IT Governance

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

So, whether you’re a developer using a web application scanning tool to assess your own work, or a systems administrator doing your monthly due diligence checks with a vulnerability scanner, or a third-party security company performing a penetration test , you’re likely to use the CVSS. a medium risk [even though 3.5

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 3, 2022

It’s not difficult to visualize how companies interconnecting to cloud resources at a breakneck pace contribute to the outward expansion of their networks’ attack surface. Its function is to record events in a log for a system administrator to review and act upon. Related: Why ‘SBOM’ is gaining traction.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

It covers seven security domains: security operations and administration; access controls ; risk identification, monitoring and analysis; incident response and recovery; cryptography ; network and communications security; and systems and application security. An online review course and practice quiz are available.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

One of the flaws patched the IT giant is a critical issue, tracked as CVE-2020-3158 , while six vulnerabilities are rated as high-risk severity. The CVE-2020-3158 flaw is related to the presence of a system account that has a default and static password in the Smart Software Manager tool. ” reads the advisory published by Cisco.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Blue teams consist of security analysts, network engineers and system administrators. Learn more about Cybersecurity Risk Management Red Teams Red teams simulate the tactics, techniques, and procedures ( TTPs ) an adversary might use against the organization.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 16, 2023

In a perfect world, your software testing strategy would surface all of the security risks that exist inside your environment, and nothing more. False positives create distractions that make it harder for security teams to detect and address actual security risks. But we don't live in a perfect world.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2023

These tools allow for the central management and deployment of patches across multiple systems simultaneously, streamlining the process and saving time. Downtime Patching Linux systems usually requires restarting or rebooting the entire system, and this can result in downtime.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

For optimal data protection, organisations should first identify where their sensitive data resides – on premises, in the cloud or in hybrid environments, and then encrypt it. With data encryption, the risk is transferred from the data to the encryption keys, and hence safeguarding the encryption keys is pivotal to data protection.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 20, 2023

Vulnerability scans play a vital role in identifying weaknesses within systems and networks, reducing risks, and bolstering an organization’s security defenses. Authentication enables the scanner to get access to additional system information to conduct a more comprehensive examination of potential vulnerabilities.

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Data Matters

MAY 17, 2018

Specifically, researchers believed that the current version of SB 315 could chill security research—both the purely academic and the “white hats”—ultimately discouraging individuals from identifying vulnerabilities in networks and alerting system administrators of the issues.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 28, 2023

A vulnerability scanner will look for known security flaws, and some even provide a risk rating to each device and vulnerability. Assessment: After the inventory has been completed, the patch management tool prioritizes the devices and software that should be patched first based on risk assessment.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Balancing the promise against the potential of cyber risks of smart cities will be critical to realizing their potential. All these measures are considered best practices for data protection. Cities should begin by engaging all the stakeholders and entities in the broader ecosystem.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 23, 2019

To get an idea of how serious this problem might be, a 2015 report by the University of Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies estimated a major grid attack in the U.S. The March attack demonstrates that at least two utilities were poorly prepared for such an attack. It also makes me fear that few are.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2020

Researchers disclosed a flaw in VMware Cloud Director platform, tracked as CVE-2020-3956 , that could be abused to takeover corporate servers. VMware Cloud Director is a cloud service-delivery platform that allows organizations to operate and manage successful cloud-service businesses. The flaw received a score of 8.8

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2022

VMaaS is a way to deliver these services via the cloud rather than downloading and running on-premises software. VMaaS is a continuous process of identifying, assessing, reporting on, and managing vulnerabilities across on-premises and cloud identities, workloads, platform configurations, and infrastructure. Benefits of Using VMaaS.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 9, 2018

Privileged users today can include a multitude of people from system administrators, network engineers, and database administrators, to data center operators, upper management, and security personnel. Privileged Users. They’re generally either inside or under contract to the enterprise. Privilege Account Management (PAM).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 3, 2019

As highlighted in the 2019 Thales Data Threat Report , an increasing number of organizations across the globe are now using sensitive data on digitally transformative technologies like cloud, virtualization, big data, IoT, blockchain, etc. How is data stored and used: What are the risks and how to mitigate?

