Countdown to GDPR — Reduce your Risk

First discussed in the 1990s and turned into law last year, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation GDPR finally goes into effect in May 2018, imposing strict requirements on millions of businesses and subjecting violators to severe penalties. The complex regulation is of concern not just to...

5 Questions to Ask Your CISO about the GDPR

The European General Data Protection Regulation GDPR comes into force on May 25, 2018, and it will have a huge impact on the way businesses store and collect personal information belonging to those located in the European Union EU. The regulation applies to all businesses that hold and process da...

Data Anonymization: Motivation and Mechanics

Data is one of the most valuable assets a company has in its possession. And while it may not be listed as a line item on the balance sheet, when a company’s data is breached it can have a very negative impact on the bottom line—in a company’s stock price, reputation and brand. One approach to...

GDPR Readiness – Calculate Your Return on Security Investment (ROSI)

What is the cost of a data breach? Assuming annual revenue of £30M, a single fine could be as much as a whopping £1.2M—the maximum 4%—when the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation GDPR becomes effective in May 2018. Compare that to a database control cost factor of £750K, the cost ...

This Week in Security News

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. Below you’ll find a quick recap of topics followed by links to news articles and/or our blog posts providing additional insight. Be sure to check back...

WannaCry Highlights Major Security Shortcomings Ahead of GDPR D-Day

For all the panic it caused, WannaCry looks finally to have been contained by organisations round the globe. But this isn’t the time to forget about it and move on. There are valuable lessons to be learned about this attack, why it was so successful and what can be done to prevent it happening...

Top 5 GDPR Myths: Get the Facts

The General Data Protection Regulation GDPR has been garnering much attention since its formal adoption in April 2016. With the effective date of May 25, 2018 fast approaching, some popular myths have emerged surrounding the regulation. In this blog post, we’ll examine and debunk a few of the mos...

For GDPR Readiness, You Need Visibility into Your IT Assets

The looming deadline for complying with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation GDPR is shining the spotlight on a foundational InfoSec best practice: A comprehensive IT asset inventory. The reason: GDPR places strict requirements on the way a business handles the personally identifiable...

Get Going on Your GDPR Plan [Infographic]

General Data Protection Regulation GDPR enforcement begins May 2018. Are you ready? While enforcement may seem a way off, you don’t want to get derailed by last-minute planning efforts. Organizations should revisit their security and compliance strategies today to ensure they’re prepared to meet...

GDPR Series, Part 4: The Penalties for Non-Compliance

In the first three parts of this series, we covered the GDPR basics: who is subject to the GDPR requirements, what rules require data protection technology, and how you can start preparing your organization for the regulation. In this final installment, we will cover what happens when you are not...

Windows Mapped Network Drives

Nessus was able to generate a report of mapped network drives on the remote Windows host. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description scriptid92422; scriptversion"1.6"; scriptcvsdate"Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:27"; scriptnameenglish:"Windows Mapped Network Drives";...

Microsoft Windows Device Logs

Nessus was able to collect available device logs from the remote Windows host and add them as attachments. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description scriptid92363; scriptversion"1.5"; scriptcvsdate"Date: 2018/05/23 16:10:01"; scriptnameenglish:"Microsoft Windows Device...

Microsoft Windows Scripting Host Settings

Nessus was able to collect system and user level Windows scripting host settings from the remote Windows host and generate a report as a CSV attachment. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description scriptid92368; scriptversion"1.5"; scriptcvsdate"Date: 2018/05/23 16:10:01"...

Microsoft Windows Last Boot Time

Nessus was able to collect and report the remote host's last boot time as an ISO 8601 timestamp. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description scriptid92366; scriptversion"1.7"; scriptcvsdate"Date: 2018/07/09 16:48:24"; scriptnameenglish:"Microsoft Windows Last Boot Time";...

BagMRU Folder History

Nessus was able to enumerate folders that were opened in Windows Explorer. Microsoft Windows maintains folder settings using a registry key known as shellbags or BagMRU. The generated folder list report contains folders local to the system, folders from past mounted network drives, and folders fr...

Compliance Tests

This script controls various compliance tests like IT-Grundschutz. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...