CIO Musings

JANUARY 7, 2017

I've left "Backup your stuff" off the list this year. Security - Let face it folks, it is time to get serious about information security. Remember, the bad guys already have your information, they stole it from someplace else like the federal government, Yahoo, HomeDepot Target or any one of a thousand other places.

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Backup Operating Systems Information Security Security 150

Galido

JANUARY 5, 2017

Having Linux as your operating system is one of the better decisions you can make concerning your computer’s security. Having this OS on your desktop allows you to relax a little bit when it comes to many forms of security breaches, which would probably inflict serious damage to less security-oriented systems.

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Linux Security Firewall Operating Systems 66

ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

But to protect these systems, we need to understand these systems. So there’s a need, a definite need, for information security professionals to have access to industrial control systems -- not virtual, but actual hands on systems -- so they can learn. And how might we defend ourselves?

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System Industry Conference Network 52

ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

From her talk at SecTor 2022 , Paula Januszkiewicz, CEO of Cqure , returns to The Hacker Mind and explains how a lot of little configuration errors in common Windows tools and services can open the door to persistence on a system for bad actors and what sysadmins can do to mitigate these. It should be served in a similar way.

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Windows Course Examples Tools 40

ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 25, 2022

At the time of this podcast, Lockbit accounts for 40% of the ransomware present today and it hits both Windows and Linux machines. Well, the victim may have had a good backup and recovery process in place. In 2022, Lockbit became the most widely used ransomware. It encrypts just the header and the first few bits. Vamosi: Right.

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