How to Write Perfect Cyber Security Strategy for Your Venture

Protecting your company from online dangers is one of the most important things you need to take into consideration when it comes to running your own business. The threats you can come across are plenty and in order to avoid them, you will need a strong cyber security strategy.

Even if you don’t know about this topic, there are still quite a few simple steps you can follow in order to protect your business while still educating yourself and your employees about the matter. Here are some of the best tips to help you write the perfect cyber security strategy for your venture.

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Time Series Databases, the Future of Monitoring and Logging

Long gone are the times where “the” database was single Relational Database Management System installed typically on the most powerful server in the datacenter. The monsters handled anything the business required. Today databases run on commodity hardware, they are also more sophisticated in terms of the high availability and specialized to handle particular types of data. Specialization allows them to achieve much better performance – everything is optimized to deal with a particular kind of data: optimizer, storage engine, even language doesn’t have to be SQL, like it used to be in the past. It can be SQL-based with some extensions allowing for more efficient data manipulation, or it can be something totally new.

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It’s in the Cloud, So it Secure . . . Maybe!

Since the introduction of cloud computing, more and more companies have been flocking to cloud computing, because it has proven to be cost effective and inherently more secure than on premise data centers. However, no one has ever claimed that making switch magically happens by pressing a button. Cloud computing needs to be properly managed and configured. Processes and policies that protect the data and applications that reside in the cloud need to be developed and continuously monitored to stay within best practices.

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Threat Hunting Strategies for 2020

Cyber attacks are becoming more advanced with each year, as indicated by the increase in data breaches. According to a Risk-Based Security report, 2019 might break a new record, with more than 3,800 breaches, and still counting. 

Threat hunting aims to help reduce the number of breaches. Some security analysts even take threat hunting as far as infiltrating the dark web, all to ensure they are the first to discover a new attack type. Read on for an overview of the state of cybersecurity, and key threat hunting tips for 2020. 

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Improving Security in Web App Development

Traditional, downloadable, applications are becoming less common as cloud services expand. Instead, organizations and consumers are turning to programs they can use from any connected device: web applications. Web applications allow organizations to accommodate remote workers, as well as access a globalized market of connected customers. However, these applications require that services be constantly accessible and that data transfer is secure. An application breach or service inaccessibility can cause significant impacts to you and your customers. 

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What We Need To Know About Bluetooth Security

Since its introduction in the early 2000s, Bluetooth technology has been helping people to connect their devices and share data seamlessly. Wireless microphones and headphones, for example, are there because of Bluetooth. But is Bluetooth technology safe?

Well, as you could be aware, Bluetooth connection and internet connections in their entirety have their vulnerabilities. This is particularly so because data thieves are everywhere these days, all waiting to pounce on unsuspecting smartphone users. Yet, engineers are constantly looking forward to ensuring the safest devices and programs for their users, thereof they have focused on java programming, as one of the safest coding languages that are less prone to hacking. Given its popularity, there are many companies that provide java programming services that would accommodate every request. However, in this post, we will focus on the potential Bluetooth security risks and how you can mitigate these risks.

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Developing Cybersecurity Muscle Memory with Table Top Sessions

Anything that’s difficult takes time to master, or at least become competent, and it requires constant training and being pushed in situations which will sharpen your reflexes. This is the predominant reason why we perform cybersecurity tabletops in order to improve our reaction time regarding security incidents and breaches. During these situations there’s much more than the technical aspect that needs to be considered and if the entire organization isn’t moving in tandem, mistakes will be made. Organizations as a whole need to live this experience, even if it’s just a tabletop, in order to understand the ramifications of where you might have blinders on from a maturity standpoint. This consistent role playing, aimed to force all levels of participant’s out of their comfort zone, is used to create that tempered muscle memory on how to react to incidents without question.

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IoT Security or the Lack There Of

The Internet of Things (IoT) is poised to become the biggest technological breakthrough of this decade. Many households will soon own a smart car, smart refrigerator, and smart thermostat. In the business world IoT is also here and is steadily gaining additional profile and credibility. With that comes a vastly complex IoT ecosystem. 51% of surveyed IT and business decision makers report that their organization uses IoT devices that have been created by a third-party.

