It’s just another day. So what that, many years ago, you happened to be born on that day. Yes, I am talking about birthdays. Evidently when it’s your birthday it means people should treat you nicely, let you do what you want, write you cards, and shower you with gifts. We’d probably all like that treatment the other 364 days too, right? But on your birthday I guess everyone deserves a little special treatment. Well, my birthday was this past weekend, and it was pretty much perfect.
I had a call today with a Reuters reporter about the Huawei/ZTE deal being spiked by the US government. To be honest, there’s an aspect of this story I assumed someone else would mention first, but I haven’t noticed it being explicitly stated anywhere yet.
In Attacks, we discussed both network-based and application-targeting Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. Given the radically different techniques between the types, it’s only logical that we use different defense strategies for each type. But be aware that aspects of both network-based and application-targeting DoS attacks are typically combined for maximum effect. So your DoS defenses need to be comprehensive, protecting against (aspects of) both types. Anti-DoS products and services you will…
Gunnar Peterson posted a presentation a while back on how being an investor makes him better at security, and conversely how being in security makes him better at investing. It’s a great concept, and my recent research on different investment techniques has made me realize how amazing his concept is. Gunnar’s presentation gets a handful of the big ideas (including defensive mindset, using data rather than anecdotes to make decisions, and understanding the difference between what is and what…
Adrian and Gunnar here, kicking off a new series on Identity Management for Cloud Services.
We have been hearing about Federated Identity and Single Sign-On services for the last decade, but demand for these features has only fully blossomed in the last few years, as companies have needed to integrate their internal identity management systems. The meanings of these terms has been actively evolving, under the influence of cloud computing. The ability to manage what resources your users can…
Last Friday was the end of the third calendar quarter. For you math majors out there, that’s the 3-month period ending September 30. Inevitably I had meetings and calls canceled at the last minute to deal with “end of quarter” issues. This happens every quarter, so it wasn’t surprising. Just funny.
Our previous two posts outlined several security issues inherent to big data architecture, and operational security issues common to big data clusters. With those in mind, how can one go about securing a big data cluster? What tools and techniques should you employ?
We have published the Endpoint Security Management Buyer’s Guide paper, which provides a strategic view of Endpoint Security Management, addressing the complexities caused by malware’s continuing evolution, device sprawl, and mobility/BYOD. The paper focuses on periodic controls that fall under good endpoint hygiene (such as patch and configuration management) and ongoing controls (such as device control and file integrity monitoring) to detect unauthorized activity and prevent it from…
Before I dig into today’s post I want to share a couple observations. First, my new copy of the Harvard Business Review just arrived. The cover story is “Getting Control of Big Data”. It’s telling that HBR thinks big data is a trend important enough to warrant a full spread, and feel business managers need to understand big data and the benefits and risks it poses to business. As soon as I finish this post I intend to dive into these articles. Now that I have just about finished this research…
Our first post built a case for considering availability as an aspect of security context, rather than only confidentiality and integrity. This has been driven by Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, which are used by attackers in many different ways, including extortion (using the threat of an attack), obfuscation (to hide exfiltration), hacktivism (to draw attention to a particular cause), or even friendly fire (when a promotion goes a little too well).