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As Secure As Practical (ASAP)
Read More: As Secure As Practical (ASAP)As Secure As Practical (ASAP) – As Soon As Possible. In the past few months of 2022 in Australia alone there have been a number of significant cyber breaches across many of our major brand names and this terrible trend is poised to continue to get worse until such time as our organisations uplift their…
Australian cyber security centre, Articles, ASD, ASD 8, ASD essential 8, JGES, Just good enough securityMichael Brooke presents the ASD essential 8 on Safari
Read More: Michael Brooke presents the ASD essential 8 on SafariMichael Brooke presents the ASD essential 8 on Safari; recently I had the opportunity to work with TechforGood, an organisation making a difference with Social organisations across Australia. I have two passions other than fishing and family (so four passions in total), these are: Cyber security, the field of cyber security is an industry where…
Carrots, sticks and Donkeys do improve cyber security, part 1
Read More: Carrots, sticks and Donkeys do improve cyber security, part 1Carrots, sticks and donkeys do improve cyber security, part 1. More specifically how to Use the ACSC recommendations to achieve cyber resilience augmented with what organisations are already doing well today. As most organisations in Australia already understand, the Australian Signals directorate Essential Eight is a list of 8, easy (definitely easy) steps to implement…
Articles, ASD, ASD 8, ASD essential 8, Australian cyber security centre, Endpoint Detection Response, EndPoint Protection, Extended detection and response, Extended Detection Response, Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, ProtectionProtection before Detection – Endpoint detection response
Read More: Protection before Detection – Endpoint detection responseProtection before Detection – Endpoint detection response Endpoint Detection and response gets a lot of attention from the entire cyber security industry, EDR as it is commonly known is a valuable tool in a corporate kitbag, but is Endpoint and response something that should be acquired first, second or where? If we review the Australian…
Articles, ACSC, ACSC essential 8, ASD, ASD 8, ASD essential 8, EndPoint Protection, Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Defender for EndpointThe No.1 way to protect Data, Defender for Business and Premium
Read More: The No.1 way to protect Data, Defender for Business and PremiumThe No.1 way to protect Data, Defender for Business and Premium, MSP’s and businesses looking for better coverage of the ASD Essential 8 with the fewest possible products should look at Microsoft Defender for Business or Business Premium preferably. This morning a colleague (thanks Ross) sent me this article and it reminded me that we…
Articles, ACSC, ACSC essential 8, ASD, ASD 8, ASD essential 8, Australian cyber security centre, Microsoft Defender for EndpointMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint training resources
Read More: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint training resourcesMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint training resources: The goal of this page is to put together a level 101/201 resource for consultants and end customers to utilise to find out more about Defender for Endpoints, I will update the details as they change but this is current as of May 2022. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint training…
Easy Fail – Australian critical infrastructure
Read More: Easy Fail – Australian critical infrastructureThe Easy Fail in critical infrastructure should have all of us worried right now, whether it is the water being turned off, the traffic lighting systems that we all rely on to get around the cities we live in or much worse, the Electricity that we used to power our homes and provide us warmth…
Articles, ACSC, ACSC essential 8, ASD, ASD 8, ASD essential 8, Client Access Security Broker, Data Loss Prevention, Zero Trust Network Architecture, ZTNAOnce the horse has bolted – or detection and response should not be an early stage cyber resilience control
Read More: Once the horse has bolted – or detection and response should not be an early stage cyber resilience controlOr in other words detection and response solutions should not be a first step in a cyber resilience strategy – after the horse has bolted is too late to be worried about how the animal got out of the stable. The Australian Cyber Security Centre does not even list Endpoint detection and Response solutions in…
Articles, ACSC, ACSC essential 8, ASD, ASD 8, ASD essential 8, EndPoint Protection, Microsoft Autopatch, Microsoft IntuneMicrosoft Autopatch – Patch Tuesday is gone for good!
Read More: Microsoft Autopatch – Patch Tuesday is gone for good!Microsoft Autopatch – Patch Tuesday is gone for good! As an ex-systems administrator my life back in the good ol’ days was busy. Waiting for the next patches Testing the new patches Deploying the new patches …….. rolling back the new patches where it causes a legacy printer or other device to no longer function!…
ACSC, ACSC essential 8, ASD, ASD 8, ASD essential 8, Microsoft, Operating System Hardening, Windows 10Windows 10 Operating system hardening script
Read More: Windows 10 Operating system hardening scriptWindows 10 Operating system hardening script: Whilst researching for my ACSC 40 mitigations document I came across a little gem for hardening Windows 10 OS’s. The Australian Signals directorate recommends that “Operating system hardening” is a top 8 control to reduce your risk of cyber breach, this is also a control contained within the Center…
