Ever wondered how large-scale power plants monitor or control the myriad of systems that fill their environment? Have you thought about how some of the world’s greatest industrial hacks were enacted? This post will look to illuminate how one tiny legacy protocol, namely "ModBus" could help to understand just how straight forward this could be.
Two decades ago, the web was a casual escape dominated by message boards, AOL Instant Messenger, and Homestar Runner. Only some people used it for work. Fast forward 20 years, and countless jobs require that you use the internet in some way. This has made it easier than ever to take a quick break, open a new tab, and do some personal surfing – blurring the line between work and leisure.
Please introduce yourself and tell us what you do, and what your company does. I’m Kimber Dowsett and I’m a Director at Krebs Stamos Group(KSG). We conduct cybersecurity consultancy engagements for high-profile organizations that may or may not have experienced a high-profile breach or acquisition, or simply want a world-class assessment of their org’s overall security posture.
At the beginning of every startup’s journey, the question plaguing every technical founder and their team is how to build their tech stack. A lot of thought must go into this question because it informs how the startup will adapt to the demands of business growth and any necessary adjustments or pivots of the business. In a recent webinar, we discussed this question in detail with Jim Walker of Cockroach Labs.
After two years of virtual events, the Mend team was beyond excited to gather in San Francisco’s Moscone Center and connect with the tech community face to face. This year’s theme was ‘transformation,’ which couldn’t be more appropriate for us as we unveiled our new company name and integrated application security platform with automated remediation for SCA and SAST.
Security experts around the world are talking about the importance of improving security measures to keep networks safe—and for good reason. We have plenty of examples of how relentless threat actors can be, and we’ve now seen that not even a pandemic can stop or slow down their attacks.
In order to maintain compliance, enforce governance, and build transparency, teams across your organization need deep insight into how their users and automation interact with Datadog. For stakeholders in leadership roles, such as CIOs and CDOs, knowing what actions users took and when is essential for spotting gaps in enablement, budgeting, and reporting, as well as building a modern compliance strategy for the organization as a whole.
While there is an alphabet soup of compliance requirements and security standards frameworks, this post will focus on the two prevalent certifications frequently discussed for SaaS and B2B businesses. Security and compliance qualifications, like SOC 2 and ISO 27001, demonstrate that you apply good practices in your business. They are often classified as "security" and thought of as the technical security of your systems.
The new era of remote work launched by COVID has given millions of employees the ability to work on their own terms and spend more time with their families. Unfortunately, remote work also comes with certain security risks, as organizations now need to guard against increased exposure to cybersecurity concerns with little physical oversight. But embracing remote work does not need to mean handing employees’ laptops with sensitive company information and hoping all goes well.
