The problems of protecting endpoints are pretty well understood. As we described in The 2014 Guide to Endpoint Security, you have stuff (private data and/or intellectual property) that others want. On the other hand, you have employees who need to do their jobs and require access to said private data and/or intellectual property. Those employees have sensitive data on their devices, so you need to protect their endpoints. It’s not like this is anything new. Protecting endpoints has been a focus…
With vendor evaluations in hand, you are ready to make your decision, right? The answer is both yes and no. We know the importance of this decision – you are here because your first attempt at this project wasn’t as successful as it needed to be. After the vendor evaluation process you are in a position to distinguish innovative technologies from pigs with fresh lipstick. But now you need to see which of the vendors is actually the best fit for you! Successful decision-making on SIEM…
Over the past few years I have spent a lot of time traveling the world, talking and teaching about cloud security. To back that up I have probably spent more time researching the technologies than any other topic since I moved from being a developer and consultant into the analyst role. Something seemed different at such a fundamental level that I was driven to put my hands on a keyboard and see what it looked and felt like. To be honest, even after spending a couple years at this, I still feel…
Rich here.
A funny thing happened this week.
As I wrote on Tuesday, someone hacked my Amazon Web Services account when I accidentally left my keys in code I pushed up to GitHub. The first line of my code was,
By this point you appreciate the difference large gap between what you need and what you have, so it’s time to dip your toes in the water to see what other platform vendors offer. But how? You need to figure out which vendors are worth investigating for their advantages, despite any disadvantages. Much of defining evaluation criteria and potential candidates involves wading objectively through vendor hyperbole to see what each offering actually does vs. drug-induced optimism in the vendor’s…
Since I’m on the East Coast of the US, when the ball drops in Times Square that’s it. The old year is done. The new year begins. With some of Dublin’s finest coursing through my veins, I get a little nostalgic. I don’t think about years in terms of “good” or “bad” anymore – instead I realize that 2013 is now merely a memory that will inevitably fade away.
This speaks for itself:
An Open Letter to the Chiefs of EMC and RSA
and
Securing Smart Machines: Where We Are, Where We Want to Be, and Challenges
Update: Amazon reached out to me and reversed the charges, without me asking or complaining (or in any way contacting them). I accept full responsibility and didn’t post this to get a refund, but I’m sure not going to complain – neither is Mike. This is a bit embarrassing to write. I take security pretty seriously. Okay, that seems silly to say, but we all know a lot of people who speak publicly on security don’t practice what they preach. I know I’m not perfect – far from it – but I really try…
To explain the importance of picking a platform, rather than a product, our last post compared Log Management to SIEM, like the difference between using kitchen appliances and running a machine shop. One is easy to use, but limited in applicability; the other requires more work on your part, but can accomplish much more. Our goal was to contrast use cases and levels of expectations between the two product classes; despite lower overall platform satisfaction and the greater amount of work…
Hey everyone. It’s a new year and time for new stuff from your pals here at Securosis.
We used to run a Monday-morning ‘Firestarter’ post to get people thinking for the week. We decided to revive it with a twist. We are restarting the Firestarter as a weekly short video (15 minutes or so is our target). As we work out the details we also plan to push it out as a podcast, and once every month or so we will run a longer episode to dig deeper into a topic.