Best Practices In Network Security
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Pandemic Home Security for Your Enterprise
The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly increased remote work among enterprise employees. Home-network environments are not professionally managed, so they are an appealing target for attackers. In this post, we advise …
• By Phil Groce, Harry Caskey
In Situational Awareness
Remote Work: Vulnerabilities and Threats to the Enterprise
How has this change in the way we work altered our security posture? How has it changed our attack surface, and what should we be doing to defend it? In …
• By Phil Groce
In Situational Awareness
Cat and Mouse in the Age of .NET
Penetration testers have long exploited the PowerShell scripting language to gain a foothold in systems and execute an attack. Eventually, changes in the PowerShell landscape caused the toolsets to shift …
• By Brandon Marzik
In CERT/CC Vulnerabilities
How to Protect Your High Value Assets
This blog post will outline the background of the federal High Value Asset (HVA) Program, explain the resources available to guide the securing of high value assets, and discuss ways …
• By Brian Benestelli, Emily Shawgo
Network Segmentation: Concepts and Practices
In this blog post, we review the basics of network segmentation and describe how organizations should implement it as an ongoing process.
• By Dan Kambic, Jason Fricke
Anti-Phishing Training: Is It Working? Is It Worth It?
Phishing attacks target human, rather than technical, vulnerabilities. Some organizations, companies, government agencies, educational institutions, and individuals put on blinders....
• By Mike Petock
In Insider Threat
Could Blockchain Improve the Cybersecurity of Supply Chains?
A September 2018 report to the President, Assessing and Strengthening the Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base and Supply Chain Resiliency of the United States, raised concerns about cybersecurity....
• By Eliezer Kanal
In Cybersecurity Engineering
Mapping Cyber Hygiene to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework
In honor of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, I decided to put fingers to keys and share some basic practices that every organization should consider for their cyber hygiene initiatives....
• By Matthew Trevors
In Insider Threat
Managing the Risks of Ransomware
Ransomware poses a growing threat to both businesses and government agencies. Though no strategy can fully eliminate these risks, this post provides recommendations....
• By David Tobar, Jason Fricke
In Situational Awareness
7 Guidelines for Being a TRUSTED Penetration Tester
The best way to learn is by doing. But when it comes to penetration testing, learners risk legal implications and bad habits if they don't follow ethical, safe procedures....