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06 Feb 2017Getting to know your network with Managed Switch Port Mapping Tool
In my years performing independent network security assessments, one thing that has really stood out to me is the lack of network insight. Regardless of the size of the organization, the industry in which they operate, and the level of security maturity, in most cases, I see IT and security shops with very little:documentationinventoryconfiguration standardslogging and alerting outside of basic resource monitoringWhat this means – and what it can easily ...
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08 Jun 2015
My latest information security content: truly *managing* your security program
Check out the following information security management pieces I've written for Ziff Davis and IBM recently: If there’s a will with information security there will be a way Eight remarkable things you’re doing with security that you can make even betterDivulging sensitive info for a potential acquisition - good idea or bad?Formidable Threats and Minimal Visibility - A Troublesome CombinationWhen vendor security vulnerabilities become your own Additional information security content ...
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11 Oct 2011
What can you really say about your network?
Here's a new guest blog post I wrote for AlgoSec (a Roswell, Georgia-based company with some really solid firewall management applications) where I talk about something near and dear to all of us in IT:Do you really understand your network?...it's more than just a sappy relationship. :-)By the way, in case you missed it, I wrote a whitepaper for AlgoSec recently that you may be interested in as well:Firewall Management: ...
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14 Sep 2011
NetIQ’s file integrity monitoring solution
A couple of weeks ago, I had the privilege of speaking at the Information Week / Dark Reading Virtual Trade Show How Security Breaches Happen and What Your Organization Can Do About It.In my presentation How to Win the War Against Cybercrime, I apparently had a brain-cramp moment and said that I'm not seeing anybody with good file integrity monitoring. Um, duh, Kevin (as I smack myself in the face), ...
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His final report was very thorough and included security recommendations for our network environment. The executive leadership was so impressed with Kevin’s security expertise, they have extended their agreement to continue to perform periodic testing. We highly recommend Kevin Beaver and Principle Logic as a resource for network security testing.”
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