CyberSecurity Institute

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: All roads lead to the need to strengthen your security operations center? Don’t have a SOC? Only have one or two security professionals dedicated to the practice of…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: The Logjam Attack Diffie-Hellman key exchange is a popular cryptographic algorithm that allows Internet protocols to agree on a shared key and negotiate a secure connection. It is…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: Cmstar Downloader: Lurid and Enfal’s New Cousin In recent weeks, Unit 42 has been analyzing delivery documents used in spear-phishing attacks that drop a custom downloader used in…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: How to securely erase hard drives (HDDs) and solid state drives (SSDs) HDDs There are three approaches you can take to securely wiping hard drives. SSDs This is…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: 5 common misconceptions about DDoS protection Misconception #1: Firewalls, IPS or Content Delivery Networks Are the Answer Misconception #2: A Single Layer of DDoS Protection is Enough Misconception…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: What are the benefits of a having a CISO title in an organization? According to a Threat Track Security survey, companies that employ a CISO are significantly more…