IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 22, 2024

This allows for easier management and reduces the risk of dependencies causing deployment issues. Resilience : Deployable architecture is designed to be resilient, with built-in redundancy and failover mechanisms that ensure the system remains available even in the event of a failure or outage.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 3, 2022

Its function is to record events in a log for a system administrator to review and act upon. You really need to go deep into all of these layers to be able to understand if there’s any hidden behaviors or unaccounted for code that introduce risk in any of the layers.”. Obfuscated tampering.

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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

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Skorodumov was one of the organization’s lead systems administrators, he configured and managed the clients’ domains and IP addresses, provided technical assistance to help clients optimize their malware and botnets. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cyber security).

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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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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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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2021

It’s also surprising that the malware author would risk criminal prosecution for what must surely be a small amount of profit, given the apparently small customer base. Organizations with effective spam filtering, proper system administration and up-to-date Windows hosts have a much lower risk of infection.”

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 29, 2022

These were all obscure open-source components that, over time, became deeply embedded in enterprise systems across the breadth of the Internet, only to have a gaping vulnerability discovered in them late in the game. Its rather mundane function is to record events in a log for a system administrator to review and act upon, later.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2020

Many system administrators and companies were rushing to update internet exposed machines, like web servers or gateways, worried about possible remote code execution, reviving the EternalBlue /WannaCry crisis in their mind. . What the NSA states is real: CVE-2020-0601 exposes companies to high risks.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

“The command requires Windows system administrators,” Truniger’s ads explained. A Semyon Sergeyvich Tretyakov is listed as the composer of a Russian-language rap song called “ Parallels ,” which seems to be about the pursuit of a high-risk lifestyle online. ” Mr.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MAY 8, 2019

Additionally, the Garante challenged that system administrators were using shared accounts with quite large privileges in the operation of the platform. Also, no recording of performed operations occurred.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

The City experts believe that the group specifically targeted a prioritized list of servers using legitimate Microsoft system administrative tools. Early on the morning of Wednesday, May 03, 2023, the group started executing the ransomware on the City of Dallas.

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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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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 23, 2021

The challenge of embracing digital transformation while also quelling the accompanying cyber risks has never been greater for small- and mid-sized businesses. Somehow SMBs must keep pace competitively, while also tamping down the rising risk of suffering a catastrophic network breach. Remote desktop risks.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

It was designed to make it convenient for system administrators to automate tasks and manage configurations across all Windows endpoints and servers in a company network. Critical application processes are at the greatest risk, including those that are running in air-gapped environments,” Gupta says.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2023

Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM): Best used to effectively manage cloud resource entitlements, reduce access risks, and maintain compliance. CWPP provides strong defenses against a wide range of risks such as malware , ransomware , DDoS attacks , configuration errors , insider threats, and data breaches.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Public cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) may be less vulnerable than traditional data centers, but that doesn’t mean it’s without its own set of risks. Perhaps most importantly, cloud security training should help employees understand the inherent risk of shadow IT. What is cloud security? Enable security logs.

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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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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 9, 2017

Additionally, a clean desk policy minimizes the risk that data may be accessed by an unauthorized person after hours. Limit Administrative Access : While it is essential that a system administrator has the ability to change network settings in a business, this privilege should be limited to a select few people.

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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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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

These flaws represent a considerable risk for enterprises and government agencies, and threat actors use them regularly. With the shortlist of widely exploited vulnerabilities, system administrators and security teams can quickly identify and patch key vulnerabilities to prevent malicious actors from exploiting the weaknesses.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

represented in its privacy policy that the Company used encryption and authentication tools to protect information but failed to encrypt the data (at rest) on its computer systems.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 21, 2022

Applying the patches does not eliminate all risks but not doing so would be a significant risk. System administrators can schedule scans to spot unauthorized system modifications or unwanted additional SSH accesses. ” Microsoft partially mitigated the bug but not the privilege escalation.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

Some of these attacks are challenging to detect because they look like they could be the behavior of legitimate system administrators. They shouldn’t be connected to any networks because of the risk they still pose, despite attempted patches. Threat actors can use WFP to escalate their privileges on Windows.

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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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IT Governance

JUNE 27, 2019

On 19 March 2019, Norsk Hydro’s systems were infected with the LockerGoga ransomware. TrendMicro’s analysis into the ransomware found that it was the same system administration tool abused by the likes of SOREBRECT and Bad Rabbit. That said, there are a few ways to mitigate the risk. How the incident occurred.

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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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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

A baseboard management controller (BMC) is a specialized service processor that monitors the physical state of a computer, network server or other hardware device using sensors and communicating with the system administrator through an independent connection. ” concludes Eclypsium.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

Some of these attacks are challenging to detect because they look like they could be the behavior of legitimate system administrators. They shouldn’t be connected to any networks because of the risk they still pose, despite attempted patches. Threat actors can use WFP to escalate their privileges on Windows.

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CGI

MAY 21, 2018

A system administrator did not apply a patch. The guidelines and standards developed at that time, which introduced the Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability model, still apply to any technology used to process and store information, whether it be a mobile device, a sensor, a process control system, etc. Add new comment.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

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. Do the storage/system administrators also own and manage the encryption keys used for data-at-rest encryption? However, merely encrypting data is not sufficient.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2023

Prioritize patches Assess the risk and impact of applying patches to ensure security and system stability. Patch deployment priorities are determined by assessing possible risks and effects of each patch. Further reading: Is the Answer to Vulnerabilities Patch Management as a Service?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2019

“Mail server, domain administrator and system administrator accounts were all affected, giving cyberespions access to the past and current passwords of more than 2,000 ICAO system users. Hackers could read, send or delete emails from any user. “ reports Radio-Canada.

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AIIM

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The source and target system administrators should be involved as well. But at a minimum, that system should be set to read-only, and it may be helpful to turn off access to it by end-users altogether because otherwise old habits die hard, and they may try to keep using it. Conclusion.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MAY 14, 2018

This seems a strong limitation, but among the conducts whose breach can lead to criminal penalties there are also those provided by the ePrivacy Directive in relation to marketing communications which makes the potential risk quite high. Privacy-related compliance organization supplemented.

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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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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. You may also create customized reports that are tailored to your needs, allowing for clear communication of discovered risks within your business.

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