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Vulnerability Management Policy Template

eSecurity Planet

Testing must be performed to verify that resources have been installed, configured, integrated, and secured without error or gap in security. Active Vulnerability Detection Vulnerability scans and penetration testing will be performed [quarterly] and after significant changes to resources to test for unknown vulnerabilities.

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Common IT Security Roles and Responsibilities Explained

Spinone

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. Risky and insecure apps should be blacklisted.

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ThreatWise TV: Exploring Recent Incident Response Trends

Cisco Security

Mimikatz is not malware per-se and can be useful for penetration testing and red team activities. On the following day, someone logged in using that account, deleted all other accounts and firewall rules, and created one local account, likely to provide persistence. . Connecting with Wolfgang Goerlich .

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SANS Critical Controls 17, 18 and 19: Data Loss Prevention, Incident Response and Management, Secure Network Engineering

NopSec

Data Loss Prevention control has recently jumped on most organizations CISOs’ radarscreens because of the whistle-blowing revelations on NSA by Mr. Snowden. Unified VRM can help in mimicking the most advanced penetration testing techniques which are instrumental in testing security incident response procedures.

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A CISO's Guide to a Good Night's Sleep

SecureWorld News

It is a common feeling in the cybersecurity community that CISOs do not sleep well at night. CISOs worry about the latest incident, end of life technology in their environment, breaches in the news, insecure users and vendors, penetration testing results, budget and resources, and the latest vulnerability report (to name a few).

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Cyber Security Awareness and Risk Management

Spinone

Always keep your eyes open to control-rights of the senior IT managers or systems administrators with the authority to configure servers, firewalls, cloud storage, and file-sharing (or another network privilege).

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Best Cybersecurity and IT Outsourcing Options

eSecurity Planet

The broad categories consist of: IT Distributors typically sell one-off IT equipment such as firewalls , Wi-Fi routers , network access controllers (NACs), and servers that do not require significant modifications for installation and integration; distributors outsource some selling and installation functions, but not much for IT departments.