Article W-2 Phishing Scams: Will They Affect You and How Can You Protect Yourself? W-2 forms are an essential part of our working lives in the U.S. At the end of each year, a company will provide employees and the IRS with their…
Article Top 30 chief security officer (CSO) interview questions and answers for 2018 The role of the Chief Security Officer (CSO) is highly sought-after in the world of cybersecurity. When you become a CSO, you take on a wide-scope…
Article Common Continuous Monitoring (CM) Challenges Continuous monitoring (CM) is a crucial step for organizations to detect and mitigate the security events that may result in breaches. It offers…
Article What Is an Information Security Business Manager? An Information Security Business Manager is expected to function as a security leader within their designated role and partner with higher-ups to…
Article How Security Champions Can Build an Alliance With Developers Introduction Although the term Security Champion is still relatively new, it has already become a mainstay within security and development circles,…
Article Top 5 Best Practices for Third-Party Security Introduction With the digital transformation of our communication systems and the development of cloud and edge computing, the enterprise perimeter…
Article Vulnerability mapping with Kali linux Vulnerability mapping is an activity carried out to identify security flaws that can result in the compromise of a system. Sometimes researchers…
Article Threat hunting maturity model Before moving forward in describing the threat hunting maturity model, we need to understand what threat hunting is. Threat hunting is the act of…
Article How to Conduct a Threat Hunt – 10 Steps Introduction An overwhelming increase in sophisticated and targeted attacks from threat actors, or even nation-states such as Iran, China and…
Article 10 Tips for Effective Threat Hunting Cyber-attacks are increasing in number every day, as well as in their frequency and sophistication; worse, they often circumvent organizations’…
Article Threat Hunting: Detecting Threats Introduction There has been a recent colossal surge in targeted attacks, including complex penetration techniques, compromise of users’ credentials,…
Article Best practices for conducting a risk-based internal audit Over the last few years, cyber-crimes have grown in number and in the ways cybercriminals exploit them. Due to this, the need to manage risks has…
Article McAfee: Endpoint Protection [product review] Introduction Many businesses and corporations have traditionally only secured their network communications just after the point of origination and…
Article Top 30 penetration tester (Pentester) interview questions and answers It seems like hardly has one cyber-threat appeared before many variants of it soon follow, affecting both individuals and corporations alike. But…
Article Top 30 incident responder interview questions and answers As systems move into the cloud and are increasingly exposed to the Internet, incident responders are becoming more necessary in the corporate world.…
Article Threat Hunting: Detecting Adversaries Introduction Threat hunting requires that the hunter understand the mind of the adversary and seek to take out attacks before the hunters can…
Article Threat Hunting: Data Collection and Analysis Introduction Threat hunting requires proactively looking within the network and searching for anomalies that might indicate a breach. The vast…
Article Carbon black: Endpoint security [product review] Carbon Black Endpoint Security is an effective and user-friendly endpoint solution for user devices such as PCs and laptops. It features malware…
Article Who Is Targeting Industrial Facilities and ICS Equipment, and How? Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Equipment Under Attack Industrial Control Systems (ICS) are expected to be installed and left isolated for a long…
Article What Is Malware? Malware is a common term in information security, but what exactly is it? In this article, we’ll explore where it comes from, what it is intended to…
Article VulnHub machines walkthrough series: Brainpan – Part 1 Continuing with our series on testing vulnerable virtual machines, in this article we will see a walkthrough of an interesting VulnHub machine…
Article How to become an information security (IS) auditor Introduction Being a security auditor means working with companies while conducting audits of security systems relating to the IT infrastructure.…
Article Red team assessment phases: Overview Computer systems and networks contain valuable information, and hackers are out there trying to steal that data. This has led to the development of…
Article Red Team Assessment Phases: Reconnaissance The second phase of a red team assessment is reconnaissance. In this phase, the red team attempts to collect information relevant to the assessment…
