September 2012 Security Vulnerability SessionKaseya
This document summarizes a security vulnerability presentation given by Jason Dettbarn of Kaseya. Jason has a background in computer science and network security. He discusses the prevalence and persistence of software vulnerabilities, how quickly exploits emerge after announcements, and the need to rapidly patch third-party software like Java, Flash and Office applications. Jason promotes Kaseya's software deployment and update tool for efficiently deploying patches across an organization's systems.
The document discusses the need for application security and secure software development practices. It notes that 60% of internet attacks target web applications, with SQL injection and XSS making up 80% of discovered vulnerabilities. It emphasizes that security needs to be incorporated throughout the entire software development lifecycle, from requirements to testing. Specific secure development practices mentioned include threat modeling, risk assessment using STRIDE, fuzz testing, and the OWASP Mutillidae tool.
The speaker discusses security topics related to web applications including:
- Common vulnerabilities like SQL injection and cross-site scripting.
- The importance of input validation, output encoding, and minimizing database privileges.
- Ensuring all components like operating systems, servers, and libraries are securely configured and patched.
- The uses of protocols like SSH/SFTP, SSL, and PKI for securely transferring files and login authentication.
Metasploit is penetration testing software that can be used to:
1) Safely simulate attacks on a network to uncover security issues and verify defenses.
2) Validate security risks as part of a vulnerability management program.
3) Measure the effectiveness of a security awareness program by testing password security, social engineering, and sending phishing emails.
Your computer may be a zombie if it shows signs of slow performance, frequent crashes, unexpected browser closures, or excessive hard drive usage. To secure your PC, use internet security software with anti-rootkit features to detect malware that avoids detection. Keep your antivirus updated and scan regularly to ensure safety. Activate your firewall and check for unknown installed applications that could be malware controlling your computer without your knowledge. Be cautious of infected files or software to avoid becoming a zombie computer.
Bill Walter of Gross Mendelsohn's Technology Solutions Group presented this seminar at the Health Facilities of Maryland's annual conference. The presentation is for executive directors, administrators and technology directors of skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, continuing care retirement communities, and other long term healthcare organizations.
Automated Mobile Malware Classificationzynamics GmbH
This document discusses developing an automated system called VxClass for classifying mobile malware. It summarizes the current state of mobile malware, the problem of variant detection, and proposes using program comparison tools to analyze malware variants at scale. The system would allow users to upload files to check against a malware database, identify variants, and optionally share samples. Pricing models and a roadmap are proposed to adapt the system to emerging mobile platforms and file types.
This document compares and reviews three antivirus software programs: Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009, Vipre Antivirus + Antispyware, and ParetoLogic Anti-Virus PLUS 6. It evaluates their features, ease of use, performance, and cost. The document also proposes a virus protection plan for a small business that involves subscribing to BitDefender Antivirus 2009 for their 5 PCs. The plan details how the software will be deployed individually on each PC and defines the administrator and user responsibilities.
September 2012 Security Vulnerability SessionKaseya
This document summarizes a security vulnerability presentation given by Jason Dettbarn of Kaseya. Jason has a background in computer science and network security. He discusses the prevalence and persistence of software vulnerabilities, how quickly exploits emerge after announcements, and the need to rapidly patch third-party software like Java, Flash and Office applications. Jason promotes Kaseya's software deployment and update tool for efficiently deploying patches across an organization's systems.
The document discusses the need for application security and secure software development practices. It notes that 60% of internet attacks target web applications, with SQL injection and XSS making up 80% of discovered vulnerabilities. It emphasizes that security needs to be incorporated throughout the entire software development lifecycle, from requirements to testing. Specific secure development practices mentioned include threat modeling, risk assessment using STRIDE, fuzz testing, and the OWASP Mutillidae tool.
The speaker discusses security topics related to web applications including:
- Common vulnerabilities like SQL injection and cross-site scripting.
- The importance of input validation, output encoding, and minimizing database privileges.
- Ensuring all components like operating systems, servers, and libraries are securely configured and patched.
- The uses of protocols like SSH/SFTP, SSL, and PKI for securely transferring files and login authentication.
Metasploit is penetration testing software that can be used to:
1) Safely simulate attacks on a network to uncover security issues and verify defenses.
2) Validate security risks as part of a vulnerability management program.
3) Measure the effectiveness of a security awareness program by testing password security, social engineering, and sending phishing emails.
Your computer may be a zombie if it shows signs of slow performance, frequent crashes, unexpected browser closures, or excessive hard drive usage. To secure your PC, use internet security software with anti-rootkit features to detect malware that avoids detection. Keep your antivirus updated and scan regularly to ensure safety. Activate your firewall and check for unknown installed applications that could be malware controlling your computer without your knowledge. Be cautious of infected files or software to avoid becoming a zombie computer.
