Information Security in Bizarro World

The enterprise firewall is not a security device. The Intrusion Protection System will break the network. SSL inspection is an invasion of privacy. Network segmentation is hard. Welcome to Information Security in Bizarro World. Yes, I have heard all those excuses. The Internet is not a friendly place anymore with bunnies and unicorns frolicking in the meadows. Nation states, professional hackers spreading ransomware, and script kiddies are just some of…

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The Threat is Real. Protecting Your Organization.

Target, Home Depot, Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Democrat National Committee (DNC), Yahoo; almost every day we hear about some sort of data breach or network attack. It seems to have become a fact of life on the Internet. However, organizations can take simple measures to strengthen their networks without major network redesigns or exorbitant expenditures. Target was breached when a subcontractor’s system was compromised and the attacker gained valid…

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