by Katherine Parker | Sep 18, 2019 | Intrusion Prevention, Network Health Check, Network Security, Uncategorized
Managing network security requires pro-active care. A network administrator keeps the network running as intended, making sure the various parts of it work well together as a whole, and keep it up to date with all the current protections as patches come available. For... 
by Katherine Parker | Aug 30, 2019 | Data Security, Email Environment Security, Intrusion Prevention, Network Security, Network Visibility, Role-based Access Control (RBAC), Uncategorized
IT News Brief September 2019: This month we focus on the importance of an annual Network Health Check, and the five main areas of attention for a health check to be complete. We also discuss some of the tools necessary to make network maintenance smooth and... 
by Katherine Parker | Aug 27, 2019 | Intrusion Prevention, Network Security, Network Visibility, Uncategorized
Complete network security requires many layers, one of the most important being intrusion prevention. If you have a firewall protecting your system and think it is enough, think again: A firewall is an important ingredient, but it is not the whole recipe for... 
by Katherine Parker | Aug 16, 2019 | General Information, Network Security, Uncategorized
We have touched upon the subject of multi-factor authentication a bunch lately. It has become such an important part of security hardening. Enforcing multi-layered authentication of the identity of users accessing your network is recommended so strongly now because:... 
by Katherine Parker | Aug 13, 2019 | General Information, Network Security, Role-based Access Control (RBAC), Uncategorized
There is nothing more frustrating in the network security business than to see a business network with administration permissions granted to a random bunch of employees. When we say “random,” it is because it is rather common to see that administration access... 
by Katherine Parker | Aug 12, 2019 | General Information, Network Security, Uncategorized
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) was one of those nifty features meant to make computing troubles so much easier to fix. If a software failed to work, a quick call to technical support, followed by a tech temporarily taking over your desktop to find the problem and fix... by Katherine Parker | Aug 2, 2019 | Data Security, General Information, Malware, Network Security, Penetration Test, Uncategorized
IT News Brief August 2019: The surest way to know whether you can be hacked is by having a hacker go to work on your system. This is called penetration testing, and it is a service we perform. This month we offer a quick little questionnaire that can help you... 
by Katherine Parker | Jul 31, 2019 | Malware, Malware Incident Response, Rootkit, Uncategorized
Rootkits may use any of a number of techniques to gain control of a system. We touched on this in “Man Behind the Curtain” introduction to Rootkit Malware, that rootkits come in different makes and models, and the type of rootkit will determine the choice of attack... 
by Katherine Parker | Jul 25, 2019 | Device Security, Malware, Mobile Devices, Rootkit, Uncategorized
Definition of a Rootkit A rootkit is a set of software tools designed to reside in the top-level directory (the “root”) of a file system. Rootkits can be used to detect attacks and provide anti-theft defenses. But because they can also enable unauthorized... 
by Katherine Parker | Jul 9, 2019 | Data Security, Malware, Network Security, Uncategorized
When we discuss the problems of malware on industry, our conversations around the water cooler often focus on the symptoms. We discuss the immediate problems experienced by malware: slowing down computers, locking operators out of programs. But there is a cause-effect... 
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