Bill Walter of Gross Mendelsohn's Technology Solutions Group presented this seminar at the Health Facilities of Maryland's annual conference. The presentation is for executive directors, administrators and technology directors of skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, continuing care retirement communities, and other long term healthcare organizations.
Automated Mobile Malware Classificationzynamics GmbH
This document discusses developing an automated system called VxClass for classifying mobile malware. It summarizes the current state of mobile malware, the problem of variant detection, and proposes using program comparison tools to analyze malware variants at scale. The system would allow users to upload files to check against a malware database, identify variants, and optionally share samples. Pricing models and a roadmap are proposed to adapt the system to emerging mobile platforms and file types.
This document compares and reviews three antivirus software programs: Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009, Vipre Antivirus + Antispyware, and ParetoLogic Anti-Virus PLUS 6. It evaluates their features, ease of use, performance, and cost. The document also proposes a virus protection plan for a small business that involves subscribing to BitDefender Antivirus 2009 for their 5 PCs. The plan details how the software will be deployed individually on each PC and defines the administrator and user responsibilities.
Vulnerability assessment identifies flaws in computers and networks but does not differentiate exploitable flaws from non-exploitable ones, providing companies with a comprehensive view of weaknesses. Penetration testing tests systems to exploit vulnerabilities either automatically or manually, determining security weaknesses to test an organization's security policies. Types of penetration testing include white box within a network, black box externally without network knowledge, and gray box externally with some internal knowledge.
Automated Penetration Testing With Core ImpactTom Eston
1. Core Impact is a commercial penetration testing framework that uses a common methodology of information gathering, attack, privilege escalation, and reporting on networks, clients, and web applications.
2. It works by launching modules and agents against target systems from a console to fingerprint systems, scan for vulnerabilities, and perform exploits to compromise targets.
3. While powerful, it has some limitations like importing only certain vulnerability data, occasional bugs and crashes, and being expensive.
I will share my experience of SDLC enablement on enterprise level. Uncover pitfalls and gotchas about building of developer friendly CI enabled service using industry standard static and dynamic scanning tools, CI platforms, ReportPortal, Carrier platform and Jira integration service.
By Karen Florykian at Automation in Action: summer conference.
Video: https://youtu.be/4fUwEvnFo_Q
TOPIC DESCRIPTION
I will share my experience of SDLC enablement on the enterprise level. In the process I will reveal pitfalls and gotchas about the building of a developer-friendly CI-enabled service using industry standard static and dynamic scanning tools, CI platforms, ReportPortal, Carrier platform and Jira integration service.
Understanding The Known: OWASP A9 Using Components With Known VulnerabilitiesAnant Shrivastava
c0c0n 2015 Presentation. This talk discussed about the impact of using components with known vulnerabilities along with various tips and tools for software developer or administrator to facilitate identification of vulnerable components.
This document discusses various methods for protecting computers, including using Windows Update for critical updates, drivers, and automatic updates. It recommends configuring the Internet Connection Firewall to prevent external attacks, and maintaining an up-to-date antivirus solution with frequent signature updates to protect against viruses. Common signs of virus infections include unexpected application behavior, system issues, and slow performance. Recovery may require antivirus tools or a recovery disk depending on the virus effects.
This document provides information about computer viruses and firewalls in 3 paragraphs.
It first discusses various types of computer viruses like time bombs, logical bombs, worms, boot sector viruses, macro viruses, script viruses, and trojan horses.
The second paragraph lists actions that can be taken to prevent virus infections, such as updating antivirus software weekly, backing up important files, and not opening unexpected email attachments.
The third paragraph describes different types of firewalls - packet filtering firewalls, application gateways, and circuit level gateways - and provides brief details about how each works.
The document discusses computer viruses and the importance of installing antivirus software. It notes that computers without antivirus software are at risk of viruses which can spread to other devices. Both free and paid antivirus options are described, with free versions recommended for lighter computer use and paid "pro" versions for heavier users desiring better protection. Links to free antivirus software like AVG, Avast and Microsoft Security Essentials are provided.
This document discusses computer viruses, adware, and spyware and provides tips to avoid them. It defines viruses, adware, and spyware and examples of each. It then lists steps people can take to protect their computers such as using antivirus software, adjusting security settings, and being wary of suspicious email attachments or downloads.
