BH Consulting

JUNE 2, 2022

Our highly skilled team help clients understand risks, identify vulnerabilities and deliver critical cybersecurity and data protection solutions to their organisations. M365/Azure/AWS/Backups/Networks etc.). A strong familiarity with web application security vulnerabilities and controls. A passion for cybersecurity.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 10, 2023

The consistent implementation of firewall best practices establish a strong defense against cyber attacks to secure sensitive data, protect the integrity and continuity of business activities, and ensure network security measures function optimally. Why It Matters By restricting access, this strategy mitigates potential damage.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Google’s cloud security is well regarded (and the company has shared some documentation of its security architecture and practices too). Venables spent much of his presentation discussing the many ways Google Cloud reduces concentration risk (see slide below). Backup Is Hard. Really Hard.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

In this article we will learn how to address and effectively respond to major enterprise cybersecurity threats and provide tips to mitigate IT security risk. Today, c yber security incidents lead to significant damage, alarming organizations of all types and sizes in different geographic locations.

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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. Effective implementation improves data throughput, system reliability, and overall security for any organization.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2023

The Clop gang’s exploitation of the MOVEit vulnerability has become a critical issue, causing concerns among several organizations about their own security procedures as well as their vulnerability to similar cyber assaults. Backup and Restoration: Keep offline backups of data and execute backup and restore on a regular basis.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 30, 2024

Take note of your security requirements, physical environment, and component interoperability. Finally, deploy the firewall and perform regular monitoring and maintenance to provide an ideal security posture and effective network protection. Physically install the firewall and ensure appropriate connections.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 23, 2023

This step-by-step guide to the patch management process can help you stay ahead of vulnerabilities and reduce cyber risk. Organizations may successfully monitor and mitigate vulnerabilities by completing a thorough evaluation, lowering the risk of possible security breaches and ensuring a safe IT environment.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Major cloud service providers have generally had good security , so cloud users can be pretty confident in the security of their data and applications if they get their part right. Firewalls and Network Security Firewalls serve as a barrier between cloud resources and external networks in a public cloud environment.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 6, 2021

But, the issues around cybersecurity are here to stay, and the gas pedal must not be eased – especially with the increased risks associated with continued remote working. If anything, security should be more reinforced now than ever before to ensure all aspects of a business are secure. But this isn’t the case.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 23, 2023

The #StopRansomware guide is set up as a one-stop resource to help organizations reduce the risk of ransomware incidents through best practices to detect, prevent, respond, and recover from them, including step-by-step approaches to address potential attacks. Create offsite, offline backups. Use automation to detect common issues (e.g.,

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

With vulnerabilities rooted in unsuspecting users, the task of preventing these attacks means both staff training and a robust email and network security system that includes a strong backup program so you have a recent copy of your data that you can roll back to. Offline Backups. Screenshot example. Description.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 12, 2023

This vulnerability management policy defines the requirements for the [eSecurity Planet] IT and security teams to protect company resources from unacceptable risk from unknown and known vulnerabilities. Broader is always better to control risks, but can be more costly.] Vulnerability Management Policy & Procedure A.

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Centraleyes

JANUARY 3, 2024

To enhance Europe’s resilience against existing and emerging cyber threats, the NIS2 Directive introduces new requirements and obligations for organizations in four key areas: risk management, corporate accountability, reporting obligations, and business continuity. Initiate these steps promptly to mitigate the risk of delays.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Effective patch management mitigates risk by eliminating domain-specific activities and applying standard processes across all enterprise systems,” said Gartner analyst Terrence Cosgrove. Risk Assessment: Include a risk assessment for your own organization that isolates the key systems and applications to patch first.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 23, 2019

In short, here is this approach: Data security Device security Network security Application security Email security Access security End-user behavior security Let’s look at these more closely and also mention some software you can use to shore up your defense.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Cloud providers continue to enable more stringent default security for their tools and may also offer tools to support a customer’s security obligations. However, ultimately the customer will hold the full risk and responsibility for proper implementation of their security obligations. Data backup.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The best defense and the best option for recovery will always be the availability of sufficient, isolated data backups and a practiced restoration process. However, even with the best planning, organizations can find a few users, machines, or systems that were overlooked or whose backup may be corrupted or encrypted.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 26, 2022

According to Titaniam, more than 75% of organizations surveyed had all three significant categories of ransomware protection: 78% had data security and safety measures. 73% had backup and recovery systems. Also read: Best Backup Solutions for Ransomware Protection. 75% had prevention and detection.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Infrastructure as a service security is a concept that assures the safety of organizations’ data, applications, and networks in the cloud. Understanding the risks, advantages, and best practices connected with IaaS security is becoming increasingly important as enterprises shift their infrastructure to the cloud.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 11, 2021

Deleting backups. Many ransomware threats delete the backups residing on a system that they intend to encrypt. Figure 7-REvil/Sodinokibi deleting a shadow copy used in backups and restoration. The command that REvil/Sodinokibi uses to delete backups also includes a secondary command that disables access to recovery tools.

