When you finish this series, you are either going to dislike me, or dislike me more, and I mean this sincerely. The following is a response to the CISO Manifesto, and it is coming from the Security Service Provider / Solutions Provider sector. While I don’t represent my industry as a whole, I will present my view from the technical side of the scope. While I enjoyed the manifesto, I couldn’t help but notice the same tried and true “follow the herd” conformity roles that too many security professionals follow, especially up at the higher end of the spectrum. With that said, this series (because it will be too long to fit into one article) will attempt to offer some insight (or counters) surrounding some of the gripes described in the CISO …show more content…
Who noticed it, and how fast did they notice?” Testing for me consists of more than just firing off tools. With that said, I shall begin. 1) Manifesto “Don’t Pitch Competition” | Realist: Always be HONEST During my experiences, testing, and analysis, I have found repeatedly, that I can get in and out of organizations with, and without the use of exploits. I can bypass policies, that either don’t exist, aren’t monitored, or aren’t enforced. Processes that should exist, and security baselines are lacking or don’t exist, and often times, the organizations I test, were often tested by other companies that issued reports with flying colors. “Look, such pie charts! You’re all green! Green lights for everyone!” These tests in my opinion were done by horrible security companies. To illustrate this, here is the most memorable quote from the CIO in front of the CSO, CISO, and multiple individuals from multiple teams at a hospital: “I feel like you came in here, and you were making fun of my security.” This came after me and my team took control over 95% of the infrastructure of a 800+ bed hospital. This hospital was partnered with dozens of other hospitals that used shared credentials which simply means: those visiting doctors, their credentials are likely the same in other hospitals which means: snowball effect, I’d likely own those
Security and ethical employees will continue to be a vital aspect of ensuring the success of an organization. There will always be a need for ethical IT security professional as hackers will continue to force organizations to make adjustments in their business models to protect their employees, data and customers. Many organizations and managers believe application security requires simply installing a perimeter firewall, or taking a few configuration measures to prevent applications or operating systems from being attacked. This is a risky misconception. By understanding threats and respect impacts, organizations will be equipped to maintain confidentiality, availability and
The purpose of this qualitative study is to identify the IT leaders who have successfully implemented security policies and procedures. Using the quantitative methodology would not be appropriate because the collected data will not be in the form of numbers and/or statistical results, and the statistical findings will not generalize the real-world problem that needs to be resolved. (Creswell, 2014). Quantitative methods are used mainly to find out the who, what, when and where and the results numerical descriptions provide where the researcher needs more of a detailed narrative (Sutton, & Austin, 2015)
“The task is simple to explain but harder to achieve. If we do not incorporate adequate security measures in our computer and communications infrastructure, we risk being overwhelmed by external enemies. If we put an externally focused view of security ahead of all other concerns, we risk being overwhelmed by their misuse. We must find a set of rules and a mechanism for overseeing those rules that allows society to defend itself from its genuine enemies while keeping communication surveillance from stifling dissent, enforcing morality and invading privacy. If we do not, the right to use privacy –enhancing technology that was won in the 1990s will be lost again.”
The EO13636 chief objective is to improve the Cybersecurity Framework of principles and determine what the best practices are that may possibly be taken to decrease the threat from all cyber dangers. Under EO13636, The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), National Security Staff, and The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will coordinate with additional investors to advance the Cybersecurity Framework. National Institute of Standards and Technology executives are asking that everyone who is involved take an active role in the development of this Framework (Fischer et al., 2013)
Consider your case-study industry and the security discussions that are taking place there. Consider the security discussions that are taking place in this seminar. Delve into the models that have been explored and articulate what you and your colleagues think of these conceptual frameworks. Assess the overall value of models and frameworks to your industry's security environment. Reference sources and the interview will be essential to the success of this particular assignment.
On 2/10/16 at 11:57 P.M. Security was notified via email by Loss Prevention Specialist (LPS) Corey Green to look into a theft of a pizza slice that occurred in the B Building break room. Shift Supervisor (S/S) Enmanuel Cabrera start by pulling the complainant Kyle Smith (smithky) lenels’. S/S Cabrera was able see to that Mr. Smith enters the B building with a domino’s box at 6:45 P.M through turnstile 5. Upon entering, Mr. Smith places domino’s box in the refrigerator along the B building bathroom wall at 6:46 P.M. After further review of camera C140 at 8:27 P.M, Security Officer Christopher Maletta was seen taken a slice of pizza of the pizza
Security Officers must obtain a consensus for which mitigating controls are key, which can be a trying negotiation between the CISO, Chief Technology Officer, Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), Infrastructure Engineering, Audit and Assurance teams, and the Investment and Audit committees. How do you harness your entire organization to focus on a common agreed-upon list of key security controls?
