A few weeks ago I spoke about dealing with the inevitable changes of life and setting sail on the SS Uncertainty to whatever is next. It’s very easy to talk about changes and moving forward, but it’s actually pretty hard to do. When moving through a transformation, you not only have to accept the great unknown of the future, but you also need to grapple with what society expects you to do. We’ve all been programmed since a very early age to adhere to cultural norms or suffer the consequences.…
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Would you like the ability to revert unapproved security group (firewall) changes in Amazon Web Services in 10 seconds, without external tools? That’s about 10-20 minutes faster than is typically possible with a SIEM or other external tools. If that got your attention, then read on…
Now that we have sketched out the elements a Hadoop cluster, and what one looks like, let’s talk threats to the databases. We want to consider both the database infrastructure itself, as well as the data under management. Given the complexity of a Hadoop cluster, the task is closer to securing an entire data center than a typical relational database. All the features that provide flexibility, scalability, performance, and openness, create specific security challenges. The following are some…
Our goal for this post is to succinctly outline what Hadoop (and most NoSQL) clusters look like, how they are assembled, and how they are used. This provides better understanding of the security challenges, and what sort of protections need to be leveraged to secure them. Developers and data scientists continue to stretch system performance and scalability, using customized combinations of open source and commercial products, so there is really no such thing as a ‘standard’ Hadoop deployment.…
It’s been three and a half years since we published our research paper on Securing Big Data. That research paper has been one of the more popular papers we’ve ever written. And it’s no wonder as NoSQL adoption was faster than we expected; we see hundreds of new projects popping up, leveraging the scale, analytics and low cost of these platforms. It’s not hyperbole to claim it has revolutionized the database market over the last 5 years, and community support behind these platforms – and…
Last week Rich sent around Cockroaches Versus Unicorns: The Golden Age Of Cybersecurity Startups, by Mahendra Ramsinghani over at TechCrunch, for us to read. It isn’t an article every security professional needs to read, but it is certainly mandatory reading for anyone who makes buying decisions, tracks the security market, or is on the investment or startup side.
Once again Securosis and friends are hosting our RSA Conference Disaster Recovery Breakfast. It’s really hard to believe this is the eighth year for this event. Regardless of San Francisco’s February weather, we expect to be seeing clouds all week. But we’re happy to help you cut through the fog to grab some grub, drinks, and bacon.