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Rich, Mike, and Adrian each pick a trend they expect to hammer us in 2015. Then they talk about it, probably too much. From threat intel to tokenization to SaaS security.
As we wrap up our Applied Threat Intelligence series, we have already defined TI and worked our way through a number of the key use cases (security monitoring, incident response, and preventative controls) where TI can help improve your security program, processes, and posture. The last piece of the puzzle is building a repeatable process to collect, aggregate, and analyze the threat intelligence. This should include a number of different information sources, as well as various internal and…
Earlier today in the Friday Summary I vented frustrations at news articles blaming the victims of crimes, and often guessing at the facts. Having been on the inside of major incidents that made the international news (more physical than digital in my case), I know how little often leaks to the outside world.
Over the years the RSA Conference has racked up some (legitimate) criticism that its session selection process was too opaque, started too early for up-to-date content, and didn’t always reflect the community at large.
Rich here,
Another week, another massive data breach.
This morning I woke up to a couple interview requests over this. I am always wary of speaking on incidents based on nothing more than press reports, so I try to make clear that all I can do is provide some analysis. Maybe I shouldn’t even do that, but I find I can often defuse hyperbole and inject context, even without speaking to the details of the incident.
It was a pretty typical day. I was settled into my seat at Starbucks writing something or other. Then I saw the AmEx notification pop up on my phone. $240.45, Ben Sherman, on the card I use for Securosis expenses. Huh? Who’s Ben Sherman? Pretty sure my bookie’s name isn’t Ben. So using my trusty Google fu I saw they are a highbrow mens clothier (nice stuff, BTW). But I didn’t buy anything from that store.
Our Security and Privacy on the Encrypted Network paper tackles setting security policies to ensure that data doesn’t leak out over encrypted tunnels, and that employees adhere to corporate acceptable use policies, by decrypting traffic as needed. It also addresses key use cases and strategies for decrypting network traffic, including security monitoring and forensics, to ensure you can properly alert on security events and investigate incidents. We include guidance on how to handle human…
So far, as we have looked to apply threat intelligence to your security processes, we have focused on detection/security monitoring and investigation/incident response functions. Let’s jump backwards in the attack chain to take a look at how threat intelligence can be used in preventative controls within your environment.
Rich here.
Last week I talked about learning to grind it out. Whether it’s a new race distance, or plowing through a paper or code that isn’t really flowing, sometimes you need to just put your head down, set a pace, and keep moving.