Artificial Intelligence?
Read More: Artificial Intelligence?Artificial Intelligence is not always Artificial Intelligence, every Cyber Security vendor selling solutions today is either putting an “using AI” sticker on their website, or they are investigating how they can use Artificial Intelligence “AI” and Machine Learning “ML”in their branding. It stands to reason as the terms are well on the incline of the…
Help! choose a vendor
Read More: Help! choose a vendorIn the Cyber Security industry there are no sure bets, large companies have revenue and legacy products to protect, which stifles innovation.
Insecure – MicroSoft Autodiscover
Read More: Insecure – MicroSoft AutodiscoverMicrosoft Exchange servers autodiscover function, configured by the wrong hands, is not secure! A systems administrator who incorrectly sets up their on-premise Autodiscover record could be assisting miscreants to slurp up credentials from an organisations users trying to connect to their corporate email account.
The cost of SSO?
Read More: The cost of SSO?A friend of mine recently posted this interesting article on adding Single Sign On for various vendor products (thank you Charles) and I wanted to share, primarily because it gives an insight into the ways that some vendors are gouging their customers for functionality that has a negligible cost for the vendor and in some…
Data Incontinence – when leaks sneak out
CSF framework: 1. Identify; 2. Protect. Cyber Maturity Level:⭐️⭐️
Read More: Data Incontinence – when leaks sneak outTo prevent data being used against you in the future either through competitive, intellectual or malicious usage or publication? What should you do?
CSF framework: 1. Identify; 2. Protect. Cyber Maturity Level:⭐️⭐️
Does size matter – mdr vendors
Read More: Does size matter – mdr vendorsWhen selecting a vendor for your Managed Detection and Response (MDR) requirements, what are the most critical considerations? Personally I had always considered that the size of the organisation providing my MDR needs was a strong point in favour of vendors like CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Rapid7, FireEye etc etc…… Once upon a time there was also…
Entry level hiring?
Read More: Entry level hiring?Cyber security has a big problem at the moment in relation to hiring good staff for the roles that are available. Often times we also hear that many candidates are being overlooked and can not find roles in this field. Recently I came across this post on Reddit from a manager who is/was hiring for…
era is over – inventor of the ZX spectrum gone
Read More: era is over – inventor of the ZX spectrum goneSir Clive Sinclair has died on the 16/09/2021, Sir Clive created many innovative products over his lifetime including Calculators, Electric Vehicles, Micro TV’s etc and while I only used his computers briefly, it very sad to see him gone, another pioneer has moved on from this world. As I grew up in the 1970s and…
Anonymous?
Read More: Anonymous?Anonymising data is not anonymous data, nowadays many data providers are claiming that our data will be used anonymously by removing uniquely identifiable markers from the details they collect from us. Unfortunately to de-anonymise data all that is needed is pointers that make you unique, take for example your GPS data which shows you travel…
How to: Thwarting ransomware according to Cert NZ
Read More: How to: Thwarting ransomware according to Cert NZRansomware at its most basic prevents a user or an organisation from accessing their data.