Security Training
Unfolding ‘DOUBLE TWINS’ Deception Scheme
July 29, 2013 Added by:Mikko Jakonen
‘DOUBLE TWINS‘ is deception scheme combining modern world speed, easiness to run anonymous with Internet and difficulties with real corporate and personal identity verification. What makes it most interesting; it was ‘quick in – quick out’ – job, completed within 3 weeks from the start.
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Contextual-Relevance: A New Paradigm for Information Security.
July 08, 2013 Added by:Brad Bemis
Introducing the term "Contextual-Relevance" into the security lexicon: For information security to function properly, it MUST take into account the unique organizational context that applies in any given situation. This fundamental concept is so crucial to the underlying fabric of a successful security program, that is pervades all aspects of the security function.
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New Training Model for Advanced Persistent Threat Detection and Mitigation
June 28, 2013 Added by:Edwin Covert
Organizations face a new threat to their information systems and intellectual property: advanced persistent threats, or APT. In order to detect and mitigate these attacks, organizations must develop a cyber-security capability that allows them to defend themselves.
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Speaking with the VP of Enterprise Security at Scotiabank
June 25, 2013 Added by:InfoSec Institute
Greg Thompson has his work cut out for him as Scotiabank’s highest level security professional. Thompson, vice president of enterprise security services at the Toronto, Ontario-based entity, oversees a team responsible for ensuring that hackers, cyber terrorists and hacktivists don’t get bragging rights at company’s expense.
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Cyber Attacks the Reality, the Reason and the Resolution Part 3
June 24, 2013 Added by:Larry Karisny
Knowing the reality and reasons behind cyberattacks, it’s time to stop talking and start offering resolution to these serious problems. There is no "it won’t happen to me" anymore. We must immediately deploy prevention and detection technologies to our critical processes or frankly, we could lose it all.
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Irregardless, Begs the Question, and SSAE 16 Certified
June 04, 2013 Added by:Jon Long
"Irregardless" is not a word, and is not a substitute for irrespective or regardless. "Begging the question" is a logical fallacy, not a substitute for "...which raises the question...", and there is no such thing as an "SSAE 16 certification".
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Do You Have a Vendor Security Check List? You Should!
May 09, 2013 Added by:Michael Fornal
A security check list is a list of security controls that a vendor or application must meet. These controls can range from how storage back up is to be done, to password complexity requirements. Having a checklist can help you in deciding if the application or vendor conforms to your company’s security requirements.
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Bore Them With Death-by-Awareness: That’ll Teach em!
May 08, 2013 Added by:Lee Mangold
As security professionals, we have to understand that not everyone has a passion for security. In fact, most people don’t. Given that we know “they” don’t share our passion, and we know they are the most vulnerable attack vector, why do we continue to bore them with homogenous and irrelevant training?
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On Dutch Banking Woes and DDoS Attacks
April 25, 2013 Added by:Don Eijndhoven
If you don't live in the Netherlands or don't happen to have a Dutch bank account, you can certainly be forgiven for not having caught wind of the major banking woes that have been plaguing the Dutch.
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Enter the CISO: Torchbearer of Security and Risk Management
April 06, 2013 Added by:Anthony M. Freed
In a convergence culture, accountability for risk is accepted across the organization, and when that happens, risk management becomes a priority to the business, informing strategy and objectives. By helping identify and mitigate risk across finance, operations and IT, the CISO puts security in context of what could affect profit.
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Defending the Corporate Domain: Strategy and Tactics
March 27, 2013 Added by:Rafal Los
Strategy without accompanying tactics is a lost cause. Tactics without a solid footing in strategy is an expensive lost cause. The maturity of an organization's security team is directly proportional to their ability to have a foundational strategy and be able to implement tactical measures and feedback to adjust to changing conditions in order to defend adequately.
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The Five-Step Privilege Management Checklist for Financial Organizations
March 27, 2013 Added by:Paul Kenyon
Financial institutions sit at the top end of the scale for security and reputational risk, with their databases of customer information making them especially vulnerable to criminal interception and subject to regulatory obligations.
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Hardening Is Hard If You're Doing It Right
March 20, 2013 Added by:Ian Tibble
The early days of deciding what to do with the risk will be slow and difficult and there might even be some feisty exchanges, but eventually, addressing the risk becomes a mature, documented process that almost melts into the background hum of the machinery of a business.
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Ben Rothke on the Five Habits of Highly Secure Organizations
March 18, 2013 Added by:Tripwire Inc
There are five habits of highly secure organizations, said Ben Rothke (@benrothke), Manager – Corporate Services Information Security at Wyndham Worldwide.
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So APT Is China *snicker* Now What?
February 28, 2013 Added by:Krypt3ia
As RSA comes to a close and the corridors of the hall stop ringing with the acronym APT, I find myself once again looking at the problem as opposed to the hype.
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China's PLA Behind Massive Cyber Espionage Operation
February 19, 2013 Added by:Mike Lennon
In a fascinating, unprecedented, and statistics-packed report, security firm Mandiant made direct allegations and exposed a multi-year, massive cyber espionage campaign that they say with confidence is the work of China.
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- NIST Abandons Cryptography Algorithm in Wake of NSA Backdoor Concerns
- Let’s Get Proactive with End User Security
- Verizon Publishes Vastly Expanded Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR)
- Interview with Chris Petersen, LogRhythm co-founder
- Detecting OpenSSL-Heartbleed with Nmap & Exploiting with Metasploit
- Understanding What Constitutes Your Attack Surface
- Mocana Calls Heartbleed a “Wake-Up Call” for Makers of Smart Connected Devices
- Stop the Bleeding: How Enterprises Can Address the Heartbleed Bug
- An Open Letter to Executives
- FAQs Concerning the Legal Implications of the Heartbleed Vulnerability