October 25, 2019
Teachable Moments in IT
An article caught my eye this week. It involves the unfortunate circumstances in the city of Baltimore, but it’s a valuable lesson to any organization (link below). In short, a combination of ransomware and poorly managed backups wreaked havoc on the City of Baltimore. The unfortunate situation is a good reminder of how the best […]
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August 02, 2019
Avoiding the Capital One Breach: Defense in Depth
With the release of the criminal complaint in the recent Capital one breach we now have a better understanding of how Paige A. Thompson exfiltrated data from their cloud vendor. We don’t know all the details and can only make inferences based upon the information available. Deploying CloudGuard on AWSCase Study The complaint states that a GitHub file was […]
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July 30, 2019
VxWorks Vulnerabilities: More Exposure Than You Think
Six of the URGENT/11 bugs can be exploited to achieve remote code execution (RCE). At least one bug affects each version of the OS starting with 6.5, while others can lead to a denial of service (DoS) attack. Well, while this is something you may not have heard of it is the real time operating system […]
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July 23, 2019
Your Password Policy Should Challenge Hackers, Not Your Users
Any time a human is involved, the potential for weakened security increases. Password policies are necessary for cybersecurity compliance; however, burdensome password policies can result in bad user behavior like password transformation. SUBSCRIBE TO SAYERS BLOG REMEMBER WHEN – IBM published the startling statistic that human error was found to be involved in 95% of all security incidents in “2014 Cyber […]
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March 17, 2019
Install of Cloud Firewall into AWS Meets Tight Deadline
Sayers Professional Services Enables Cloud Security Sayers Defines and Secures Virtual Network leveraging AWS and Check Point CloudGuard Technology Recently a medical group purchased Check Point cloud firewalls. When their existing partner couldn’t handle the implementation, Sayers stepped up for the assist. The Project Management and Engineering Teams immediately worked with the client to get a clear understanding of […]
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February 03, 2019
Firewall Rule Review is Key to Optimizing Security Investment
New gear isn’t an answer to all problems. Sayers completed a firewall ruleset review and discovered purchasing additional equipment wouldn’t help resolve the client’s pain points. When a system of regional banks across America faced firewall issues, they turned to Sayers to find out what they should do next. Why Sayers? Sayers has experience helping clients […]
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