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ICS Security: ‘The Enemy Is in the Wire’
/by RedSealDark Reading | July 12, 2018
By Wayne Lloyd, RedSeal Federal CTO
Threats to industrial control systems are real and frightening. The government is taking steps to keep us safer in the future, but there are near-term steps you can take right now.
“The enemy is in the wire.” During the Vietnam War, this call would ring out to alert everyone that the enemy was in the perimeter of fortifications. In our cyber world, we’ve known this for years; however, the call rang frighteningly true in May of this year.
This particular enemy was first discovered in August 2017, as a new piece of malware, now known as Trisis. A Middle Eastern oil and gas company found the malware when its industrial equipment started shutting down.
Keeping Score with Digital Resilience
/by RedSealCybrary | July 10, 2018
With Ray Rothrock, RedSeal CEO
As much as everyone hates to think about this, it is a reality that we all must face: cyberattacks are not going to stop, and everyone is a target. It may even be safe to say that any person who has even briefly gone on the Internet has been exposed to some cyber threat, whether it be a phishing email or malware download.
Security Lessons From Crazy-Busy Airports
/by RedSealForbes | July 9, 2018
By Dr. Mike Lloyd, RedSeal CTO
I found myself in London Heathrow recently with a few hours to kill. I’d heard about a big political brouhaha rumbling along about adding a third runway, but there are lots of competing pressures — from the economic to the environmental and everything in between. So I decided to spend my down time looking into that. Just how badly does Heathrow need another runway?
After reading a good piece in Wired, this amateur pilot found the statistics intense: Heathrow functions at almost 99% capacity, essentially packing in as many people as the airport can take, with a landing or takeoff taking place every 45 seconds. Forty-five seconds might sound like there’s still some room for error, but from my point of view, it’s far from it. I’m not allowed to land the small planes I fly for three minutes after a big jet takes off or lands due to the dangerous turbulence they leave in their wake. If I wanted to land at Heathrow, it would have to make a huge gap, canceling landing clearances for at least three big jets. That would inconvenience many hundreds of people. What’s worse, at these use levels, the ripple effects could last all day.
As a security professional, I found a behind-the-scenes aspect of the story most interesting — specifically, the approach taken to ensure resilience.
Is your sector taking cyber security seriously?
/by RedSealInformation Age | July 4, 2018
The responsibility of cyber security falls on everyones shoulders. But, the charge should be lead from the top. Has your sector fallen behind?
The frequency and severity of cyber attacks and data breaches has risen significantly in the last few years, as attacks increase in volume and variety.
How to solve the human challenges of cybersecurity
/by RedSealTechRepublic | June 27, 2018
With Ray Rothrock, RedSeal CEO
To respond to cyberattacks, companies must invest in training and education, says RedSeal CEO Ray Rothrock in a talk with TechRepublic Senior Writer Dan Patterson.
Why agencies are shifting from cyberdefense to digital resilience
/by RedSealFedScoop | June 26, 2018
RedSeal CEO Ray Rothrock said that achieving digital resilience begins when you know about your networks — “where they connect, how they connect, to whom they give access, and what they expose.”
According to Rothrock, there are specific steps agencies should take to improve resilience:
The Top 15 Must-Have Books in InfoSec
/by RedSealThere is a large amount of reading material out there online and in stores or libraries for those in the occupation at any level of IT Security or cybersecurity proficiency. With that in mind, here is a short list compiled in no particular order of 15 must-have books for InfoSec professionals.
This selection of books is for intermediate and beginner skill levels and is suitable for those that are preparing for any number of Careers in IT Security.
10 Security Projects CISOs Should Consider: Gartner Analyst
/by RedSealeSecurity Planet | June 12, 2018
At last week’s Gartner Security Summit in National Harbor, Maryland, Gartner analyst Neil MacDonald outlined 10 cybersecurity projects that could go a long way toward reducing enterprise security risk.
MacDonald said his top security projects for CISOs to consider this year are aimed at high business impact and high risk reduction. They came from recommendations from the security community, and a team whittled down the list to 10. He said he doesn’t expect enterprises to do all of them, but they might pick one or two that fit their particular needs.
The Biggest GDPR Mistake U.S. Companies Are Making
/by RedSealForbes | June 12, 2018
By Dr. Mike Lloyd, RedSeal CTO
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) zero-hour has finally arrived — enforcement started May 25, 2018. Like students cramming for a midterm, I witnessed a flurry of activity from U.S. businesses since the deadline forced people to pay attention, knuckle down and study.
When students cram for a test, they take any shortcuts they can, and that can make for predictable errors, especially any time there is a mentally comfortable answer that happens to be wrong. Psychologists even have a term for this — they call it “availability bias.” In a nutshell, this is our built-in tendency to assume something is right when it’s easy to recall or that it’s wrong just because it’s harder to remember.
Best security software: How 12 cutting-edge tools tackle today’s threats
/by RedSealCSO | June 5, 2018
Threats are constantly evolving and, just like everything else, tend to follow certain trends. Whenever a new type of threat is especially successful or profitable, many others of the same type will inevitably follow. The best defenses need to mirror those trends so users get the most robust protection against the newest wave of threats. Along those lines, Gartner has identified the most important categories in cybersecurity technology for the immediate future.