When you think of a website getting hacked, you might picture someone in a hoodie in a high tech bunker (or their mom’s basement), wailing on a keyboard, controlling thousands...

I was talking to a pen testing company recently at a data security conference to learn more about “day in the life” aspects of their trade. Their president told me...

After my post last week on the great Mirai Internet takedown of 2016, I received some email in response. One of the themes in the feedback was, roughly, that ‘Mirai...

Once upon a time in early 2016, we were talking with pen tester Ken Munro about the security of IoT gadgetry — everything from wireless doorbells to coffee makers and...

NTFS permissions are used to manage access to the files and folders that are stored in NTFS file systems. When you are using share and NTFS (NT File System) permissions together, the most restrictive permission wins.

Privileged access management is the process to monitor and secure your most sensitive user accounts. Keep reading to find out how to use PAM to keep your data safe.

Remember the Cybersecurity Framework that was put together by the folks over at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)? Sure you do! It came about because the US...

We’re not surprised when hackers attack companies to scoop up credit card numbers or to cause IT disruption. If they’re state sponsored, they may target organizations to pull out intellectual...

I can only imagine it’s a high stress job doing IT support for Kim Jong Un as he’s the kind of manager who probably watches you over your shoulder, touches...

SSL and TLS are used interchangably in conversations as they are incredibly closely related. Knowing the subtle difference is key.

You don’t normally talk philosophy and IT when considering Bash and Powershell, but if it’s one thing I’ve learned over the past 20 years of sysadmin work it’s that whether...

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