After graduating from the Ursuline Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio, Becky Catino matriculated at Miami University (MU) in Oxford, Ohio, where she earned her bachelor of science in retailing. While still attending MU, she and her future husband established their first small business, which sold engraved beer mugs to fellow students. After marrying, the couple cofounded the Security National Automotive Acceptance Corp (SNAAC), a Mason, Ohio auto acceptance company that provided lending services to military personnel who wished to purchase used vehicles. Becky Catino served as president and owner of SNAAC from 1986 to 2011.
Private security is an increasingly growing industry with an increasing demand in recent years. It has reached the point where private security officers outnumber police officers in the United States, according to an article in The Washington Post. Similar trends are occurring in other countries as well. Yet many websites including CNN claim that security guards are untrained and incompetent. How is this supposed to make people feel safer? Thankfully, these claims are largely untrue and exist only to stir up rumours which sell newspapers. Here are the ways unarmed security officers are keeping people safe and preventing crime every day, in ways that you probably don’t realize:
tionally excellent companies take few risks, product leaders encourage new ventures and a steady stream of new products. Although they take security seriously, good-enough security is a guiding principle; innovation—not process—is the key to avoiding or preventing security problems. As a result, security takes a back seat to performance, is less centralized, and is not the key determinant of a product’s success. The third market discipline, customer intimacy, emphasizes customer needs and requests and excels at meeting them. Security is important for customer-intimate companies when customers express security needs. Thus, the security organizations of customer-intimate companies are less topdown than those of operationally excellent companies, and their centralized procedures involve significant customer interaction. As a result, security is built into products and services only when the customer demands security.
In order to effectively implement security governance, the Corporate Governance Task Force (CGTF) recommends that organizations follow an established framework, such as the IDEAL framework from the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute. This framework, which is described in the document “Information Security Governance: Call to Action,” defines the responsibilities of (1) the board of directors or trustees, (2) the senior organizational executive (i.e., CEO), (3) executive team members, (4) senior managers, and (5) all employees and users. This important document can be found at the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) Web site at www.isaca.org/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm?ContentID=34997.
There were a number of factors that contributed to the breach, which had they been addressed or had corresponding mitigation responses in place, would have reduced the likelihood that the breach would have taken place, or at a minimum reduce the impact of the attack. These items range from policy related issues, technology implementations, and security management and maintenance. Although I believe a number of these areas were in the process of being addressed, based on the information gathered regarding the details of the incident, it appears that it was still in many areas insufficient and would not have prevented an incident even if there had been more time available to perform the implementations.
Technologies were purchased to defend our attacks, however they were only guarding specifics, leaving other devices vulnerable. Policies were in place that should have mitigated against my team member being able to enter a branch however, employees were very trusting, had never practiced policies, and policies were rarely enforced. The team member had an employee hold the door for him under the guise that he had forgotten his ID card. All it took was a nice business suit, and a smile.
In the current society, business, organizations and government are very dependent on computers and Internet. Adequately protecting an organization 's information assets is a requisite issue. Many organizations have deployed security software or devices, such as firewalls or intrusion detection systems, to help protect their information assets and to quickly identify potential attacks. IBM Systems Journal states that "some organizations came to realize that one of the best ways to evaluate the intruder threat to their interests would be to have independent computer security professionals attempt to hack into their computer systems" (IBM 2001). This might be a good way to evaluate the system vulnerability. However, to allow a penetration test team break into their systems, the organization may have faces some risks. For example, the penetration test team may fail to identify significant vulnerabilities; sensitive security information may be disclosed, increasing the risk of the organizations being vulnerable to external attacks (The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants). Some organization even send their system administrator to be trained Ethical Hacking as a career course in Tertiary
Are you an angel investor in cyber security companies? Are you currently fund raising for your new cyber security company? Do you work in venture capital and invest in cyber? If you 've answered yes to any of these questions then you are are either producing slide decks which are too long or you are spending time looking at slide decks which are too long.