Schneier on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

According to Greenwald, Snowden also thought that bringing me down was a good idea. I didn’t know either of them, but I have been writing about cryptography, security, and privacy for decades. I didn’t know either of them, but I have been writing about cryptography, security, and privacy for decades. It made sense.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 18, 2020

Related: Why some CEOs have quit tweeting That’s the upshot of FireMon’s second annual State of Hybrid Cloud Security Report of 522 IT and security professionals, some 14 percent of whom occupy C-suite positions. This is the fact that the cloud services provider is only liable for securing the underlying cloud infrastructure.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Here are six things you need to do to craft an effective incident response plan. Include contact information. Your IR plan should contain the contact information for everyone who might be needed, from your service providers to key employees to outside counsel to, yes, the insurance provider. Establish your escalation points.

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Adam Shostack

JULY 1, 2021

The first thing I look for is a statement about who did the work and why. I think the report from a Threat Model Working Panel of the Enduring Security Framework of CIPAC, but then there’s language like “identified by the ESF and 5G TM working panel… (emphasis added)” which implies its separate.

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Everyone in the company and on the board should be responsible and accountable for good cybersecurity practices. Security breaches are serious matters! . Besides security breaches, governance in cybersecurity is becoming more important. However, just being compliant doesn’t mean you are secure.

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Herjavec Group

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

A strong Vulnerability Management program is essential to a comprehensive and proactive cybersecurity program. It allows organizations to identify potential security gaps including access points that threat actors can leverage to gain entry into corporate networks and then prioritize these vulnerabilities for remediation.

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SecureList

MARCH 23, 2023

An incident response playbook is a predefined set of actions to address a specific security incident such as malware infection, violation of security policies, DDoS attack, etc. Its main goal is to enable a large enterprise security team to respond to cyberattacks in a timely and effective manner.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 12, 2022

At times, the quest to stay on top of web application security can seem futile. With ongoing reports of new application vulnerabilities and threats on an upward trajectory, the race to safeguard your organization's digital assets is unending. Web apps, the big attack opportunity for cybercriminals. The asymmetry of task.

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IT Security Guru

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

What keeps OT security specialists up at night? Networking, remote management, and wireless connectivity were all the rage and it made sense for IT and OT to be one from an admin point of view. So how should organisations break down the OT security problem in order to better manage it?

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Google Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Posted by Dave Kleidermacher, Eugene Liderman, and Android and Made by Google security teams We believe that security and transparency are paramount pillars for electronic products connected to the Internet. Proposed Principles for IoT Security Labeling Schemes We believe in five core principles for IoT labeling schemes.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

JULY 19, 2022

Category Awareness, Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Physical Security. Other common use cases you may be familiar with are when you badge into a physical location such as a hotel room, a secure office building or floor in an office building, an apartment or condo complex, or maybe a dorm or school building on a college campus. Risk Level.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

Gone are the days of slapping security on as an afterthought. The only way to ensure software is safe is to integrate security testing into your DevOps process. Software security testing is time-consuming for development teams. Security testing tools can help save time, especially if they help automate your process.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Data breaches stole numerous headlines this year, including the notable Capital One breach that exposed more than 100 million customers’ accounts. In fact, New Orleans even declared a state of emergency due to the large number of public services that were directly impacted by this ransomware attack.

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Notice Bored

OCTOBER 19, 2021

This is an interesting policy example to have been selected for inclusion in ISO/IEC 27002:2022 , spanning the divide between 'cybersecurity' and 'the business'. How should it be done? when I read the recommendation for a topic-specific policy on backup. when I read the recommendation for a topic-specific policy on backup.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Hearing on "Securing Consumers' Credit Data in the Age of Digital Commerce". United States House of Representatives. Mister Chairman and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today concerning the security of credit data. My name is Bruce Schneier, and I am a security technologist. Before the.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Those predictions form Kaspersky Security Bulletin (KSB), an annual project lead by Kaspersky experts. As for KSB 2022, we invited notable experts to share their insights and unbiased opinions on what we should expect from cybersecurity in the following year. The contributors include representatives from government institutions: H.E.

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Herjavec Group

OCTOBER 1, 2021

If I can emphasize one thing it’s that cybersecurity isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity. I’ve got a question for business leaders – if you’re not investing in a Managed Security Services Provider , a team that’s solely dedicated to the day-to-day defence of your infrastructure, why aren’t you? A lot of people say, “Why me?