A computer virus can invade a computer through pirated software, emails, removable media, websites, and social networks. Viruses are spread through human interaction and can damage data, software, slow systems down, steal information, and take control of computers. Signs of a virus infection include files disappearing, error messages, random restarts, computers running slowly, decreased RAM speed, and frequent crashes. The document provides tips on installing and updating anti-virus software, performing scans, and installing updates to remove viruses and protect against future infections. It also lists popular commercial and free anti-virus programs.
Is av dead or just missing in action - avar2016rajeshnikam
This document discusses whether antivirus (AV) software is dead or just missing in action. It begins by comparing traditional, signature-based AV to next-generation security products that use techniques like threat intelligence and machine learning. The document then debunks common security myths and discusses VirusTotal's role in evaluating next-gen AVs. Results from independent tests of various next-gen security products are presented. The document concludes that while no single product can solve all security issues, the approach to security needs to constantly evolve through layered defenses and beyond just next-gen hype.
This document outlines simple steps to prevent ransomware attacks like WannaCry and Petya. It recommends implementing device control, credential control, application control, and access control. Specifically for device control it recommends updating Windows regularly, enabling modern authentication, using modern hardware security, monitoring devices, and encrypting hard disks. For credential control it recommends multi-factor authentication, restricting administrative privileges, using strong unique passwords, and credential guard. For application control it recommends application whitelisting tools like AppLocker. And for access control it recommends implementing least privilege access and using firewalls.
SPI Dynamics web application security 101 Wade Malone
Web applications are vulnerable to attacks at the application layer, with over 70% of attacks targeting websites and web applications directly. Traditional network and system security tools do not adequately assess vulnerabilities in custom web applications. SPI Dynamics develops automated web application security products that contain expert security knowledge to comprehensively scan websites and web applications, simulating how a hacker would attack. Their flagship product, WebInspect, automatically crawls an entire website and tests for vulnerabilities, providing an easy to understand report of issues found.
This document outlines a proposed mobile firewall framework for the Android platform. The firewall would notify users of Wi-Fi misuse, unauthorized data access, and attacking IP addresses, and block attacking websites and system IP addresses. The objectives are to study the Android platform and existing firewalls, and implement an Android application firewall to work simultaneously with the web browser. The proposed methodology includes using Point to Point Tunneling Protocol and a cloud-based intrusion detection system using signatures and behavioral analysis. The expected outcome is a mobile device firewall application that runs on Android and acts as a mobile intrusion prevention system when the web browser is used.
Watering Hole Attacks: Detect End-User Compromise Before the Damage is DoneAlienVault
Attackers are becoming increasingly skilled at planting malicious code on websites frequented by their desired targets, commonly called "watering hole" attacks. These can be very difficult to detect since they happen as users are going about their normal business. Join us a technical demo to watch a live example of this attack and how to detect it immediately using AlienVault USM.
Security Presenatation for Onforce Pro Town HallBev Robb
This document provides an overview of network and internet security presented by Bev Robb of Teksquisite Consulting. It discusses various types of malicious software such as viruses, worms, spyware and ransomware. It also covers different types of security measures like firewalls, antivirus software, and antispyware. Additionally, the presentation outlines some portable security tools that can be used for scanning and cleaning infected devices without installation, and provides additional online resources for further information.
Spyware refers to programs that use your internet connection to send information from your personal computer to another computer without your knowledge or permission. This information can include browsing habits, downloads, or personal data. Spyware is often installed secretly when a user downloads other software and can slow a computer's performance. Anti-spyware software can prevent spyware installation or detect and remove any spyware already installed. Major anti-virus companies now include anti-spyware features to protect against this type of unwanted program.
Owasp A9 USING KNOWN VULNERABLE COMPONENTS IT 6873 presentationDerrick Hunter
This document discusses the risks of using known vulnerable components in applications. It identifies threat agents as anyone who can send untrusted data, and lists possible attack vectors such as injection and broken access control. Examples are given of past vulnerabilities in Apache CXF and Spring that allowed remote code execution. It emphasizes that open source applications often contain vulnerable components that remain in use long after issues are discovered. Suggested prevention methods include keeping components up to date, monitoring for security issues, and adding security wrappers.
This is Next-Gen IT Security - Introducing Intercept XSophos Benelux
Former CEO of Surfright (now Sophos' Director of Engineering) Mark Loman, presented Intercept X to the Dutch market at the Sophos Day Netherlands. This signatureless next-generation endpoint security solution delivers anti-ransomware, anti-exploit and anti-hacker features that will bring the game of IT security to a whole new level.
Oliver Schuermann - Integrated Software in Networking - the Mystery of SDNcentralohioissa
For the past several years, software-defined networking (SDN) has been a popular buzz word in the networking industry. In many ways, networking has always been defined by software. Software is pervasive within all of the technology that impacts our lives and networking is no different. However, networks have been constrained by the way software has been configured, delivered and managed—literally within a box, updated monolithically, managed through command lines that are reminiscent to the days of minicomputers and DOS in the 1980’s. Well, almost.
