve the security of the US government networks. The Federal Government must improve its efforts to identify, deter, protect against, detect, and respond to these actions and actors.” ” reads the 34-page document. ” states the order.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 15, 2022

The directive’s third section, entitled “Modernizing Federal Government Cybersecurity,” requires Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to begin moving to a zero trust architecture (ZTA). For instance, it commands each agency head to “develop a plan to implement Zero Trust Architecture” with 60 days of the Order’s release.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 27, 2021

First, it leverages a solution called Dynamic Data Defense Engine to build in zero trust access policies at the individual file level, encrypting each one and building in a number of ways that employees can authenticate their device or identity before accessing. That company was Cigent.

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SecureList

MARCH 21, 2023

In October 2022, we identified an active infection of government, agriculture and transportation organizations located in the Donetsk, Lugansk, and Crimea regions. Files contained in attachment.msi The encrypted payload and the decoy document are written to the folder named %APPDATA%WinEventCom.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 2, 2022

Double-extortion attacks, which include data exfiltration in addition to encryption, are rising even faster at 117% year-over-year. However, government agencies have warned organizations to be prepared for more widespread attacks as the conflict persists. Implement a zero trust network access (ZTNA) architecture.

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Veracode Security

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

We started off by looking at the basics of Java Cryptography Architecture, assembling one crypto primitive after other in posts on Cryptographically Secure Random Number Generator, symmetric & asymmetric encryption/decryption & hashes. Message Authentication Code as well as Digital Signatures both are used for signing messages.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The government agencies have observed an increase in ransomware attacks occurring on holidays and weekends, the choice of these period is motivated by the lower level of defense due to the reduced presence of the personnel. Using multi-factor authentication. ” reads the advisory published by CISA. ” reads the joint alert.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The group is very sophisticated and used zero-day exploits and complex malware to conduct targeted attacks against governments and organizations in almost every industry, including financial, energy, telecommunications, and education, aerospace. The second stage installs itself and loads the third stage using an encrypted, hardcoded path.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

We started off by looking at the basics of Java Cryptography Architecture, assembling one crypto primitive after other in posts on Cryptographically Secure Random Number Generator, symmetric & asymmetric encryption/decryption & hashes. Message Authentication Code as well as Digital Signatures both are used for signing messages.

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Google Security

MAY 23, 2023

Chrome Root Program: TL;DR Chrome uses digital certificates (often referred to as “certificates,” “HTTPS certificates,” or “server authentication certificates”) to ensure the connections it makes for its users are secure and private. Encrypted connections prevent attackers from being able to intercept (i.e.,

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 9, 2023

The MOVEit encrypts files and uses secure File Transfer Protocols to transfer data with automation, analytics and failover options. The software has been heavily used in the healthcare industry as well as thousands of IT departments in financial services and government sectors. aspx or _human2.aspx

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 7, 2021

The first few entries talked about architectural details , Cryptographically Secure Random Number Generators , encryption/decryption , and message digests. We started by looking at the symmetric cryptography-based application with Message Authentication Code. Later we looked at What???s s New in the latest Java version.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The ASVS lists 14 controls: Architecture, design, and threat modeling. Authentication. Additionally, the ASVS notes it can be applied to the following use cases: Security architecture guide. NIST is the US federal agency tasked with setting out best practices governing the public sector. Session management. Communication.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 5, 2021

Two of the largest government security agencies are laying out the key cyberthreats to Kubernetes, the popular platform for orchestrating and managing containers, and ways to harden the open-source tool against attacks. ” Containers, Kubernetes Take Over. . Insider threats can be administrators, users, or cloud service providers.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 15, 2021

Digital identification would fulfill a critical element of attaining a zero trust architecture, especially important for industrial technology edge devices. The rise of IoT has not gone unnoticed in government circles. Encryption Key Management. Remote work has extended corporate networks, creating more access points.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption scrambles data to make it unreadable to those without decryption keys. Proper use of encryption preserves secrecy and radically lowers the potential damage of a successful cybersecurity attack. Encryption algorithm types will provide an overview of the mathematical algorithms used to encrypt data (AES, RSA, etc.),

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 24, 2023

Zero trust networking architecture (ZTNA) is a way of solving security challenges in a cloud-first world. federal government or not. The 4th Annual Multi-Cloud Conference and Workshop on ZTNA is an upcoming event for anyone interested in how the federal government is advancing standards in ZTNA. Let’s look at each of those five.

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Centraleyes

JANUARY 21, 2024

From secure reference architecture implementation to supporting organizational changes, execute fix-it programs efficiently. Own Your Risks: Ensure Ownership and Foster Responsibility Ensure clear governance and accountability over risk ownership. Action Steps: Implement key initiatives identified in the strategic plan.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

While it is not unusual for government agencies to use outdated systems due to budgetary constraints, using a 20-year-old legacy system like the one that was breached is inexcusable,” said Chris Hauk, consumer privacy champion at Pixel Privacy. . The card companies encrypt it and don’t transmit or share the information,” he continued.

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Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

On the heels of President Biden’s Executive Order on Cybersecurity (EO 14028) , the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has released a memorandum addressing the heads of executive departments and agencies that “sets forth a Federal zero trust architecture (ZTA) strategy.” Devices – Are the devices authenticated and managed?

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Encryption and the development of cryptography have been a cornerstone of IT security for decades and remain critical for data protection against evolving threats. While cryptology is thousands of years old, modern cryptography took off in the 1970s with the help of the Diffie-Hellman-Merkle and RSA encryption algorithms.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 21, 2017

There is simply far more data to lose today, and thanks to data breach notification laws and good netizens, we now know about the household names that lose control of our personal information and government secrets. On both occasions Uber left its encryption keys on GitHub, which in part led to the breach.

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