As an IT security professional, you work hard to prevent cyberattacks. You patch your systems regularly, update antivirus libraries, run user trainings, and lock down user access to sensitive systems and data. You’re the poster child for solid cyberhygiene. Despite all the money you …
Someone steals credentials from one of your client’s executives. They guess the username and password to their email account. From there, the cybercriminal can send out targeted phishing emails to compromise even more accounts or trick employees into handing over sensitive data. To combat …
Few messages strike fear in the hearts of IT operations staff like the dreaded scan results from your security team. These messages often appear in your inbox early on Monday morning, which means it’s sitting there waiting for you. You’re not even into your …
When you hire someone, you expect them to care about your business. You want them to take care of your intellectual property and data. Unfortunately, not everyone has the best intentions. And even those that do can accidentally cause breaches and data loss. You …
As the cyberlandscape continues to evolve, so do the methods of attack used by cybercriminals. And it isn’t just outsiders you have to worry about; insiders can be responsible for data breaches too. Given all the moving pieces, it’s no wonder the state of …
Many businesses need to increase their security game. You can put all the preventive measures in place that you want—like patching, antivirus, mail protection, and firewalls—yet threats can still slip past defenses. According to the recent Ponemon 2018 Cost of a Data Breach report, …
We made it! This is the final post in this six-part series mapping the cybersecurity landscape through a new reference model for IT infrastructure security. Thank you for coming along on this journey with me. Now it’s time to take a look at where …
Today, in the fifth post of this six-part series, we’re going to cover the fourth and final domain of our reference model for IT infrastructure security. Not only is this the last domain in the model, it is one of the most exciting. As …
Where are you? Halfway through this 6-part series exploring a new reference model for IT infrastructure security! As you learned in earlier posts, this model breaks the security infrastructure landscape into four domains that each contain six categories. While today’s domain may seem simple, …
So far in this series we have reviewed a few popular and emerging models and frameworks. These tools are meant to help you make sense of where you are and how to get where you’re going when it comes to information security or cybersecurity. We’ve …
