Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

People train for months. Humans would largely stay the same because we remain humans even as our tools improve. Going through software code line by line is exactly the sort of tedious problem at which machine learning systems excel, if they can only be taught how to recognize a vulnerability. Winning is a big deal.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Perimeter security tools include: Firewalls: Filter traffic and monitor access based upon firewall rules and policies for the network, network segment, or assets protected by different types of firewalls. Cloud Security Cloud security provides focused security tools and techniques to protect cloud resources.

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The Texas Record

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Also research the impact of the information’s proximity to potential man-made hazards, for example the airport, military bases, plants or factories that handle hazardous or flammable material. Implement regular emergency training. Also, assess infrastructure that if faulty would cause lose of information. Don’t do it alone.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 17, 2020

This is exactly what happened when the corporate sector gravitated to ARPANET , an open, decentralized experiment by the military and academia to remotely connect computers, and transformed ARPANET it into the World Wide Web. And so that’s were security detection tools are focused. There’s a long way to go. I’ll keep watch.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 7, 2023

For more on pentesting program design and assembling a team, read How to Implement a Penetration Testing Program in 10 Steps. Despite this, testers still turn to ISSAF to link different steps of the pentest process with various tools. Even if you use free tools, pentesting involves the expense of hiring security pros or consultants.

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Everteam

MARCH 14, 2019

The platform which was designed by Everteam, linked more than 180 government entities within the Kingdom in various sectors including civil and military bodies, institutions and companies. Training workshops were held for more than 2000 employees from all parties who completed the linking process.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 28, 2023

Organizations that want to ensure that their human security is strong will encourage a security culture and train their workers. While automated phishing tests can help security teams, penetration testers can go much further and use the same social engineering tools criminals use. There are many variations of red and blue team tests.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

military complex, who got frustrated by their inability to extract actionable intel from a deluge of threat feeds. Yet today as much as 73 percent of all the data stored or moving across the network of a typical enterprise goes untouched by any analytics tools. Threat actors couldn’t ask for a more ripe environment. Talk more soon.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 30, 2022

What if you could have this training more often, say, once a month. Rossi: We create separate ranges to be able to provide training, testing, assessment, and overall measure the readiness of organization. And that comes down to how good are your people and how do we improve them? How good is the tech that you have?

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Everteam

MARCH 14, 2019

The platform which was designed by Everteam, linked more than 180 government entities within the Kingdom in various sectors including civil and military bodies, institutions and companies. Training workshops were held for more than 2000 employees from all parties who completed the linking process.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Here, then, is a comprehensive look at ransomware, what it is, how to prevent it, and what to do if you become one of its unfortunate victims. How ransomware works. Also Read: Best Encryption Tools & Software for 2021. Employees should be trained not to double-click on executable files with a.exe extension.

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AIIM

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Therefore, it's important to understand and leverage scanning as a fundamental tool for business today. What are Recognition Tools? There are various types of recognition tools available from many of the document capture and ECM vendors. Advanced OCR tools can be set up to recognize zones to automate forms processing activities.

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Reltio

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

For example, I did some systems training in the supply-chain area early in my career at Office Depot. I was taught how to press a button, but I needed to understand the “why” behind the processes we were being trained to follow. My dad was a military man – now retired – and a very practical, adaptable person. “I

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Reltio

OCTOBER 8, 2019

For example, I did some systems training in the supply-chain area early in my career at Office Depot. I was taught how to press a button, but I needed to understand the “why” behind the processes we were being trained to follow. My dad was a military man – now retired – and a very practical, adaptable person.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

In this episode of The Hacker Mind, we return to where we started in Episode One: Why is West Point -- and for that matter, others -- Training Hackers? I’m training and running the marathon to improve my health, to improve my own personal record. Vamosi: So, not everyone is in a military academy. What else is needed?

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AIIM

MARCH 13, 2018

And to boot, after years of training in studying this silver, my wife could rattle off a pretty sweet litany documenting her mother’s side of the family at the drop of a hat. “My In 1995, if I was going to find this Civil War fellow, it meant a personal trip to the National Archives through the microfilmed military records.

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CILIP

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Librarians have to get ready for very different worlds, identifying signs of change and making judicious decisions about infrastructure, training, operational priorities.? Tools for understanding value. Strategists use foresight tools which have traditionally been reserved for the boardrooms of big companies, the ?military

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KnowBe4

MAY 9, 2023

New school security awareness training can help any organization sustain that line of defense and create a strong security culture. The chatbot utilizes OpenAI's advanced artificial intelligence tool, ChatGPT. Users can become desensitized to the potential risks bogus messages concerning IT issues carry with them.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 12, 2022

Should infosec now be considered vocational training just like becoming an electrician or a plumber? How else should we address the skills gap in infosec? Or the future talent is so bad I spent 10 years working on building these programs, finding these individuals, training them and helping to get employment.

