How Open Systems uses Microsoft tools to improve security maturity

This blog post is part of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association guest blog series. Learn more about MISA. We’ve all seen it happen—an organization has all the top-notch security tools in place and still, they get breached. In today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape, complexity leads to...

2022 Planning: The Path to Effective Cybersecurity Maturity

When it comes to bringing cyber safety and resilience to all parts of your organization, there is no silver bullet. Achieving cybersecurity maturity isn't something you can do overnight — it requires a significant amount of planning, prioritizing, and coordinating across the business. While this...

Resources for accelerating your Zero Trust journey

For many organizations, 2020 was the year that finally saw remote work become a reality on a global scale. As many people begin transitioning back to the office, many organizations are thinking about how they can transition from a remote workforce to a more permanent hybrid workplace. We recently...

Longer maturity leads to lower returns

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Announcing the Zero Trust Deployment Center

Organizations have been digitally transforming at warp speed in response to the way businesses operate and how people work. As a result, digital security teams have been under immense pressure to ensure their environments are resilient and secure. Many have turned to a Zero Trust security model t...

CISA, DOE, and UK’s NCSC Issue Guidance on Protecting Industrial Control Systems

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, the Department of Energy DOE, and the UK's National Cyber Security Centre NCSC have released Cybersecurity Best Practices for Industrial Control Systems, an infographic providing recommended cybersecurity practices for industrial control...

Faraday presents the latest version of their Security Platform for Vulnerability Management Automation

Miami, February 19, 2020 - Faraday is opening 2020 by strengthening their releases using the featured cybersecurity worldwide events calendar, starting next week with BSides and RSAC in San Francisco. As a Blackhat Global Partner, the company will also participate as a sponsor in all BH’s global...

Zero Trust strategy—what good looks like

Zero Trust has managed to both inspire and confuse the cybersecurity industry at the same time. A significant reason for the confusion is that Zero Trust isn’t a specific technology, but a security strategy and arguably the first formal strategy, as I recently heard Dr. Chase Cunningham, Principa...

What Is the DoD’s New Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, and What Does It Mean for Defense Contractors?

Citing the threat of compromise of Controlled Unclassified Information CUI within the defense industrial base DIB, along with the high cost of cyber breaches in general, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition has initiated a program for rating the cybersecurity maturity ...

ACSC Releases Updated Essential Eight Maturity Model

The Australian Cyber Security Centre ACSC has released updates to its Essential Eight Maturity Model. The model assists organizations in determining the maturity of their implementation of the Essential Eight—ACSC’s list of the top mitigation strategies to help organizations protect their systems...

Keys to Mature to a Level 4 Threat Hunting Program

Three Commonalities Among Level 4 Threat Hunting Programs Threat hunting programs that have reached level 4 maturity have three commonalities: The have implemented automation wherever possible to scale their effectiveness They have developed threat hunting processes to operationalize how they...

What the Marriott Breach Says About Security

We don't yet know the root causes that forced Marriott this week to disclose a four-year-long breach involving the personal and financial information of 500 million guests of its Starwood hotel properties. But anytime we see such a colossal intrusion go undetected for so long, the ultimate cause ...

Distributing Malware By Becoming an Admin on an Open-Source Project

The module "event-stream" was infected with malware by an anonymous someone who became an admin on the project. Cory Doctorow points out that this is a clever new attack vector: Many open source projects attain a level of "maturity" where no one really needs any new features and there aren't a lo...

How The ATT&CK™ Framework Can Mature Your Threat Hunting Program

The truth about threat hunting is that it’s a process that matures with your security team. The more you learn more about the threat landscape, the more you can operationalize that knowledge. Because of this, it is important to work within a framework that can help you track the growth of your...

Join Microsoft for a security in a day workshop

Let's talk about an integrated security experience. Many of our customers are in various stages of cybersecurity maturity: Initializing Firefighting No formal security program Developing Point solutions/tools for basic controls Pockets of expertise Defining Aligned to frameworks Documented contro...

Illuminating the Path to Digital Maturity

Research By Akamai and Forrester Sheds New Light on Digital Experience Challenges and Opportunities Nearly every business today is striving to create and deliver digital experiences that stand apart. But it's no small task turning those visions into reality. Moreover, there's little room for erro...

Illuminating the Path to Digital Maturity

Research By Akamai and Forrester Sheds New Light on Digital Experience Challenges and Opportunities Nearly every business today is striving to create and deliver digital experiences that stand apart. But it's no small task turning those visions into reality. Moreover,...

The Third Question(s) Today’s CEOs Should Ask (& Know the Answers To)

In a previous blog, we discussed Commander’s Intent for CEOs and introduced 10 questions CEOs should be asking their teams. In this blog series, I am going to take a deeper dive into each question and break them down one at a time. We will discuss why CEOs should care about each question and the...

The Wrong Way to Pick a Security Vendor

For a number of years, we've worked with and supported our Managed Service Provider MSP partners at Trend Micro and I've seen and heard a lot in that time. Over time, we’ve noticed a few trends when it comes to MSPs choosing a security vendor to partner with, and in an effort to save you some...

Further Advances the State of Cyber Threat Information Sharing into Cyber Threat Management and Response

Healthcare organizations HCOs are not immune to large-scale cyberattacks, as evident by the most recent attacks WannaCry and Petya. In fact, HCOs are an attractive target for hackers because of the immense amount of personally identifiable information housed in their systems. The industry is wide...