Cisco Security

AUGUST 11, 2021

In case you missed them, below is a brief recap of some of the Cisco sessions, including a fight that almost broke out between the Incident Response (IR) team represented by Matt Olney, Talos’ Intel Director, and Wendy Nather, Head of Advisory CISOs. In addition, Matt personally prefers the newer MFA system than the age-old firewall system.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

RDP intrusions are typically the result of two attacker methods: brute force authentication attempts or a meddler-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. Remote desktop software’s sensitive influence over other devices means identity and access management (IAM), password security , and multi-factor authentication are critical for risk management.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2023

Already, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) members issued guidance governing securing authentication and access to financial institutions’ services and systems, including APIs. Prediction #5: Enterprising CISOs will see API security as an opportunity to innovate.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Threat intelligence also ranks high among respondents, used via network traffic (57 percent, firewall / IPS traffic (53 percent), dark web data (46 percent) and user behavior (44 percent). ” That’s preferable to an incident response service , he said, where an incident responder would need to learn the system in real time.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Next-generation firewalls are well, XDRing, IPS in prevention mode, and we had 100% attainment of our security awareness weekly training podcast. Yes, we even have email encryption of all outbound messages with complete data loss prevention enabled with multi-factor authentication! Cybersecurity is a Successfully Failure.

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

These groups are having lots of discussion around the fact that many campuses are required to use multi-factor authentication (MFA) for their cyber liability insurance. In a recent Duo blog post, we gave an overview of cyber liability insurance. As part of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and “Do Your Part.

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Cisco Security

MAY 17, 2021

Throughout Cisco’s journey delivering the first-ever integrated security platform to market, our team of experienced cybersecurity experts, accomplished engineers and product management have remained closely aligning with CISOs and security customers to deeply understand—and think ahead of—the challenges of the modern security portfolio.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 30, 2021

Whether you are a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), software developer, or an everyday-API-consumer, following these best practices will allow you to better verify and trust each API interaction. Use strong authentication and authorization. Maps to API1-API10. Leverage the capabilities offered by frameworks like OAuth 2.0

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 15, 2021

So from inside SolarWinds, these elite hackers were able to distribute authentic, though infectious, Orion updates. EDR has become engrained as an essential layer of protection for PCs and servers and XDR simply extends this layer to firewalls, email servers, smartphones and IoT devices. FireEye naturally notified SolarWinds.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 13, 2025

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) and role-based access controls are your best friends here. Enhanced Governance Requirements Entities must appoint a qualified Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) with a direct reporting line to the board of directors. Access Controls Whos got the keys to the kingdom? Here are the highlights: 1.

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Cisco Security

JULY 14, 2021

However, according to Cisco’s Head of Advisory CISOs, Wendy Nather , there’s a right way and a wrong way to do this. Secure access – Ensure that only authorized users and devices are accessing your resources through multi-factor authentication (MFA) and other safeguards.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 26, 2022

In one engagement this quarter, passwords were reset through a management console of a perimeter firewall that a disgruntled employee had access to. . On the following day, someone logged in using that account, deleted all other accounts and firewall rules, and created one local account, likely to provide persistence. .

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SecureWorld News

MAY 25, 2023

According to the Microsoft Threat Intelligence announcement , Volt Typhoon gains initial access to targeted organizations through internet-facing security devices, specifically Fortinet FortiGuard firewalls. Joseph Carson, Chief Security Scientist and Advisory CISO at Delinea: "The recent Volt Typhoon warning from Microsoft is alarming.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 25, 2022

By hiring a proven security partner, hospitals can outsource the management and monitoring of security systems that include antivirus protection, intrusion, vulnerability scanning, detection and managed firewall services. Regular backups and multi-factor authentication should also be consistently enforced for all accounts.

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NetSpi Executives

MARCH 11, 2025

Meet the Contributors This roundup includes insights from these NetSPI Partners: Thomas Cumberland, Tier 3 Senior Analyst at Cyber Sainik Michael Yates, CISO at All Lines Tech Sean Mahoney, Vice President at Netswitch Technology Management Kendra Vicars, Risk and Compliance Manager at Legato Security 1.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Expert Insights Recognition Were thrilled to be recognized by tech review platform Expert Insights in their shortlist of leading B2B tech software for CISOs and IT managers. Check out the full report to find out why. Check out the full report to find out why.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Multi-factor authentication : Protects stolen credentials against use by requiring more than a simple username and password combination for access to resources. Passwordless authentication : Eliminates passwords in favor of other types of authentication such as passkeys, SSO, biometrics, or email access.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In a blog post this week, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team – Wordfence offers an endpoint firewall and malware scanner designed to protect WordPress – said that in late August they disclosed a vulnerability dubbed CVE-2021-39333 in the Hashthemes Demo Importer plug-in to WordPress.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Expert Insights Recognition Were thrilled to be recognized by tech review platform Expert Insights in their shortlist of leading B2B tech software for CISOs and IT managers. Check out the full report to find out why.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 8, 2020