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KnowBe4

JULY 5, 2023

This latest impersonation campaign makes the case for ensuring users are vigilant when interacting with the web – something accomplished through continual Security Awareness Training. Blog post with links: [link] [Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Recognizing this, the Department of Defense (DoD) launched the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) in 2019, the predecessor to the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), to develop AI solutions that build competitive military advantage, conditions for human-centric AI adoption, and the agility of DoD operations.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 18, 2023

Thus, a fraudster might claim a common religion, a shared military background, membership in a profession, or a common ethnicity, all with the goal of convincing the victim that they can be trusted. This is the sort of social engineering that new school security awareness training can effectively prevent.

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Collibra

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Cloud storage, text mining and social network analytics are vital 21 st century tools. Collecting data at military hospitals, she realized that infectious disease and poor sanitation were killing more soldiers than war injuries. As a result, military medical care was reformed. . Data collection is what we do.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

And they said that they really had no idea how to deal with and classify, you know, a package with over, 1000 pieces of or 1000 vulnerabilities. Ahmadi: Solar Winds is a company that makes you know, networking, monitoring tools for. Because it's network monitoring tools. I remember speaking to DHS about this.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

And they said that they really had no idea how to deal with and classify, you know, a package with over, 1000 pieces of or 1000 vulnerabilities. Ahmadi: Solar Winds is a company that makes you know, networking, monitoring tools for. Because it's network monitoring tools. I remember speaking to DHS about this.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 12, 2022

federal security agencies are putting companies on alert to potential threats from Russian state-sponsored cybercriminal groups, warning in particular about dangers to critical infrastructure and urging organizations to learn how to detect and protect against attacks. Also read: Best Password Managers & Tools for 2022.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Not only do you get a trained and certified security professional, you also get someone who doesn’t necessarily see the world the way you do, which is how hackers see the world--different from you. Vamosi: The term red team is military in origin. Vamosi: Given these terms stem from the military, is there a hierarchy?

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Not only do you get a trained and certified security professional, you also get someone who doesn’t necessarily see the world the way you do, which is how hackers see the world--different from you. Vamosi: The term red team is military in origin. Vamosi: Given these terms stem from the military, is there a hierarchy?

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Not only do you get a trained and certified security professional, you also get someone who doesn’t necessarily see the world the way you do, which is how hackers see the world--different from you. Vamosi: The term red team is military in origin. Vamosi: Given these terms stem from the military, is there a hierarchy?

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ForAllSecure

MAY 2, 2023

While I produced this episode, a 21 year old Massachusetts National Guard airman is alleged to have photographed and distributed copies of classified US Military material on Discord, a social media site. You had to figure out how to configure Kermit, get passwords to get on. It was just a different outcome and different tools.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

And the continued evolution of the threat, you know, over the years was initially about operational impacts, and, you know, causing operational impacts in an environment which would then hopefully result in a ransom payment in order to get decryption keys or tools that would allow you to restore and recover your environment.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 6, 2023

A new, HUGE, very important, fact has been gleaned by Barracuda Networks which should impact the way that EVERYONE does security awareness training. CONTINUED] at KnowBe4 blog: [link] [Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. make up only 0.1%

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 21, 2022

So I started thinking about other ways to hide messages or even how to get malware onto a system without it being detected. It's a sneaky way to exploit a system without any of the existing preventative tools. The system has already given you the tools that you need. Vamosi: So it's interesting.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 7, 2023

They started out with: "As Putin began his invasion of Ukraine, a network used throughout Europe—and by the Ukrainian military—faced an unprecedented cyberattack that doubled as an industrywide wake-up call. That's why training your end-users is so important. What they refer to is the Viasat hack. government. link] The U.S.

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KnowBe4

MAY 23, 2023

In second place, with an average ranking of 3.63, is low security awareness among employees – something only addressed by creating a strong security culture with new-school security awareness training at the center of it all. Blog post with links: [link] [Free Tool] Who Will Fall Victim to QR Code Phishing Attacks?

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Even the most resilient systems today can still be breached with the right tools and sufficient resources, and there is not yet a unified theory or framework for addressing vulnerabilities in every context. Key to implementing these principles will be ensuring that directors are made aware of legal implications of cyber breaches.

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KnowBe4

MAY 2, 2023

In the near term, new-school security awareness training can help alert your people to the tells of automated scamming. And in the longer term, that training will adapt and keep pace with the threat as it evolves. Get a look at THREE NEW FEATURES and see how easy it is to train and phish your users. Did you know?

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