Security and Privacy – two sides of the same coin
Security and Privacy – two sides of the same coin One of the toughest parts of my job is explaining the difference between security and privacy. I find that the confusion between the two often leads people to a feeling
Organization Is The Main Prerequisite For Security
Organization Is The Main Prerequisite For Security I’ve always said that security starts with organization. What does that really mean for your organization (no pun intended)? The idea is that you cannot secure what you do not know exists. And
Why DNS Protection Should be the Keystone of your IT Security Program
Why DNS Protection Should be the Keystone of your IT Security Program There is a saying in automotive safety, the safest accident is the one that never happens. Applied to IT Security, the best security incident is the one that
Security Through Obscurity – What is it and When is it is OK to Employ it?
Security Through Obscurity – What is it and When is it is OK to Employ it? Security Through Obscurity is the practice of hiding vs securing. It generally conjures negative associations but when used strategically it could help to improve
The difference between a traditional and next-gen AV
What’s the difference between a traditional AV and next-gen AV? Today everyone has a favorite application for antivirus and everyone you ask will have a story about how their AV “saved them from an attack”. As a lover of analogy,
Comparing IT and Physical Security
Comparing IT and Physical Security In traditional physical security as well as fire prevention there is a KPI that deals with the time it takes for an attacker to bypass the system or in the case of fire prevention, how
Why can’t we prevent all incidents
Why can’t we prevent all incidents When I tell people that I work in Cybersecurity the first question I get is if I can hack. The second question I get is, “if I use Norton or Mcafee as my Anti-Virus
The Best way to Provide Secure Remote Access
The Best way to Provide Secure Remote Access While we are battling Covid-19 most employees are forced to work remotely. This brings up the question of what’s the most secure way to connect remote employees. VPN is one that gets
How security incidents begin…
How security incidents begin… When most people think of IT security they think of either the bad guys, sitting in hoodies in the basement “breaking through the firewall” or the good guys chasing them in a helicopter. The reality is
An overview of Hashing
An overview of Hashing One of the fundamental pillars of security is something called cryptographic Hashing, a checksum, or a Hash Function. Often you will hear this referred to “as a one-way mathematical function”. But what does that mean and
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