The Accidental Successful CIO

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

An example of this kind of operation is technology that can deploy an array of decoys and booby traps throughout a company’s networks. This new method doesn’t attempt to bar intruders from getting in, like firewalls do. The goal of solutions like this is to keep attackers out of your networks in the first place.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 13, 2023

Real-life examples of depth of defense Network Perimeter: Organizations often deploy firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and network monitoring tools at the network perimeter to prevent unauthorized access. Real-life examples and statistics are poignant reminders about the effectiveness that depth brings to cybersecurity.

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Phil Windley

AUGUST 28, 2023

My new book Learning Digital Identity from O'Reilly Media covers many of the topics in this post such as multi-factor authentication, authorization and access control, and identity policy development in depth. User Authentication: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): Requiring users to provide multiple forms of verification (e.g.,

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 7, 2024

This includes firewalls, intrusion detection systems (IDS), and monitoring tools. Some key tools and techniques being deployed include: Firewalls and intrusion detection systems Firewalls and IDS are the first lines of defense, filtering incoming and outgoing traffic and alerting the NOC to potential threats.

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Network World

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

NIST, other government agencies, and industry bodies point towards the policy enforcement point (PEP) as the gateway device or service that performs this separation, gating access based on different authentication and authorization requirements, depending on the sensitivity of the resource.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 23, 2024

Traditional perimeter-based security models are no longer sufficient to protect against sophisticated attacks that can easily bypass firewalls and other boundary defenses. Verify, don't trust This principle emphasizes continuous authentication and authorization based on all available data points.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

For example, being able to move from slot machine to slot machine using a digital wallet stored on your phone. As learned from recent cyberattacks, user education has become a critical component to protecting against these threats as well. What emerging technologies are you most excited about?

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Network World

AUGUST 12, 2024

We worried about potential threats embedded in encrypted traffic, and performance was slow because traffic had to be routed through firewalls to the data center before users could access the resources they needed. For example, when employees leave China, we have their settings changed to automatically get routed to a different node.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Like most organizations, Accenture has standard defenses to detect and prevent largely autonomous attacks: endpoint protection, firewalls, email filtering, multi-factor authentication, patching and configuration management, and URL blocking. Custom-built advanced detection and complex hunt capabilities.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

However, users must be mindful and methodical when setting up, for example, an eCommerce site in WordPress; it's wise to look beyond the real-world SEO benefits and design flexibility and consider factors like data integrity and security. For example, only allow senior developers to disable PHP file execution in directories using.htaccess.

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Galido

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Wordfence Security and Sucuri Security are two such examples of security plugins. Authenticate the WP-admin folder with a password. This can be executed by authenticating the WP-admin folder with a password, thereby making it necessary for everyone who wants to access this folder, to mention the right username and password.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 11, 2022

Firewall-as-a-service : Many legacy firewalls are ineffective against modern threats on a distributed network. Firewall-as-a-service : Many legacy firewalls are ineffective against modern threats on a distributed network.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

For example, bandwidth consumption, rack-space in a datacenter, etc. A clear example of friction is the additional step introduced by multifactor authentication (MFA) in a standard authentication process. They all come together to form the total cost of investment for the solution.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 7, 2024

Some key examples of confirmed activity from early 2024 include pro-Russia groups remotely accessing HMIs at water treatment facilities to max out pump settings, disable alarms, and change passwords to lock out operators—leading to minor spills in some cases. Mandate multifactor authentication for privileged users.

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Network World

JUNE 6, 2024

It can also encompass a constantly growing laundry list of additional features such as firewall as a service (FWaaS), browser isolation, sandboxing, data loss prevention (DLP), and web application firewall (WAF). As previously noted, SASE adds SD-WAN. IDC splits the difference between SASE and SSE.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 20, 2018

I was recently working on a blog post involving the use of TLS certificates for encryption and authentication, and was running into errors. This time the connection succeeded, and the output of the curl command showed that TLS encryption and authentication were in place and successful. key /path/to/client/certificate/key.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 7, 2023

Traditional blanket policies that restrict access to apps outside the corporate firewall are no longer effective in a world where more applications and data are moving to the cloud, and more employees are accessing those apps from outside the office.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 6, 2023

These attacks can come from malicious instructions, social engineering, or authentication attacks, as well as heavy network traffic. Policies Many different kinds of policies can be implemented to work against attacks, but it's important to have some fundamental principles in place to set an overall example throughout the company.