Cisco Advanced Malware Protection for Networks provides network-based advanced malware protection that goes beyond point-in-time detection. It detects, blocks, tracks, and contains malware threats across multiple threat vectors within a single system. It also provides visibility and control to protect organizations against highly sophisticated, targeted, zero-day, and persistent advanced malware threats. Some key capabilities include continuous analysis of files and traffic, retrospective security to look back in time after an attack, correlation of security events into coordinated attacks, tracking malware spread and communications, and containing malware outbreaks.
Vulnerability assessment identifies flaws in computers and networks but does not differentiate exploitable flaws from non-exploitable ones, providing companies with a comprehensive view of weaknesses. Penetration testing tests systems to exploit vulnerabilities either automatically or manually, determining security weaknesses to test an organization's security policies. Types of penetration testing include white box within a network, black box externally without network knowledge, and gray box externally with some internal knowledge.
Automated Penetration Testing With Core ImpactTom Eston
1. Core Impact is a commercial penetration testing framework that uses a common methodology of information gathering, attack, privilege escalation, and reporting on networks, clients, and web applications.
2. It works by launching modules and agents against target systems from a console to fingerprint systems, scan for vulnerabilities, and perform exploits to compromise targets.
3. While powerful, it has some limitations like importing only certain vulnerability data, occasional bugs and crashes, and being expensive.
I will share my experience of SDLC enablement on enterprise level. Uncover pitfalls and gotchas about building of developer friendly CI enabled service using industry standard static and dynamic scanning tools, CI platforms, ReportPortal, Carrier platform and Jira integration service.
By Karen Florykian at Automation in Action: summer conference.
Video: https://youtu.be/4fUwEvnFo_Q
TOPIC DESCRIPTION
I will share my experience of SDLC enablement on the enterprise level. In the process I will reveal pitfalls and gotchas about the building of a developer-friendly CI-enabled service using industry standard static and dynamic scanning tools, CI platforms, ReportPortal, Carrier platform and Jira integration service.
Understanding The Known: OWASP A9 Using Components With Known VulnerabilitiesAnant Shrivastava
c0c0n 2015 Presentation. This talk discussed about the impact of using components with known vulnerabilities along with various tips and tools for software developer or administrator to facilitate identification of vulnerable components.
This document discusses various methods for protecting computers, including using Windows Update for critical updates, drivers, and automatic updates. It recommends configuring the Internet Connection Firewall to prevent external attacks, and maintaining an up-to-date antivirus solution with frequent signature updates to protect against viruses. Common signs of virus infections include unexpected application behavior, system issues, and slow performance. Recovery may require antivirus tools or a recovery disk depending on the virus effects.
This document provides information about computer viruses and firewalls in 3 paragraphs.
It first discusses various types of computer viruses like time bombs, logical bombs, worms, boot sector viruses, macro viruses, script viruses, and trojan horses.
The second paragraph lists actions that can be taken to prevent virus infections, such as updating antivirus software weekly, backing up important files, and not opening unexpected email attachments.
The third paragraph describes different types of firewalls - packet filtering firewalls, application gateways, and circuit level gateways - and provides brief details about how each works.
The document discusses computer viruses and the importance of installing antivirus software. It notes that computers without antivirus software are at risk of viruses which can spread to other devices. Both free and paid antivirus options are described, with free versions recommended for lighter computer use and paid "pro" versions for heavier users desiring better protection. Links to free antivirus software like AVG, Avast and Microsoft Security Essentials are provided.
This document discusses computer viruses, adware, and spyware and provides tips to avoid them. It defines viruses, adware, and spyware and examples of each. It then lists steps people can take to protect their computers such as using antivirus software, adjusting security settings, and being wary of suspicious email attachments or downloads.
A computer virus can invade a computer through pirated software, emails, removable media, websites, and social networks. Viruses are spread through human interaction and can damage data, software, slow systems down, steal information, and take control of computers. Signs of a virus infection include files disappearing, error messages, random restarts, computers running slowly, decreased RAM speed, and frequent crashes. The document provides tips on installing and updating anti-virus software, performing scans, and installing updates to remove viruses and protect against future infections. It also lists popular commercial and free anti-virus programs.
Is av dead or just missing in action - avar2016rajeshnikam
This document discusses whether antivirus (AV) software is dead or just missing in action. It begins by comparing traditional, signature-based AV to next-generation security products that use techniques like threat intelligence and machine learning. The document then debunks common security myths and discusses VirusTotal's role in evaluating next-gen AVs. Results from independent tests of various next-gen security products are presented. The document concludes that while no single product can solve all security issues, the approach to security needs to constantly evolve through layered defenses and beyond just next-gen hype.
