In our recent blog, we looked at using Deception solutions to satisfy compliance regulations, in particular controls which are intended to promote active discovery of anomalous behavior. In this blog we’re switching gears and looking at a different aspect of...
Patent Awarded to Acalvio Acalvio was awarded U.S. Patent No. 20,170,310,706, titled “Tunneling For Network Deceptions”. This patent forms the basis of the Deception Farms® architecture. This blog goes a little deep into the patent to talk about what the patented...
Compliance is like an annual checkup at the dentist: Nothing good is likely to come of it and we want it to be as fast and painless as possible. In the first of two blogs on compliance, we’ll consider how best to think about compliance intent, and how deception can...
On 24 July, 2019 the State of Louisiana actually had to declare a state of emergency over what appears to have been a ransomware attack against at least three of the school districts within the state. So far, the districts impacted include Sabine, Ouachita, and...
The Cyber Kill Chain If you’re reading this blog, you likely know the basics of the cyber kill chain. You might even be able to name a few of the seven stages in the kill chain, which lays out the steps adversaries take to attack and exploit their victims. Where you...
Healthcare institutions continue to be heavily targeted by cyber attackers. A review of the current data in the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR), database of major breaches shows that cyber attackers continue to compromise our...
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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