Here's what Rick Holland, CISO and VP of Strategy at Digital Shadows, has to say about the new data: “The sheer number of credentials available is staggering and in just over the past 1.5 One of the first cybersecurity solutions to fight account fraud is multi-factor authentication. Deploy an online Web Application Firewall.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Mike Hamilton, president and chief information security officer at CI Security and former CISO of Seattle, told SC Media that the disparity in dates might simply be a matter of semantics. Our latest release of FTA has addressed all known vulnerabilities at this time,” said Frank Balonis, Accellion’s CISO, in a statement.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 23, 2019

No wonder this threat keeps our client’s CISO and security teams up at night. Network Security: Firewall A firewall is your first line of defense or your computer network gatekeepers. Contrary to antivirus software, which requires a very small effort to set up, firewalls usually require special knowledge.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 12, 2023

Unauthenticated vulnerability scans should be conducted to view the systems from the perspective of an external hacker and authenticated vulnerability scans should be conducted to view systems from the perspective of a hacker with stolen credentials. Broader is always better to control risks, but can be more costly.]

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

SAP National Security Services (NS2) CISO Ted Wagner told eSecurityPlanet that network slicing “adds complexity, which may lend itself to insecure implementation. Efforts like to shore up identity , leverage zero trust frameworks, and authenticate devices will remain best practices for the immediate future.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2021

The truth is that solutions like single sign-on (SSO) and multi-factor authentication (MFA) can spell disaster if initial access is all a malicious actor needs to traverse the network’s resources. Whether it’s a VPN , firewall , or remote access server, unauthorized entry via network gateways is a problem.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 3, 2021

Common challenges involve restricted availability of authentication methods and difficulty in gaining visibility of non-managed devices. It is critical that organizations verify user identities using strong authentication, and that they verify devices with equal rigor. Workload: Interactions between applications and services.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 9, 2025

This was a key discussion point at this years World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Cybersecurity Summit, where the consensus among my fellow global CXOs and CISOs was that GenAI applications must be treated as part of overall enterprise security strategynot as standalone projects.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 21, 2021

While some of these costs, such as multi-factor authentication (MFA) or endpoint detection and response (EDR), could reasonably be demonstrated to have a business return on investment (ROI), other aspects may be tougher to quantify. The lack of a single-source or one-time solution makes the process complicated, though not impossible.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Colonial Pipeline hackers gained entry to the company’s computer network through a VPN that wasn’t using multifactor authentication, using a leaked password found on the dark web. Those are astounding numbers, considering a cyberattack can often result from something as simple as a single compromised password or software vulnerability.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Also like humans, machines must be authenticated to be trusted. Once authenticated using their identity, the machine can then be authorized to access data or resources. Authentication to determine trustworthiness of a machine identity. Machines are like humans in that each one must have a unique identity (2). What’s new here?

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NopSec

JUNE 26, 2015

We have installed SIEMs, firewalls, IDPs, vulnerability scanners, malware and virus detection, authentication, identity and access management systems, data loss prevention technology, encryption, sandboxes, anomaly detection tools, phishing and spam prevention. But in the end, we are still getting hacked.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 14, 2021

Greg McCarthy, CISO of Boston. Coleman also encouraged the use of single sign-on, multi-factor authentication and privileged access management. ,” said fellow panelist Tom Malta, head of IAM at the Navy Federal Credit Union. “It The days of password spreadsheets in a drawer should be over.”.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Read more : Best Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Vendors. YL offers hands-on support for startup leaders in addition to an extensive network of cybersecurity industry leaders and CISOs. Mimecast Email security 2012 Nasdaq: MIME. Kleiner Perkins. Sequoia Capital.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 6, 2022

Pity the poor CISO at any enterprise you care to name. As their organizations migrate deeper into an intensively interconnected digital ecosystem, CISOs must deal with cyber attacks raining down on all fronts. And the usual collection of security tools – firewall, endpoint detection, intrusion detection, SIEM, etc.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 22, 2021

It also feeds into the larger argument for adopting a zero-trust architecture , a methodology that essentially assumes that no user or devices trying to connect to the network can be trusted until they’re authenticated and verified. ” Most Devices Communicate in Plaintext. ” Protective Steps to Take.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

And in doing so, they’re embracing agile software deployments, which requires authentication and access privileges to be dispensed, on the fly, for each human-to-machine and machine-to-machine coding connection. It can enhance access management, identity governance, privileged access rights and user authentication.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Government actions will increase: Expect more government regulations, state-sponsored cyberattacks, and increased documentation required to protect CISOs. Christine Bejerasco, CISO of WithSecure , expands that “in the physical dimension, poisoning the well could impact communities in the area.

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