In part 1 of this series, we covered some of the most prevalent and most promising cybersecurity models and frameworks available today. These are all tools that can help you…
You Are Here – Perimeter Security
You Are Here – Making Sense of Modern InfoSec
Now that we all carry supercomputers complete with real-time GPS mapping in our pockets, a reference to physical maps may feel a bit antiquated. You know the ones I’m talking…
Security Monitoring – It’s All About the Data
In this series, we’ve covered some key areas that can help prepare for potential attacks. Preparation is essential. Security policies are essential. Understanding your network and its assets is essential.…
The Hidden Costs of Backup Software
The focus of data protection has changed. Backups and data recovery used to exist primarily to protect against human error or natural disaster. The focus was on recovering from an…
Cross-Referencing Alarms: Network Security Monitoring and Network Outage Notifications
As anyone that has run a network of any size has surely experienced, with one alert, there is typically (but not always) a deeper issue that may or may not…
Cybersecurity Fundamentals – Attack Surfaces and Vulnerabilities
In the first blog of this series, we became familiar with some well-used cybersecurity terminology. This blog will look at some well-known cyberattack and threat types and how they can…
AI Should Not Replace Established Security Practices
Here is an interesting article from my colleague Joe Kim, in which he discusses the impact of artificial intelligence on cybersecurity. Agencies are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) and…
Log Analysis Tools Review: Syslog, Filtering the Most Relevant Events
Who’s passed more than a weekend going almost blind because something in your didn’t work as it should, and it produced, hopefully, thousands of lines of error messages, almost all…
Bringing Ease of Use and Security to Remote Users
The image of a modern office has been rapidly changing in recent years. From the medical field, to sales, to technical support, users are on the road and working from…
Syslog – The Blue-collar Worker of the Data Center
Striking a balance between good visibility into infrastructure events and too much noise is difficult. I’ve worked in plenty of enterprise environments where multiple tools are deployed (often covering the…