Network segmentation is a powerful and essential tool in the security manager’s arsenal that improves the security of computer networks and makes them easier to manage. Network segmentation provides protection against attackers who manage to breach the perimeter defences by limiting their ability to move laterally within the network. It can also protect key systems […]
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What is a Next Generation Firewall and how can it help keep your network secure? The phrase ‘next generation firewall’ is increasingly being used by security vendors to describe their network security products. However, the definition of precise capabilities required to call a firewall next generation (or not) are far from universally agreed. This article
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Verizon has published their 13th annual Data Breach Investigations Report – and it focuses on security incidents and breaches that occurred during 2019. The 2020 DBIR analysed 157,525 incidents, 32,002 in detail and confirmed 3950 breaches in 81 countries. Although the scope is global, half of the incidents in the data come from North America
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Security Awareness Training is an essential component of any organisation’s information security. Even though it is mandated by frameworks such as PCI-DSS or ISO 27001, Security Awareness Training should be more than just a compliance exercise. A good security awareness training programme will drive changes in behaviour amongst staff, suppliers and customers that will improve
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Server hardening is a set of disciplines and techniques which improve the security of an ‘off the shelf’ server. Server Hardening is requirement of security frameworks such as PCI-DSS and is typically included when organisations adopt ISO27001. What is the attack surface The aim of server hardening is to reduce the attack surface of
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Most people have heard of the dark web and the stories of the criminal activity that takes place on the dark web. For the most part, these stories are true; however, there is a lot more to the dark web than drugs, guns and stolen credit cards. In this article, we are going to be
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Mitre ATT&CK helps security managers defend their networks by providing a framework for categorising the techniques and tactics used in real world cyberattacks. Founded in 2013 in order to document the common threats, tactics and procedures used to attack Windows networks, Mitre ATT&CK has gathered data and telemetry on real world attacks which can be
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In recent years the main vendors of the operating systems and databases that run our businesses, schools and governments have made significant strides to provide a reliable stream of patches and upgrades which are easy to install or even automatically installed. Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday has been emulated by other vendors including Adobe and SAP. These
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Security Information and Event Management – SIEM – is the ability to collate and analyse events from across the network in real time in order to detect security incidents and attacks. Many organisations first encounter SIEM when it becomes a compliance exercise in order meet the requirements of a security framework such as PCI-DSS or
Fileless malware attacks have increased over 300% in 2019. What is fileless malware and how does it work? According to their mid-year Cybersecurity report, Trend Micro asserts that fileless malware attacks have increased 365% over the same period the previous year. In order to understand why this is increasing and how fileless malware works, we
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