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Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Google Password Manager On Android, the Google Password Manager provides backup and syncs passkeys. Passkey private keys are transferred across cloud providers through end-to-end encryption between secure enclaves. Recovery Password managers often sync to the cloud, but this comes with a risk.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 11, 2021

Along with keeping your data secure, you will also want to keep all-important personal and client data stored on a dependable backup server. If you have a backup, you can recover the data without playing into the hacker’s game.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 18, 2022

When malware first breaches a network, it doesn’t make its presence known right away. Instead, it gathers information about the network and attempts to infect key specific locations — current malware can even target backup data to hamper recovery after the attack. The issue likely comes down to awareness.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2023

Regular monitoring makes sure that any security advisories, bug fixes, or patches are quickly recognized and deployed. Prioritize patches Assess the risk and impact of applying patches to ensure security and system stability. Patch deployment priorities are determined by assessing possible risks and effects of each patch.

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Spinone

JULY 29, 2020

Some of the typical responsibilities and tasks include: Configuring technical security controls Conducting an app risk assessment Whitelisting/blacklisting apps Performing penetration testing For app security engineers, it’s vital to control SaaS apps and the risks related to them.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

And a key part of building out any cybersecurity policy for your local government is to develop an organizational understanding of risk to systems, people, data, and so on. University partners : Partnering with universities can help local governments get access to talent, technological insights, even real-time network security monitoring.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 14, 2022

There are some high-risk CVEs that are years old and still unpatched in some enterprises. A recent discovery is that they sometimes miss storage and backup systems. Continuity Software has tried to fill that gap with storage- and backup-specific scanning to catch the items missed by PMaaS and vulnerability scanners.

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Webroot

APRIL 13, 2021

Whether it’s shame at not doing more to prevent it, the risk of additional bad publicity from discussing it or some other reason, companies tend to be tight-lipped about these types of breaches. As a security company, it won’t be surprising that we recommend things like endpoint and network security.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Unpatched resources expose users, data, and other company resources to unacceptable risk. While this is risky, some organizations tacitly accept these risks for simplicity or because of resource constraints (budget, IT staff, time, etc.). This section references Risk Assessments and a Risk Register. The CVSS version 3.0

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

New cybersecurity buzzwords are always in abundance at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, and the concepts that took center stage this week, like cybersecurity mesh and decentralized identity, seem well suited for new threats that have exploded onto the scene in the last year. Where Security Buyers Are At.

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Spinone

JULY 15, 2020

Good measures to protect your corporate data are: Establish and follow data security policies (for example, a password policy) Be able to detect and stop a cyberattack or data breach Monitor SaaS apps you use. To meet the availability criteria, you’ll need to maintain your systems so users are able to log in and use your service.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) published an updated advisory to advise those who pay ransom to unknown threat actors who have stolen or locked up their data about potential sanctions risks to the crime victim associated with making and facilitating ransomware payments. The new advisory supersedes.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 15, 2021

Looking back, Sensenich identified some key policy and incident response gaps that likely exposed the district to unnecessary risk. Under its new and improved set-up, Rockingham employs a primary backup server that backs itself up in network storage boxes at multiple offsite locations. “It

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Categorize and summarize key findings: Including criticality, vulnerability, system, and other important findings will help clients address issues by the level of risk they pose. The pentest writer must outline the key findings and high-level recommendations based on urgency and risk in a clear manner.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 13, 2022

To help you improve your organizational communications security, consider the following tips: Implement network security controls. Network security should be managed and controlled to protect your organization from threats that may originate externally or internally. Protect publicly available information.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 19, 2023

across all network devices to streamline audits and reporting Integrates via RESTful API with security information and event management (SIEM) solutions Customizable risk policy based on the mode of access (wired, VPN), location, requested network device, etc.

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