Australian Cyber Security Strategy for Hardening

Australia aims to be the world leader in cyber security by 2030 using the Australian Cyber Security Strategy that was released on 22 November 2023. With the cost of cybercrime on Australian businesses growing by up to 14% per annum, the Cyber Security Strategy seeks to improve cyber security, manage cyber risks and better support citizens and Australian businesses to manage their cyber environment by using six cyber shields and actions to be taken.

What is Hashing and How Does It Work in Cyber Security?

Hashing transforms a key or set of characters into a unique value from the original input, all for cybersecurity data validation and integrity checking. Hashing is a one-way process based on creating a value to associate with a specific data set. Security solutions providers like IDStrong use the highest level of hashing and encryption to protect their users' information. Organizations like IDStrong understand how critical safeguarding their consumer’s credentials is.

The CIA Triad: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability

The confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA) triad is a critical concept in cybersecurity, including three fundamental principles that help protect information. Organizations seeking a starting point for developing an information security framework would benefit from the triad model.

Rapid Data Heist: Akira Ransomware Group's Two-Hour Attack on Veeam Servers

In a startling development, the Akira ransomware gang has demonstrated a dramatic reduction in the time it takes to exfiltrate data from compromised servers. According to the BlackBerry Threat Research and Intelligence Team, this cybercriminal group managed to steal data from a Veeam server in just over two hours during a June attack on a Latin American airline.

Friday Flows Episode 28: Use AI to create cases and act on CrowdStrike alerts

In today’s Friday Flows, Conor Dunne, from the Tines Labs team, walks us through a new story using AI to create cases and act on CrowdStrike alerts. As is the case with many alerts, there’s a lot of information, but it’s not always very clear. He first uses AI to simplify & normalize the data. Once that is done & a case is created, we can also use AI to act as a security analyst and respond with one of four actions: Suspend a user account Isolate a host Block a URL Alert the security team using PagerDuty.

Cases: A Year in Review

When we launched cases in early 2023, we saw how teams combined automation with their established processes to respond to known threats. And we realized we were missing a place for security teams to address those new or unknown threats. Enter cases, our solution to case management. Over the past year, our cases feature has become a place where teams can collaborate, track, and report on new and existing workflows.

Friday Flows Episode 27: Disabling AWS User from Hunters Alert with Jira Prompt

We're excited to bring you another workflow from the Tines library and to introduce your new Friday Flows host Cameron Higgs! The legendary Blake Coolidge is handing over the reins for a season but he'll be back on your screens before too long. In this episode, Conor Dunne walks Cameron through a workflow that pulls leads related to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment flagged by Hunters and searches for users with unauthorized permissions.

Savvy Security: Unpacking key SASE vendor selection criteria

Many companies are stepping up their security measures to protect against cyber risks associated with the increasing use of cloud services and remote work. As a result, the global deployment of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is on the rise. According to the 2024 Gartner CIO and Technology Executive Survey, 39% of respondents have already deployed SASE or plan to do so within the next 24 months.