This is a guest post contributed by Dr. Shane Shook, Chair of the Technical Advisory Board at Cylance, Inc. Financial services institutions are a natural target for cyberattackers given that they manage the resource many hackers value most — money. […]
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Middle managers are a sort of cancer. They add unnecessary steps to simple processes, and–in an effort to justify their own existence–often make things more complex than they need to be. The DevOps movement is making middle managers obsolete. I
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Revenge. It’s generally not a wise choice, but it does seem to be a natural, visceral response to being attacked. When it comes to malware and cyber attacks, there is a growing push to stop being passive victims, and return
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[inlinetweet prefix=”” tweeter=”” suffix=””][/inlinetweet] The aggressive “monitoring” by the US government is unwelcome in other nations. If foreign companies think that doing business with US companies means subjecting their data to the scrutiny of the US government, they’re likely to
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I appreciate that compliance requirements help to enforce some sort of minimum acceptable standards for security and information management, but compliance is just table stakes. It is possible for companies that just follow the letter rather than the spirit of
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A lot of people make the mistake of assuming that if the host OS on the physical server (or PC) has security tools and antimalware in place, it will protect virtual machines running on that server or PC. That is
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Stoplights do a pretty amazing job at managing the flow of traffic, and preventing complete chaos on our streets. [inlinetweet prefix=”” tweeter=”” suffix=””]Imagine, though, what a mess things would be if the light turned red and nobody responded?[/inlinetweet] Security monitoring
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Most organizations are aware of the risks and threats facing their networks and data, and they strive to adequately defend themselves. Many organizations also allow third-parties like partners, vendors, or suppliers to access their networks, or maintain permanent connections to
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What something is called is not as important as what it is. For example, a banana is a banana is a banana no matter what you call it. DevOps is a great example of this concept as well. There is
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VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) macros haven’t been a significant malware threat for a few years now. Ever since Microsoft disabled VBA macro execution by default in the Microsoft Office suite, VBA macro malware can’t execute without user intervention. From
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