This document outlines simple steps to prevent ransomware attacks like WannaCry and Petya. It recommends implementing device control, credential control, application control, and access control. Specifically for device control it recommends updating Windows regularly, enabling modern authentication, using modern hardware security, monitoring devices, and encrypting hard disks. For credential control it recommends multi-factor authentication, restricting administrative privileges, using strong unique passwords, and credential guard. For application control it recommends application whitelisting tools like AppLocker. And for access control it recommends implementing least privilege access and using firewalls.
SPI Dynamics web application security 101 Wade Malone
Web applications are vulnerable to attacks at the application layer, with over 70% of attacks targeting websites and web applications directly. Traditional network and system security tools do not adequately assess vulnerabilities in custom web applications. SPI Dynamics develops automated web application security products that contain expert security knowledge to comprehensively scan websites and web applications, simulating how a hacker would attack. Their flagship product, WebInspect, automatically crawls an entire website and tests for vulnerabilities, providing an easy to understand report of issues found.
This document outlines a proposed mobile firewall framework for the Android platform. The firewall would notify users of Wi-Fi misuse, unauthorized data access, and attacking IP addresses, and block attacking websites and system IP addresses. The objectives are to study the Android platform and existing firewalls, and implement an Android application firewall to work simultaneously with the web browser. The proposed methodology includes using Point to Point Tunneling Protocol and a cloud-based intrusion detection system using signatures and behavioral analysis. The expected outcome is a mobile device firewall application that runs on Android and acts as a mobile intrusion prevention system when the web browser is used.
Watering Hole Attacks: Detect End-User Compromise Before the Damage is DoneAlienVault
Attackers are becoming increasingly skilled at planting malicious code on websites frequented by their desired targets, commonly called "watering hole" attacks. These can be very difficult to detect since they happen as users are going about their normal business. Join us a technical demo to watch a live example of this attack and how to detect it immediately using AlienVault USM.
Security Presenatation for Onforce Pro Town HallBev Robb
This document provides an overview of network and internet security presented by Bev Robb of Teksquisite Consulting. It discusses various types of malicious software such as viruses, worms, spyware and ransomware. It also covers different types of security measures like firewalls, antivirus software, and antispyware. Additionally, the presentation outlines some portable security tools that can be used for scanning and cleaning infected devices without installation, and provides additional online resources for further information.
Spyware refers to programs that use your internet connection to send information from your personal computer to another computer without your knowledge or permission. This information can include browsing habits, downloads, or personal data. Spyware is often installed secretly when a user downloads other software and can slow a computer's performance. Anti-spyware software can prevent spyware installation or detect and remove any spyware already installed. Major anti-virus companies now include anti-spyware features to protect against this type of unwanted program.
Owasp A9 USING KNOWN VULNERABLE COMPONENTS IT 6873 presentationDerrick Hunter
This document discusses the risks of using known vulnerable components in applications. It identifies threat agents as anyone who can send untrusted data, and lists possible attack vectors such as injection and broken access control. Examples are given of past vulnerabilities in Apache CXF and Spring that allowed remote code execution. It emphasizes that open source applications often contain vulnerable components that remain in use long after issues are discovered. Suggested prevention methods include keeping components up to date, monitoring for security issues, and adding security wrappers.
This is Next-Gen IT Security - Introducing Intercept XSophos Benelux
Former CEO of Surfright (now Sophos' Director of Engineering) Mark Loman, presented Intercept X to the Dutch market at the Sophos Day Netherlands. This signatureless next-generation endpoint security solution delivers anti-ransomware, anti-exploit and anti-hacker features that will bring the game of IT security to a whole new level.
Oliver Schuermann - Integrated Software in Networking - the Mystery of SDNcentralohioissa
For the past several years, software-defined networking (SDN) has been a popular buzz word in the networking industry. In many ways, networking has always been defined by software. Software is pervasive within all of the technology that impacts our lives and networking is no different. However, networks have been constrained by the way software has been configured, delivered and managed—literally within a box, updated monolithically, managed through command lines that are reminiscent to the days of minicomputers and DOS in the 1980’s. Well, almost.
Cisco Advanced Malware Protection for Networks provides network-based advanced malware protection that goes beyond point-in-time detection. It detects, blocks, tracks, and contains malware threats across multiple threat vectors within a single system. It also provides visibility and control to protect organizations against highly sophisticated, targeted, zero-day, and persistent advanced malware threats. Some key capabilities include continuous analysis of files and traffic, retrospective security to look back in time after an attack, correlation of security events into coordinated attacks, tracking malware spread and communications, and containing malware outbreaks.
