Enterprise Wireless – Not Your Home Network
By: Darin Barton CISSP, CISA Your enterprise wireless is not the same as your home wireless – so why are so many IT professionals treating it like it is? One […]
UBA? – U Decide!
By: Darin Barton CISSP, CISA This was an interesting blog to write. I wanted to discuss the merits of UBA and subtly compare it to the value SIEM provides, but somehow […]
The Endpoint Consensus
By: Darin Barton CISSP, CISA Long Live Endpoint Security In 2011, global leaders in IT security were quite vocal in their belief that endpoint security was dead, and in the […]
Unsecured IoT – A Dangerous Gambit!
By: Darin Barton CISSP, CISA In October 2016, one of the world’s largest and most devastating DDoS attacks occurred through IoT (Internet of Things) devices. This was not a complex […]
Are You Ready for SDN?
By: Darin Barton CISSP, CISA Someone recently referred to SDN (Software Defined Networking) as “Still Done Nothing” which I found amusing; but it’s true. While I’ve been touting the merits of […]
DDoS Extortion – Prepare Yourself
By: Darin Barton CISSP, CISA 2016 has seen an increase in DDoS extortions for two simple reasons – it’s low risk and companies are willing to pay. The question is, what […]
Malware Defense: Up Your Game!
By: Darin Barton CISSP, CISA, ITILv3 In 2016, organizations can no longer hope to successfully quarantine and clean infected systems on a regular basis. Today, our strongest recommendation is to DETECT, ISOLATE and RE-IMAGE; but this is easier said than done without the proper strategy in place. One of the […]
Security Awareness Training – It’s Worth It!
By: Darin Barton CISSP, CISA We tend to expect a little too much from our employees when it comes to understanding the risks associated with their IT and online habits. We tell […]
You Can’t Stop What You Can’t See
By: Darin Barton CISSP, CISA By 2017 it is expected that 50-70% of all Internet based traffic will be encrypted. If that is the case then we need a serious paradigm […]
A New Assessment Strategy for 2016
By: Darin Barton CISSP, CISA Vulnerability assessing & penetration testing has long been identified with a mandated once-a-year approach. The shelf life on this bill-of-goods has long since expired and it is time […]
