Popular collaboration platforms like SharePoint are increasingly used to store private information, raising data security concerns. While encryption at the disk or database levels provide some protection, they do not prevent access by privileged users like administrators. Transparent encryption at the application level protects against both external and insider threats by encrypting data and restricting access based on need-to-know. This provides the most comprehensive security for sensitive information stored in SharePoint.
Presentation 3: How SharePoint Plays an Important Role in Secure Collaboration
Presenters:
Kamran Ziai - Project Coordinator, The University of Texas at Austin
Linda Buckley - Business Analyst, The University of Texas at Austin
Shaun Evans - Senior Systems Administrator, The University of Texas at Austin
Intro to Office 365 Security & Compliance CenterCraig Jahnke
This is a session I gave at SharePoint Saturday Atlanta --> The Office 365 Security & Compliance Center is your one-stop portal for protecting your data in Office 365. Microsoft has been adding many new features and services for those companies that have data protection or compliance needs, or want to audit user activity in their organization. Come to my session to learn how to get started with Security & Compliance Center, and find out you can better manage and secure you data.
Communication Compliance in Microsoft 365Joanne Klein
Communication Compliance is part of the Insider Risk solution set in Microsoft 365. Its purpose is to monitor communication methods used both within and outside of the Microsoft 365 cloud to help identify insider non-compliant and risky communication. In the modern workplace today, communication methods are vast and varied and all can be a potential channel for non-compliance. The Communication Compliance tool has been purpose-built to help identify potential areas of non-compliance across these communication methods and remediation actions that can be taken depending on the severity of the activity.
Protecting your files in SharePoint and OneDrive for Business When choosing a cloud collaboration platform, the most important consideration is trust in your provider. Microsoft SharePoint and OneDrive for Business are covered by the core tenets of earning and maintaining trust: security, privacy, compliance, and transparency. With SharePoint and OneDrive, they’re your files. You own them and control them.
The Microsoft approach to securing your files involves:
1. A set of customer-managed tools that adapt to your organization and its security needs.
2. A Microsoft-built security control framework of technologies, operational procedures, and policies that meet the latest global standards and can quickly adapt to security trends and industry-specific needs.
These tools and processes apply to all Microsoft Office 365 services—including SharePoint and OneDrive—so all your content beyond files is secure.
Microsoft focuses its investments in the following areas:
1. Platform security
a. Infrastructure and processes of our datacenters
b. Strong encryption technologies (at rest and in transit)
2. Secure access and sharing
a. Restrict access to files to approved people, devices, apps, locations, and data classifications
b. Enforce who can share files and with whom
3. Awareness and insights
a. Complete understanding of how people in your organization are using SharePoint and OneDrive
b. Analyze usage to measure return on investment
c. Identify potentially suspicious activity
File security in SharePoint and OneDrive 6
4. Information governance
a. Classify what constitutes sensitive data and enforce how it can be used
b. Protect your organization in the event of litigation
c. Retain business-critical files when people leave your organization
5. Compliance and trust
a. Ensure that service operations are secure, compliant, trustworthy, and transparent
Extending Information Security to Non-Production EnvironmentsLindaWatson19
This paper discusses the threats that non-production environments pose to database security and provides practical advice and multiple options for ensuring data assets remain secure against unauthorized access.
Presentation used for the sessie "Get to know the new Office 365 Security & Compliance center" at SharePoint Saturday. It contains a lot of example slides covering the functions of this center.
Presentation 3: How SharePoint Plays an Important Role in Secure Collaboration
Presenters:
Kamran Ziai - Project Coordinator, The University of Texas at Austin
Linda Buckley - Business Analyst, The University of Texas at Austin
Shaun Evans - Senior Systems Administrator, The University of Texas at Austin
Intro to Office 365 Security & Compliance CenterCraig Jahnke
This is a session I gave at SharePoint Saturday Atlanta --> The Office 365 Security & Compliance Center is your one-stop portal for protecting your data in Office 365. Microsoft has been adding many new features and services for those companies that have data protection or compliance needs, or want to audit user activity in their organization. Come to my session to learn how to get started with Security & Compliance Center, and find out you can better manage and secure you data.