Watch the full OnDemand Webcast: http://bit.ly/tuneupnetwork
It’s time to make good on that new year’s resolution. Admit it, in a moment of weakness as the clock hit midnight you resolved to dig in and tune up your corporate network in the new year. Well, the new year is already passing quickly by, so if you haven’t yet made good on that resolution, here is your chance. In these slides from our web seminar, we return to the basics – overall network evaluation, baseline measurements and comparisons, typical yet troublesome network issues, sharing bandwidth in the presence of time-sensitive applications, security, and overall network monitoring and reporting, just to name a few. We focus on practical issues and practical methods for improving the overall health of your network.
In these slides, we will cover:
- Critical elements to consider when evaluating your network
- Common pitfalls and how to avoid them
- Developing and using network baselines
- Optimizing network usage in the presence of competing applications and protocols
- Monitoring and reporting on your well-tuned network
What you will learn:
1. How and where to find the data you need
2. How to automate network monitoring and analysis to ensure the success of your tune up
3. How to quickly diagnose problems when things go wrong
Are you ready for the next attack? Reviewing the SP Security ChecklistAPNIC
The document discusses the importance of using checklists to optimize security operations. It provides an initial security checklist for internet service providers (ISPs) to assess positive control, virtual terminal access control lists (VTY ACLs), vendor security partnerships, upgrade plans, IPv6 security, attack tree analysis, border gateway protocol (BGP) policies, DNS architecture resilience, and developing a security community. The checklist highlights key areas ISPs should review to strengthen their defenses against evolving cyber threats from criminals, hackers, and nation states. Regular use of such checklists is encouraged to proactively address vulnerabilities before exploits can be launched.
Are you ready for the next attack? reviewing the sp security checklist (apnic...Barry Greene
Rethinking Security and how you can Act on Meaningful Change
What the industry recommends to protect your network is NOT working! The industry is stuck in a dysfunctional ecosystem that encourages the cyber-criminal innovation at the cost to business and individual loss throughout the world. We do not need a “Manhattan Project” for the security of the Internet. What we need are tools to help operators throughout the world ask the right question that would lead them to meaningful action. Security empowerment must empower the grassroots and provide the tools to push back on the root cause. This talk will explore these issues, highlight the dysfunction in our “security” economy, and present “take home” tools that would facilitate immediate action.
Messaging is not just for investment banks!elliando dias
This document discusses how messaging can be used for more than just investment banks. It provides examples of how messaging can improve application integration and decouple processes for better performance, scalability, and resilience compared to traditional HTTP integration. Specific benefits highlighted include better isolation, asynchronous processing, guaranteed delivery, and improved testability. Case studies demonstrate how messaging can solve problems with email delivery after registration and credit card processing. Common messaging tools and situations where messaging is applicable are also outlined.
Operations: Production Readiness Review – How to stop bad things from HappeningAmazon Web Services
The document provides an overview of key areas to review for production readiness including architecture design, monitoring, logging, documentation, alerting, service level agreements, expected throughput, testing, and deployment strategy. It summarizes best practices and considerations for each area such as using circuit breakers in monitoring, consistent logging formats, storing documentation near code, automating level 1 operations, and strategies for testing, deployments, and managing error budgets.
The document discusses the results of analyzing network traffic across 60 enterprises. It found that HTTP has become the universal protocol and video consumes the most bandwidth. Most common threats exploit popular applications. Next generation firewalls are needed that can identify applications, users, and threats to better manage risks and allow business benefits of internet applications.
CTERA Minimizing the threat of Ransomware with enterprise file servicesDavid Finkelstein
How to use enterprise File Services: File Sync/Share and Data Protection to minimize the threat of Ransomware Trojans. Recover your data in real time using
secure, cost-effective cloud file share and data protection technologies from CTERA.com
Minimizing the threat of Ransomware with enterprise file servicesDavid Finkelstein
This document discusses the growing threat of ransomware and provides tips to minimize organizations' exposure. It notes that ransomware revenue grew exponentially in 2016 and attacks can lock down critical systems. The tips provided to deal with ransomware include prevention efforts like regular backups, access controls and employee training. It also stresses the importance of being able to recover systems quickly using modern backup tools that have low overhead and global deduplication. Frequent synchronization is recommended to minimize the blast radius of attacks. The document advocates using cloud-enabled file sharing and backup solutions to centralize governance, scanning and rollback capabilities while still allowing collaboration.
