When you think threat hunting, what comes to mind? For most enterprise security staff, the answer is “Hmmm, not sure if that’s for me”. It’s true that threat hunting is a bit daunting: What goals am I going to achieve? What will I do if I actually find an adversary?...
What’s the biggest lesson from the SolarWinds fiasco? That just focusing security defenses on the most common means of penetrating an organization doesn’t cut it. Sure, you should guard against phishing, fortify your DMZ and Internet-facing applications,...
MITRE recently announced the first release of Shield MITRE recently announced the first release of Shield (https://shield.mitre.org/), an active defense knowledgebase on how to defend and engage with adversaries. The knowledgebase is a significant endorsement to Cyber...
Ransomware attacks have become an easy approach for cybercriminals Ransomware attacks have become an easy approach for cybercriminals to target businesses of all sizes – transcending industry types and geographies. There has been a marked transition in ransomware...
The California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA, goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2020. Most mid-sized companies still have no clue about this data privacy legislation or how it will impact their business operations. We’ll dig into this topic a bit, but recognize that we are...
H.R. 3270 …also known as the Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act (ACDC), will, if it becomes law, allow victims of hacking to execute self-defense outside of their networks. The essence of this bill was originally introduced in 2017 as H.R. 4036, which...
When you think threat hunting, what comes to mind? For most enterprise security staff, the answer is “Hmmm, not sure if that’s for me”. It’s true that threat hunting is a bit daunting: What goals am I going to achieve? What will I do if I actually find an adversary? Do I have the skills […]
What’s the biggest lesson from the SolarWinds fiasco? Just focusing security defenses on the most common means of penetrating an organization doesn’t cut it.
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