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Just Patch Already… It’s Not that Easy

We’ve all heard it before, “Just patch all the things and you’ll be perfectly fine” and there’s a lot of truth to this statement; it’s also extremely shortsighted. If you’re working in a large enterprise or an organization that uses unique equipment for business functions it’s almost impossible to follow the “patch all the things” mantra. Mostly, because there aren’t available patches or the systems have become unsupported. At CCSI we work with some of the world’s largest organizations and in doing so we’ve noticed that patching isn’t always an option, even though we recommended it as a priority, to some systems on the network. Here are few areas we recommend when patching isn’t an option.

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How to stay safe while using Airport WiFi

The more people you share an internet connection with, the more vulnerable you are to data theft. That is why it is always safe to browse the internet from home or at the workplace where the networks are uncongested and secure. But you cannot hide in this comfort zone forever; you will occasionally need to use public internet such as a coffee shop or airport Wi-Fi. When that happens, how do you secure your data? Please read on to discover 5 tips on how to stay safe while using airport Wi-Fi.

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Drastic Cloud Security Mistakes No One Should Make

In our modern age, it is natural to want to modernize your business in order to keep up with the times and keep customers interested, so investing in the cloud can often seem like a natural pathway for changing businesses, but it does come with some risks. Not paying attention to the very real risks of compromising cloud security – which can seem like a faraway, non-important issue – can cost you greatly, and, at worst, could ruin your business. Customers put their trust in you to keep them and their data safe, so compromising that can be the absolute faux par, which will destroy your business’ reputation and ensure that no future success can be enjoyed. But enough with the fear-mongering: how can you stop these security slips ever happening in the first place? Knowledge is your best tool, so knowing about the dangers often prevents them from becoming issues.

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10 Tips for Defending Against the OWASP Top 10

Open-source software is a great way to add proven functionality to your application, but it comes with risks in the form of software vulnerabilities. If you are using open-source components (and with all likelihood you are), it is important to keep track of new vulnerabilities as they are discovered, so you can upgrade to the latest, patched-up version of the software. 

One tool you can use to keep track of open-source vulnerabilities is the list provided by the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), which was last updated in 2017. The OWASP Top 10 covers the most critical security risks for web applications.

The following tips should help you protect your software against the OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities.

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Expert Opinion on Avoiding Common Cloud Protection Pitfalls

Running a business these days often means managing a series of online accounts and figures, with a little shipping and perhaps some calling. Of course, this lacks the physical security of physical businesses. Many turn to other monitoring and management packages that can be accessed by clients, while algorithms and other features keep access to where it’s necessary. Cloud security can be tricky and without at least some education in the field, users can make simple mistakes that could ruin businesses.

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Steps to make your website GDPR Compliant

Does your business continuous traffic from European countries? If your answer is yes then you should be fully aware of Europe’s new data privacy law – GDPR. It will definitely affect you if you don’t know it.

In this article, we are going to discuss everything about what GDPR is, how it is going to affect your approaches of data collection and how to make your site GDPR compliant.

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7 Current Mobile Security Threats To Watch Out For

In terms of IT security, mobile is top of the agenda in 2019 for businesses, especially as now workers access the majority of the required data through mobile devices, with smartphones top of the list. With information often the most valuable asset that a company possesses, mobile breaches are a huge threat to businesses of all sizes. These are the specific threats to look for now and in the near future.

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Second Annual Long Island CISO Roundtable

We recently held our second annual CISO roundtable that brought in the attendance of fifteen CISO’s for a candid conversation regarding their concerns, challenges and advice on protecting their organization. Last year’s roundtable showed that Long Island has a security community that’s hungry to learn and grow from each other. This was also evident from the attendance at the first BSides Long Island, which was held in January. It was no surprise that our second roundtable was just as lively and informative as these two events. Throughout the agenda for the night the topics covered ranged from continued challenges, improvement, and future considerations. We’ll briefly touch on a few throughout this blog so the extended community can learn from their wisdom and insights.

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Moving to the Cloud, as easy as 1, 2, 3 … 4, 5, 6

Moving to the cloud takes you out of the data center business and enables you to focus your company’s efforts on what it does best. Cloud providers have a massive advantage over in-house and on-premises solutions in that they are backed by millions of dollars of research and development, as well as an international network of hardware dedicated to providing the best possible IT solution for their clients.

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