A Closer Look at Isolation: Hype or Next Gen Security?MenloSecurity
This webinar looks at Isolation from different viewpoints. Learn from a Menlo Security customer, along with John Pescatore, Director of Emerging Technologies at SANS Institute, and Kowsik Guruswamy, Menlo Security CTO, as they explore why organizations around the globe are looking at isolation as the means to protect their users from ever-present web and email dangers.
IBM BigFix: Closing the Endpoint Gap Between IT Ops and SecurityIBM Security
View on-demand presentation here: securityintelligence.com/events/ibm-bigfix-closing-the-endpoint-gap-between-it-ops-and-security/
Many organizations have siloed teams, with IT Security and Operations performing functions independently using disparate tools. Every new tool, handoff, and process between these two teams creates another opportunity for your defenses to be breached and for additional time and cost to be added.
IBM® BigFix® provides a single platform for Endpoint Security and Management to help protect all your endpoints — from roaming endpoints such as a laptop in a coffee shop to point-of-sale (POS) devices connecting through partner sites. It allows your teams to operate in unison and continuously monitor each endpoint for potential threats and enforce compliance with security, regulatory, and operational policies.
Learn how you can quickly respond to an attack without losing productivity!
NetFlow Auditor Anomaly Detection Plus Forensics February 2010 08NetFlowAuditor
Flow Based technology provides network visibility that reduces time and costs for understanding, alerting, and reporting on network issues. It gives real-time and historical insight into network traffic through non-intrusive collection of flow data from routers and switches. This flow-based network intelligence is useful for various teams and helps with tasks like capacity planning, security, and troubleshooting.
The document summarizes an internship report about working with Sarasota County's EIT department. It describes the county's network infrastructure, which connects various government entities and utilizes Cisco switches/routers with fiber optic, copper, and wireless connections. It also discusses the security measures used, including Blue Coat proxy, Check Point firewalls, Nessus vulnerability scanning, Microsoft server updates, email filtering with Solar Winds/Postfix, Spam Assassin, and antivirus software. Logging and documentation is done in Splunk. The security team also enforces password policies and checks for exploited policies.
Key Strategies to Address Rising Application Risk in Your EnterpriseLumension
The document discusses key strategies for organizations to address rising application risks, including ensuring endpoints are regularly patched and updated for both operating systems and applications, identifying and removing known malware from endpoints, and enforcing application use policies. Social networking applications were detected on 95% of organizations' networks and many applications have known vulnerabilities or can spread malware. Patching client-side applications has become the number one priority for most organizations to mitigate cybersecurity risks.
As the industry’s first Secure Internet Gateway in the cloud, Cisco Umbrella provides the first line of defense against threats on the internet, protecting all your users within minutes.
Cisco Advanced Malware Protection offers global threat intelligence, advanced sandboxing and real-time malware blocking to prevent breaches while it continuously analyzes file activity across your network, so that you can quickly detect, contain and remove advanced malware.
Presentation of Cisco Security Architecture and Solutions such as Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) and Cisco Umbrella during Simplex-Cisco Technology Session that took place at the Londa Hotel in Limassol on 14 March 2018.
Compromised machines are often used to launch security attacks like spamming and distributing malware. This document describes SPOT, a system that detects these compromised machines, called spam zombies. SPOT uses sequential probability ratio testing (SPRT) to detect spam zombies in a network. It aims to identify compromised machines online and in real-time, with low false positive and false negative rates. The document outlines the hardware and software requirements for SPOT and provides diagrams illustrating the system design and components.
Extending Network Visibility: Down to the EndpointLancope, Inc.
In today’s world of constantly evolving security threats and attack vectors, organizations need to be vigilant about monitoring their network infrastructure. The network perimeter and security infrastructure is often challenged with the adoption of mobile devices, cloud, and BYOD policies. The need for visibility into endpoint activity has become more important than ever.
Join Josh Applebaum (Ziften), Matthew Frederickson, (Council Rock School District) and Peter Johnson (Lancope) for a complimentary webinar to learn how you can achieve real-time network visibility and intelligence for improved incident response.
Discover how you can:
- Achieve additional visibility and context to network activity
- Enhance your existing security investments (NetFlow, Firewall, SIEM, threat intelligence)
- Improve incident response by obtaining real-time and historical endpoint data
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2. Why Validate IPS Resiliency? Product comparison Objective Realistic yet repeatable Qualitative Deterministic Understand the impact of upgrades Impact on performance Impact on security Impact on other devices Understand the impact of various loads High data rate High session setup rate High concurrent session level on various functions of the device 2
3. Why Care About “Difficult Conditions”? What is your load? Peak load is your MOST important load, figure it out and test with it. The network is ever changing YouTube was introduced 3 years ago and now makes up 28% of Internet Traffic (T-Mobile). The average HTTP transaction went from 450 bytes to more than a megabyte. New applications are introduced EVERY day. It is dangerous out there Thousands of vulnerabilities & strikes, MORE introduced each day. Traditional tools are insufficient Hard-to-use, not powerful enough, non-realistic traffic and rarely up-to-date.
