Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Recently, I covered a T-Mobile scam where a friend of mine narrowly avoided losing money. In that scam, the attackers called up pretending to be from T-Mobile offering him a cannot-pass-up 30% discount on future T-Mobile bills. While he was initially suspicious of the unexpected callers, they gained his confidence by repeating the amounts of his last two T-Mobile bills, billing address, and knew that his wife was also on the account.

We’re all exhausted—both by the problem and by hearing about it. False positives and overwhelming alert volume have long plagued security operations. And despite years of innovation, solutions have remained elusive. Alert volume. Alert fatigue. SOC burnout. This persistent problem puts security teams in a tough position: For CISOs and SOC managers, it’s a lose-lose scenario.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has shared new guidance on HIPAA. This guidance focuses on using tracking technologies on public healthcare pages. This updated directive directly impacts healthcare organizations utilizing tools like Meta Pixel, Google Analytics, or session replay scripts. While these are effective for understanding user engagement, they may inadvertently collect PHI—protected health information—if configured improperly.

Encryption has become a vital data protection tool used by global governments, defense and enterprises. However, not all solutions use the same cipher techniques. Several encryption algorithms can be used to secure data with varying levels of security. To establish acceptable standards for encryption technologies utilized by the U.S. Government, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) FIPS-140.

A list of 18 procedures (reduced from 20), or “controls,” recommended by the Center for Internet Security (CIS), must be followed to build an IT infrastructure resistant to cyberattacks. The CIS 4th Control advises to establish and maintain a secure configuration process for enterprise assets (end-user devices, including portable and mobile; non-computing/IoT devices; and servers) and software (operating systems and applications) (4.1).

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