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New Tech Tuesdays: Progression of Authentication: Comparing Passwords, Passphrases, and Passkeys

On October 31, 2023 in All, Computing, General, IoT, New Tech Tuesdays, Security, Wireless by Rudy Ramos

Human errors and behaviors pose the biggest vulnerabilities in cybersecurity. With password security issues at the top of the list, understanding authentication best practices has never been so important. Continuous education and a security-conscious culture are essential in mitigating these risks.

Tagged With: access control, authentication, biometrics, brute force attack, cryptography, login, mfa, multi-factor authentication, online security, passkeys, passphrases, passwords, phishing, public key, security, vulnerabilities, yubikey

Threat Modeling Your Device Operations Helps Identify Unwanted Exposure

On January 28, 2019 in All, Computing, Security by Jeff Fellinge

Discover potential vulnerabilities and predict how your devices, network, and operations would survive an attack by performing regular threat modeling.

Tagged With: Cloud security, Device security, Edge security, Embedded devices, Risk management, SCADA, Security controls, Threat modeling, Vulnerabilities

Configuration Management: Creating Baseline Configurations for Your Devices Reduces Security Gaps

On December 5, 2018 in All, Computing, Security by Jeff Fellinge

Lower the operational costs and improve the security of your systems and devices through configuration baselines that define exactly how these devices and technologies that you rely on every day should be correctly set up.

Tagged With: Cloud security, Configuration baselines, Device security, Edge security, Embedded devices, Prescriptive guidance, Risk, SCADA, Security development lifecycle, Security policy, Security standards, Vulnerabilities

Security Fundamentals Begin with Patching: The Importance of Vulnerability Management in Preventing Attacks

On December 3, 2018 in All, Computing, Security by Jeff Fellinge

Drive down risk to your devices, systems, and networks by ensuring you have in place a robust vulnerability management process that combines policy and practice to reliably keep your systems running up-to-date software and all recommended security updates.

Tagged With: Cloud security, Device security, Edge security, Embedded devices, Malware, Risk, SCADA, Security development lifecycle, Threat modeling, Virus, Vulnerabilities

Identify Anomalous Device Behavior Through Logging and Alerting

On November 9, 2018 in All, Computing, Security by Jeff Fellinge

Logging and alerting are fundamental tools for detecting not only errors and creating maintenance tickets but also helping defenders detect attackers by piecing together individual events into a bigger picture.

Tagged With: Alerts, Cloud security, Device security, Edge security, Embedded devices, Events, Logging, Malware, SCADA, SIEM, Vulnerabilities

Surface Area Management of Embedded Devices through Host and Network Based Firewalls

On October 29, 2018 in All, Computing, Security by Jeff Fellinge

Lower the risk of a successful attack on your network-connected devices by understanding the network ports and protocols they use and disabling or filtering those they do not need.

Tagged With: Authentication, Authorization, Cloud security, Compliance, Control framework, Device security, Edge security, Embedded devices, Governance, Risk, SCADA, Vulnerabilities

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