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Network World

JANUARY 14, 2025

We dont need to go outside of Zscalers walls to find examples of such an attack. Once inside, they will use legitimate credentials and access to do real damage, especially if the organization uses legacy architecture involving firewalls and VPNs. Learn more about it in the ThreatLabz 2024 Phishing Report.

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

The UPnP describes the process when a device remotely connects and communicates on a network automatically without authentication. Any default passwords should be changed as soon as possible, and the wireless network should have a strong password and firewall.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 15, 2022

New research shows there are more than 9,000 exposed Virtual Network Computing (VNC) servers that are being used without authentication, some of which belong to organizations in critical infrastructure. They say that he could remotely access a ministry employee's desktop without a password or authentication.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 13, 2022

That is, our primary security controls of firewalls, intrusion prevention, network segmentation, and wired network security are no longer the primary method to manage technology in a COE. Dynamic authentication and authorization are strictly enforced before granting access to any resource.

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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. Then by using tools present in the environment, they are aiming to remain persistent and evasive.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 27, 2022

However, employees working outside the corporate firewall and other network protections pose some big security challenges, especially for large enterprises. For example, during the first weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, cyber insurers had significant concerns about the security risks incurred with so many employees suddenly working from home.

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Galido

MAY 30, 2019

Information falling under personally identifiable information include the primary account number (PAN), cardholder name, service code, expiration date, and other sensitive card authentication data. For example, employees may use devices such as USB drives to access sensitive data. PCI DSS Requirements for Network Segmentation.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Within an office environment, workers have a number of protections, such as the company firewall and regularly updated infrastructure. It is important that your VPN should use multi-factor authentication (MFA) rather than just usernames and passwords. Without these protections, remote staff can potentially be vulnerable.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 7, 2022

That also means offering common ways to authenticate, run reports, and check for threats. For example, any customers deploying Symantec Endpoint Security Complete can use the same agent to redirect traffic to our Symantec Enterprise Cloud when they’re exposed on the internet and not behind a proxy or firewall.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 21, 2024

For example, in one of the most notable cases of a cyberattack on a nonproft, $650,000 was stolen from One Treasure Island , and the attack vector used was a third-party bookkeeping solution. For instance, hardware- or software-based firewalls can monitor incoming and outgoing network traffic and block suspicious activity.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

We invest in firewalls, two-factor authentication systems, and lots and lots of training for everyone in the company. It can be all too easy for a CIO who has suffered a ransomware attack, for example, to mischaracterize the attack as a “system issue” or “security incident.”

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2014

Poonen uses an example of a rooftop infinity pool in Singapore as a metaphor for the “three foundations” of EUC: SDDC, workspace services (authentication and content collaboration, for example), and then the desktop/mobile/cloud experience. Poonen goes on to talk about VMware’s desktop leadership.

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Galido

JUNE 30, 2016

They use various methods to host the virtual mobile applications and their data, but in most cases almost every bit of it exists safely beyond the firewall. The client application manages to negotiate the links with the VMI platform, which in turn, enhances processes such as 2-factor authentication and information stream decryption.

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Galido

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Acting as purposely malignant, malware is disguised as an authentic application available from an apparently trustworthy source. Enable a firewall and a comprehensive malware removal program like Malwarebytes to detect and keep all types of malware away. This is because a tech guy can easily grab your login information from cookies.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 7, 2024

Firewall capability for AI security: Enhance security measures by providing firewall capabilities to safeguard against potential AI-related vulnerabilities. We all know that well-intended workers will figure out how to use it without going through the corporate firewalls. Embrace AI—it’s here!

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Researchers from Zafran have identified a critical misconfiguration in Web Application Firewalls (WAF) from major providers, including those from Akamai, Cloudflare, and Imperva. Mutual TLS (mTLS): Implement client-side certificates for stronger authentication between the CDN and the origin server.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

With that in mind, Butler transitions into a discussion of a particular customer example. IAM offers fine-grained access for AWS resources, offers multi-factor authentication for highly privileged users, and can integrate with corporate directories. This gives local authentication both on-premises as well as in AWS.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 8, 2020

The research provides the example of Genesis Market: ".Where One of the first cybersecurity solutions to fight account fraud is multi-factor authentication. Deploy an online Web Application Firewall. Some element of 2FA is always better than none but try to phase out multi-factor authentication using SMS.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Additionally, be cautious when adding new friends; verify their authenticity through known offline connections. Some people register several accounts, for example, to avoid losing contact with the network in case of temporary blocking. Fully utilize firewall capabilities. Be vigilant about duplicate accounts of people you know.

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