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CDM Experts: Data Collection, Classification, Analysis Are Keys
/by Lauren StaufferRecently, RedSeal Federal CTO Wayne Lloyd was asked to participate in a panel organized by Meritalk on the federal government’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program.
Wayne was joined by CDM experts from Veritas and Splunk. All offered candid assessments of the importance of data classification and collection as the CDM program moves to incorporate […]
How to Identify Your Boundary Defense Needs
/by Kes JeciusBy Kes Jecius, RedSeal Senior Consulting Engineer
The Center for Internet Security’s (CIS) twelfth control for implementing a cybersecurity program is for your organization to control the flow of information transferring between networks of different trust levels. The first sub-control states that an organization should maintain an inventory of all network boundaries. So, the first […]
CIS Benchmarks Bring Network and Security Teams Together
/by Kes JeciusBy Kes Jecius, RedSeal Senior Consulting Engineer
The Center for Internet Security’s (CIS) eleventh control for implementing a cybersecurity program is for your organization to actively track, report on, and correct the security configurations for network devices. This involves the use of a configuration management system and robust change control processes. What has been missing […]
Is Process Killing Digital Resilience and Endangering Our Country?
/by Wayne Lloyd, Federal CTO, RedSealAfter reading a Facebook comment on “Navy, Industry Partners Are ‘Under Cyber Siege’ by Chinese Hackers, Review Asserts,” I’m compelled to respond.
I work a lot with the Navy (and the DOD as a whole) as a vendor. I spent 26 years in the intelligence community as a contractor running datacenter operations, transitioning to cybersecurity […]
Understanding and Managing Your Attack Surface
/by Kes JeciusBy Kes Jecius, RedSeal Senior Consulting Engineer
The Center for Internet Security’s (CIS) ninth control for implementing a cybersecurity program is for your organization to manage the ports, protocols, and services on a networked device that are exposed and vulnerable to exploitation. The intent of the control is for your organization to understand, reduce and […]
The Network Dimension in Vulnerability Management
/by Kes JeciusBy Kes Jecius, RedSeal Senior Consulting Engineer
The Center for Internet Security’s (CIS) third control for implementing a cybersecurity program is to practice continuous vulnerability management. Organizations that identify and remediate vulnerabilities on an on-going basis will significantly reduce the window of opportunity for attackers. This third control assumes you’ve implemented the first two CIS […]
Visibility of IT Assets for Your Cybersecurity Program
/by Kes JeciusBy Kes Jecius, RedSeal Senior Consulting Engineer
The Center for Internet Security’s (CIS) first control for implementing a cybersecurity program is to understand and manage the hardware assets that make up your IT infrastructure. These hardware assets consist of network devices, servers, workstations, and other computing platforms. This is a difficult goal to achieve, further […]
I See A Milestone, Not Just Another Funding Round
/by Dr. Mike Lloyd, CTO, RedSealI’m delighted with the deal RedSeal just announced with STG. I’ve worked in several start-ups — from the earliest stage, when the whole company could share a single elevator, all the way through acquisition by huge global corporations. My favorite times are when we’re all actively engaged with customers and the company has a sense […]
The Importance of Speed in Incident Response
/by Wayne Lloyd, Federal CTO, RedSealBy RedSeal Federal CTO Wayne Lloyd
Have you seen CrowdStrike’s “Global Threat Report: Adversary Tradecraft and The Importance of Speed”?
Just released at RSA Conference 2019 this year, the key takeaway is that nation states and criminal organizations are increasing both the speed and sophistication of their cyber tactics. This […]
Using the CIS Top 20 Controls to Implement Your Cybersecurity Program
/by Kes JeciusBy Kes Jecius, Senior Consulting Engineer
I have the privilege of working with security groups at many different enterprise companies. Each of them is being bombarded by many different vendors who offer security solutions. No surprise, the common estimate is that there are approximately 2,000 vendors offering different products and services to these companies.
Each […]