Businesses often mistakenly believe they will not be targeted or that they will know when they are attacked immediately. These are deadly myths that will leave organizations unprepared for the threats out there. This week we discuss the fallacies of these beliefs and how businesses can transcend these old thoughts Read more…
Many times, as an Information Security Professional I forget that somethings aren’t common knowledge to my customers. I live in this cyber security world 24/7 but they just dip their toes in the water occasionally. This week we are going to get down to the basics like Vince Lombardi Read more…
One of the amazing questions I received this week was about layered security. “What does that look like Micheal?” This week I’ll break down common ways for small businesses to implement multiple levels of security into their business networks to stop the cyber bad guys. ​Text book definition At Read more…
​Over the past few blogs we have studied some of the benefits of implementing monitoring solutions. While compliance drives this need for many industries, businesses will also find cost saving by uncovering breaches faster and decreasing overall investigation times. We have gone over the pros and cons of outsourcing Read more…
​In our latest blog installments on monitoring, we spoke about compliance and decreasing overall detection times. These two benefits alone are fantastic; however, why should organizations monitor logs from their environment? And if they do, should they use a centralized logging platform (SIEM)? ​Should we bother monitoring? ​The answer is Read more…
In part two of our month-long series on the benefits of monitoring network and system events (audit logs), we will be discussing how with more insight, companies can detect a breach more quickly. A misconception is that if logs are aggregated and people are watching the logs, bad guys Read more…
​Network and system monitoring are an important part of any well-formed security program, not to mention a requirement for some industry regulations. To understand what we mean by monitoring and how better insight can lead to a more prepared organization, I am going to break down the topic for business Read more…
​With cyber security becoming increasingly important, businesses and organizations want to ensure their systems and networks are protected from the activities of hackers and phishers looking to steal confidential information. Thanks to penetration tests, which are a form of ethical hacking, businesses and organizations have an amazing tool that Read more…