4. How to Validate IPS Resiliency Static content is necessary but insufficient Not just HTTP, but Flash over HTTP. Not just SMTP, but IMAP, POP3, Gmail and Hotmail. Use the worst case scenario for sessions Find out the maximum number of sessions ever and double it. Run every Microsoft attack from the last 3 years You are using mostly Microsoft, are you sure every server is patched? Your IPS should block 100% of the attacks. Run every security strike you can get your hands on The more the better. Keep up to date on the latest strikes. Simulate evasions, obfuscation, DDoS, botnets… 4
5. BreakingPoint IPS Validation Realism: Blended application traffic combined with live obfuscated attacks. Future-proof: The most current application protocols (P2P, Mail Services, Voice/Video, etc.) and all known security vulnerabilities. Performance: Line-rate traffic generation. Capacity: Millions of concurrent TCP sessions. Ease-of-use: All-in-one automated system, built-in traffic profiles, scalable and flexible.
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Editor's Notes
It’s no secret that product capabilities and performance numbers are promoted using best case traffic conditions, conditions rarely seen in the real world.Yet, IPS devices performance and capabilities will vary widely based on the traffic encountered in your network.Deploying a new IPS or updated IPS without validating for resiliency is a surefire way to introduce vulnerabilities into your hardened critical infrastructure. There are several reasons for validating Intrusion Prevention Systems using BreakingPoint. First is to perform an “apples to apples” comparison between several devices to find one that best meets the requirements of a particular application. The data derived from any test must be objective, realistic and repeatable, qualitative, and deterministic. PRNG plays a critical role in ensuring accurate results from product bakeoffs because it allows buyers to level the playing field with randomly generated yet repeatable traffic. But this is only part of the value of PRNG. It also eliminates the possibility that devices under test can be programmed to recognize and react to codes embedded in test traffic. An example of this includes traditional testing products that brand their exploits with trademarks or other recognizable content. Vendors can easily exploit this code by programming their products to recognize the code and trigger filters to easily pass product validation. While it may appear that these products are working as promised, this is no indication that the equipment is capable of recognizing and filtering real security attacks in a production network. This is an artificial technique used to demonstrate capabilities that provides a false sense of security. Then, there is resiliency testing to validate devices before deploying into hardened IT infrastructures. Organizations should look for the appropriate resiliency score when purchasing or validate resiliency by conducting realistic and thorough product evaluations to mitigate risk of changes to networks, improve performance and security coverage, and reduce costs. The third purpose of testing is to understand the impact an upgrade will have on an IPS already deployed in the network. Update are notorious for changing the performance characteristics of a device. It is possible that an improvement in security detection will affect the throughput or latency of a device. Finally it is important to understand the impact of various loads (e.g., high data rate, high session setup rate, and high concurrent session level) on various functions of the device. Most interesting would probably be the impact on the accuracy of attack detection (both false positives and false negatives). Management interface responsiveness, reporting, and other functions may be impacted as well. In each instance, real network traffic simulation at increasingly high performance levels is key to validating today’s IPS’s before deploying into hardened infrastructures.
In reality, difficult conditions are simply the traffic your IPS is going to see on a daily basis. If not today, certainly tomorrow.
Static content is necessary but insufficientProtocol changes between applicationsChanges affect data ratesSecurity attacks are dynamic by natureSecurity attacks are intentionally evasive – many Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) cannot detect evasionsTraditional techniques present challengesEver changing real exploits and targetsLarge labs, massive hardware, and expensive software to scale to today’s performance requirementsPCAPs and synthetic traffic not effectiveDesigned for shells, not testing
There are several reasons for validating Intrusion Prevention Systems using BreakingPoint. First is to perform an “apples to apples” comparison between several devices to find one that best meets the requirements of a particular application. The data derived from any test must be objective, realistic and repeatable, qualitative, and deterministic. PRNG plays a critical role in ensuring accurate results from product bakeoffs because it allows buyers to level the playing field with randomly generated yet repeatable traffic. But this is only part of the value of PRNG. It also eliminates the possibility that devices under test can be programmed to recognize and react to codes embedded in test traffic. An example of this includes traditional testing products that brand their exploits with trademarks or other recognizable content. This is no indication that the equipment is capable of recognizing and filtering real security attacks in a production network. This is an artificial technique used to demonstrate capabilities that provides a false sense of security.