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IT Governance

APRIL 25, 2023

For example, this could happen if an insider damages the organisation’s server or deletes information from its Cloud systems. The risks presented by negligent insiders are, by definition, harder to define. With a Cloud service provider, the data is stored on a central server that can be accessed online.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 14, 2019

This is because privileged accounts are widely deployed all across modern business networks — on-premises, in the cloud, across DevOps environments and on endpoints. They’re a fundamental part of our IT infrastructure, which is why they carry such a high level of a risk if they’re not secured.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 15, 2023

Today, we are launching the Anycloud Backup 365 (ACB365) offering on the IBM Cloud Marketplace. An IBM partner since 2013, Denmark-based Anycloud has been awarded Cloud Partner of the Year 2017, Technology Service Provider of the Year 2019, and Business Partner of the Year and Business Partner Excellence Award – Europe 2022.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

It was created in 2002 to meet the growing demand for qualified and specialised information professionals, and covers a range of topics, including network security, access controls, cryptography and risk management. Potential job roles. You can find out more about this qualification by taking our CompTIA Security Training Course.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

These solutions are typically available as software products or software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings, depending on the environment, whether on-premises data centers or hybrid and cloud systems. The smart session management feature can flag access to the most high-risk systems to help prioritize remediation efforts.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

As remote desktop solutions are prevalent among IT and managed service providers (MSP), downstream clients can be at risk, as Kaseya experienced in 2021. On a Sunday in February 2018, the Colorado CISO’s office set up a temporary server to test a new cloud-based business process. Reconnaissance. Secure Remote Desktop Solutions.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

The attackers pick legitimate cloud-based content sharing services, such as Microsoft Sway, Microsoft SharePoint, and OneNote to avoid traffic detection. Cloud based corporate services, such as MS Sway, introduce new challenges to traditional cyber risk management frameworks. The original post is available: [link].

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IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 29, 2023

They also establish baselines to alert system administrators to deviations that indicate actual or potential performance issues. The SLAs are the metrics in your customer contract and anything lower than the defined SLA risks a drop in CX (and possibly predefined penalties).

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ForAllSecure

MAY 23, 2023

That's why incorporating regression testing into your security testing strategy is a best practice for minimizing risk. Regression Testing and Security You can use regression testing to manage many types of risks, not just security risks. Yet, regression testing is a technique that security teams should also embrace.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Security audits and assessments: To find weaknesses in your organization’s systems and procedures, do routine security audits and vulnerability assessments. Vendor and Third-Party Risk Assessment: Conduct risk assessment for suppliers and third parties.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 24, 2024

Read more about the different types of firewalls , including web application firewalls, cloud firewalls, and UTM. Deny and alert: Notify systems administrator of potentially malicious traffic. Order of Firewall Rules Firewall rules are typically followed in order of restrictiveness.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

The Originating Malvertising Campaign According to CTI investigation on the adversary infrastructure, we were able to identify an ongoing campaign luring system administrators to install the malicious code into their machines.

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Robert's Db2

MARCH 9, 2022

Use of system administration "super-user" privileges: install SYSADM, install SYSOPR, SYSOPR, SYSCTRL, or SYSADM (to quote a line from several "Spider-Man" movies: "With great power comes great responsibility"). Utility execution (could someone be trying to use a Db2 utility as a "back door" means of data access?). Absolutely.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 31, 2023

Decisions should be based on the level of risks for users and IT resources to be targeted by cyberattacks. CISA strongly urges system administrators and other high-value targeted users (attorneys, HR Staff, Top Management.) Do you intend to move processes and data to the cloud and access them through APIs or cloud-based apps?

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 22, 2020

Students, parents and teachers at each K-12 facility, henceforth, need to be treated as the equivalent of remote workers given to using a wide variety of personally-owned computing devices and their favorite cloud services subscriptions. And it must be assumed that many of them are likely ignorant of good cyber hygiene practices.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 14, 2023

million workers at its client companies because of the risk of leaking confidential info, client data, source code, or regulated information to the LLM. "In And as more employees use ChatGPT and other AI-based services as productivity tools, the risk will grow, says Howard Ting, CEO of Cyberhaven.

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erwin

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In short, data governance is about walking the fine line between getting the greatest business use out of the data and reducing the risks that come with that data. The risks include fines, penalties and damage to your reputation if you leave sensitive data unsecured and unencrypted.

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