Group Policy is often viewed as a security tool, and certainly a large portion of the settings apply to user and computer security. However, Group Policy also offers a variety of other options. For example, administrators can configure settings related todriverinstallation, folder redirection,network...
Phishing prevention - What is the best defense against phishing? No single cybersecurity solution can avert all phishing attacks. Your organization should deploy cybersecurity technology and take a tiered security approach to reduce the number of phishing attacks and the impact when attacks do occur....
Incident response (IR) is the set of strategic and organized actions an organization takes in the immediate aftermath of a cyberattack orsecurity breach.The ultimate goal of your incident response actions is to reduce the risk of future incidents.As such, incident response plans aim to: Swiftly ...
An example of such an incident is the Colonial Pipeline attack. Russian cybercriminal group, DarkSide infected Colonial Pipelines's IT systems with ransomware, disrupting all of its operations. To resume its critical supply of gasoline to the state, Colonial Pipeline paid Darkside's ransom in excha...
There is an entry for each individual user, which is linked to attributes for each object (e.g. view, export, create). For most businesses, RBAC is superior to ACL in terms of security and administrative overhead. ACL is better suited for implementing controls for low-level data, while ...
That is why a few years ago an Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) was established which included both the companies that the phishers target, and anti-phishing/antispam software vendors. APWG holds information sessions to try to inform users about the problem. In addition APWG members inform...
The CIS SecureSuite membership program provides organizations with cybersecurity tools and resources. Membership is free for US SLTT (state, local, tribal and territorial) government and academic institutions in the US, while payment options vary for commercial users and government entities overseas. ...
What is "availability" in security? Availability refers to maintaining the ability to access your resources when needed, even under duress: a natural disaster or after sufferingintentional cyberattacks. And if this definition of availability feels like a moving target, you’re not alone. Indeed, ...
A Zero Trust Architecture is a structure based on the cybersecurity principle that all users must be continuously authenticated, authorized, and validated.
New health alert for verifying that Directory Services Object Auditing is configured correctly, as described in the health alerts page. New health alert for verifying that the sensor’s power settings are configured for optimal performance, as described in the health alerts page. We've added MITRE...