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The first one said, "For this company, vendor management doesn't seem to matta." And the five little vendors knew their customer hadn't discovered their gaps (in security). In honor of Halloween, it seems appropriate to address one of the scariest issues facing organizations today: vendor or supplier management.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

So they’re often unprepared when a nation state APT choses to focus on them. A lot of SMBs do not have security operations centers or SOCs. They have IT contractors who can provision laptops and maintain a certain level of compliance and security. They can provide that additional security, remotely.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 18, 2021

A deep dive into macOS 11’s internals reveals some security surprises that deserve to be more widely known. Introduction Disclaimers macOS 11’s better known security improvements Secret messages revealed? CPU security mitigation APIs The NO_SMT mitigation The TECS mitigation Who benefits from NO_SMT and TECS ?

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

25 vulnerabilities to look out for in Node JS applications: Directory traversal, prototype pollution, XSSI, and more…. Securing applications is not the easiest thing to do. With all these components to secure, building a secure application can seem really daunting. Security misconfiguration. SQL injection.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. And since you cannot expect good faith negotiations, there is no guarantee the attacker supplies the key post-payment. A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get.

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SC Magazine

JULY 1, 2021

MRIs are among the tech many providers struggle to secure. Health care providers are increasingly aware of the need to secure the vast landscape of medical devices. However, the sector yet to meet necessary inventory and security measures to stymie this critical threat. Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health).

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Herjavec Group

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

For example: “I envision that one day, we will communicate wirelessly, and the wired telephone will become a thing of the past” – deliver this vision in a science fiction television show called Star Trek in 1970 (the communicator) and those who watched the series were thrilled and excited about this futuristic vision. Now, it’s obvious.

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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Vamosi: Every good mystery begins with a series of clues and criminologists -- even fictional ones like Sherlock Holmes -- will somehow link those clues back to the guilty party. Like Locard’s principle, if you interact with a digital system, chances are very good that you are leaving traces.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 4, 2023

James Campbell, CEO of Cado Security , shares his experience with traditional incident response, and how the cloud, with its elastic structure, able to spin up and spin down instances, is changing incident response. MUSIC] VAMOSI: If you haven’t been paying attention, cloud security is critical right now.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 14, 2022

And the fact that hackers are thinking about this now is a very good thing. In fact, I remember starting a new job by flying to Auburn Hills, Michigan for the very first meeting of the Featherstone Group, a collection of automotive OEM executive and security professionals. So I'd say it's definitely possible.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 24, 2018

With more than 65,000 employees in 56 countries, Thales is a global leader in technology solutions for the aerospace, transport, defence and security markets. Its unique capabilities include the design and deployment of equipment, systems and services to meet complex security requirements. But, that’s not the whole story.

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McAfee

OCTOBER 8, 2019

This blog was written by Wayne Anderson, previous Enterprise Security Architect at McAfee. Alongside some fantastic leaders and technology strategists from HCL, Oracle, Clarify360, Duo Security, and TCDI, we explored the challenges of today’s hyper-connected and stretched security team. Digital isn’t one trend—it’s many.

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Daniel Miessler

MARCH 20, 2022

I’m starting a new series with this 2022 edition where I think about what Information Security could or should look like in the distant future—say in 2050. I’m doing this for fun—basically to see how dumb I look later—but I also hope it’ll drive interesting discussions on where things should go.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 18, 2022

But you need patch management when each patch is a piece of software, another place for bugs to hide. You need to keep as close to 100% reliability as possible, and patch management is the way to stay there. This article will cover patch management and how you can set up a successful patch management process for your company.

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Spinone

AUGUST 29, 2019

In 2020, some IT specialists consider Office 365 to be so secure that they don’t need a backup. Recent ransomware attacks , however, showed several inherent weaknesses in the security system of Microsoft services. Should you backup office 365? Data Retention Policies and Labels (for Office Enterprise).

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification is considered to be the gold standard in information security. Those doors lead to many different types of positions and opportunities, thus making the information security community dynamic and multifaceted. In our last interview, we met Jason Lau.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

I want a "secure by default" internet with all the things encrypted all the time such that people can move freely between networks without ever needing to care about who manages them or what they're doing with them. I mean what's the remaining gap? In the end I broke it down into 3 Ps: padlocks, phishing and privacy.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

Network security creates shielded, monitored, and secure communications between users and assets. Securing the expanding, sprawling, and sometimes conflicting collection of technologies that make up network security provides constant challenges for security professionals.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Incident Response is a systematic method for addressing and managing security incidents in organizations, focused on minimizing and investigating the impact of events and restoring normal operations. Jump ahead to: How Does Incident Response Work? Bottom Line: Preparing for Incident Response How Does Incident Response Work?

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Centraleyes

JANUARY 14, 2024

The purpose of PCI DSS is simply to ensure that all companies that accept, process, store or transmit credit card information, are careful to actively maintain a secure environment. The four main steps are: Scope – Determine the components and systems that should be in the scope for PCI DSS.

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