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You Are Here – Perimeter Security

In part 1 of this series, we covered some of the most prevalent and most promising cybersecurity models and frameworks available today. These are all tools that can help you…

You Are Here – Making Sense of Modern InfoSec

Now that we all carry supercomputers complete with real-time GPS mapping in our pockets, a reference to physical maps may feel a bit antiquated. You know the ones I’m talking…

Security Monitoring – It’s All About the Data

In this series, we’ve covered some key areas that can help prepare for potential attacks. Preparation is essential. Security policies are essential. Understanding your network and its assets is essential.…

Data Protection: Culture, Tools, People, and Roles

In my previous posts about Building a Culture of Data Protection (Overview, Development, Features, Expectations), I covered the background of building a culture.  In this post, I’ll be going over the data protection…

The Hidden Costs of Backup Software

The focus of data protection has changed. Backups and data recovery used to exist primarily to protect against human error or natural disaster. The focus was on recovering from an…

Culture of Data Protection: What Your Customers Expect

We’ve talked about building a culture, why it applies to all data environments, and some specific types of data protection features you should be considering.  Today, we’ll be considering the culture of protection the…

Policy and Controls – A Foundation for Threat Protection

In the previous blog in this series, we reviewed several types of attacks and threats, and some ways they are perpetrated. In this blog, we will become familiar with several…

Security Pain Points: Upper Management and Budget

Security should be a top priority for IT professionals within all areas of skills. One of the top pain points is how to convey the story of security to upper…

Building a Culture for Data Protection

Building a culture that favors protecting data can be challenging. In fact, most of us who love our data spend a huge amount of time standing up for our data…

Log Analysis Tools Review: Syslog, Filtering the Most Relevant Events

Who’s passed more than a weekend going almost blind because something in your didn’t work as it should, and it produced, hopefully, thousands of lines of error messages, almost all…