Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Users who do not have the appropriate security awareness training are considered a weak link in the security of an enterprise. These untrained users are easier to exploit than finding a flaw or vulnerability in the equipment that an enterprise uses to secure its network.

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NopSec

AUGUST 16, 2022

The CIS Security Controls, published by SANS and the Center for Internet Security (SIS) and formerly known as the SANS 20 Critical Security Controls , are prioritized mitigation steps that your organization can use to improve cybersecurity.

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Hacker Combat

MARCH 23, 2022

Amid Russia’s war with Ukraine, Russian state-backed businesses continue to face attacks and data leaks from hackers. A website famous for hosting leaks released a link to around 79 gigabytes of allegedly stolen emails from Transneft, a government-controlled Russian oil pipeline company.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 21, 2021

It shouldn’t be surprising that application security has become more important over the last few years. 57% of reported financial losses for the largest web application incidents over the last 5 years were attributed to state-affiliated threat actors. OWASP Application Security Verification Standard (ASVS). Access control.

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BH Consulting

JUNE 8, 2021

On Friday 14 May, the Health Service Executive shut down its IT systems in response to a “human operated” ransomware attack. Professor Ciaran Martin, former head of the UK National Cyber Security Centre, told RTE’s Prime Time: “What Ireland has suffered is pretty unique. This problem is not going away any time soon.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

CIS Control 6 merges some aspects of CIS Control 4 (admin privileges) and CIS Control 14 (access based on need to know) into a single access control management group. The post CIS Control 6: Access Control Management appeared first on The State of Security.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Later this year, in June, our internal systems found traces of a successful DNS hijacking affecting several government zones of a CIS member state. January 13-14, 2021. December 29, 2020 to January 14, 2021. January 13-14, 2021. Background. In December 2020, news of the SolarWinds incident took the world by storm.

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