Communication Compliance in Microsoft 365Joanne Klein
Communication Compliance is part of the Insider Risk solution set in Microsoft 365. Its purpose is to monitor communication methods used both within and outside of the Microsoft 365 cloud to help identify insider non-compliant and risky communication. In the modern workplace today, communication methods are vast and varied and all can be a potential channel for non-compliance. The Communication Compliance tool has been purpose-built to help identify potential areas of non-compliance across these communication methods and remediation actions that can be taken depending on the severity of the activity.
Protecting your files in SharePoint and OneDrive for Business When choosing a cloud collaboration platform, the most important consideration is trust in your provider. Microsoft SharePoint and OneDrive for Business are covered by the core tenets of earning and maintaining trust: security, privacy, compliance, and transparency. With SharePoint and OneDrive, they’re your files. You own them and control them.
The Microsoft approach to securing your files involves:
1. A set of customer-managed tools that adapt to your organization and its security needs.
2. A Microsoft-built security control framework of technologies, operational procedures, and policies that meet the latest global standards and can quickly adapt to security trends and industry-specific needs.
These tools and processes apply to all Microsoft Office 365 services—including SharePoint and OneDrive—so all your content beyond files is secure.
Microsoft focuses its investments in the following areas:
1. Platform security
a. Infrastructure and processes of our datacenters
b. Strong encryption technologies (at rest and in transit)
2. Secure access and sharing
a. Restrict access to files to approved people, devices, apps, locations, and data classifications
b. Enforce who can share files and with whom
3. Awareness and insights
a. Complete understanding of how people in your organization are using SharePoint and OneDrive
b. Analyze usage to measure return on investment
c. Identify potentially suspicious activity
File security in SharePoint and OneDrive 6
4. Information governance
a. Classify what constitutes sensitive data and enforce how it can be used
b. Protect your organization in the event of litigation
c. Retain business-critical files when people leave your organization
5. Compliance and trust
a. Ensure that service operations are secure, compliant, trustworthy, and transparent
Extending Information Security to Non-Production EnvironmentsLindaWatson19
This paper discusses the threats that non-production environments pose to database security and provides practical advice and multiple options for ensuring data assets remain secure against unauthorized access.
Presentation used for the sessie "Get to know the new Office 365 Security & Compliance center" at SharePoint Saturday. It contains a lot of example slides covering the functions of this center.
We live in a time where digital technology is profoundly impacting our lives, from the way we connect with each other to how we interpret our world. First and foremost, this digital transformation is causing a tsunami of data. In fact, IDC estimates that in 2025, the world will create and replicate 163ZB of data, representing a tenfold increase from the amount of data created in 2016. In the past, organizations primarily dealt with documents and emails. But now they’re also dealing with instant messaging, text messaging, video files, images, and DIO files. The internet of things, or IOT, will only add to this explosion in data.
Managing this data overload and the variety of devices from which it is created is complicated and onerous as the market for solutions is fragmented and confusing. There are many categories of solutions, and within each, there are even more solutions to choose from. Many companies are struggling to decide how many of those solutions they need and where to start. Additionally, using multiple solutions means they won’t be integrated, so companies end up managing multiple applications from multiple disparate interfaces.
The question we often get asked is, “How can Microsoft 365 help me?”
Information management and data governance in Office 365Joanne Klein
Learn the basics about AIP, Retention labels and DLP in Office 365 and how it can be used to protect our data. This presentation is from SharePoint Unite 2017 in Haarlem, Netherlands.
Where in the world is your Corporate data?Ashish Patel
Your employees – and your company data – are on the go every day. As a result, your employees are relying on the use of 3rd party online services without IT approval – that is Shadow IT in your own organization. That’s some risky business. Where in the world is your Corporate Data?
With TeraGo Cloud Drive we are giving you back control of your most valuable asset, your data.
In this webinar you will learn about:
How Shadow IT is picking up velocity due to the accessibility and ease of cloud applications
Consequences of weak corporate security mechanisms
How to give your IT department control of your data and its’ security
Azure Information Protection - Taking a Team ApproachJoanne Klein
There's a lot more to implementing Azure Information Protection(AIP) than meets the eye simply because it goes far beyond the technical implementation of labels. In this practical session, we'll walk thru some steps to help set your organization up for a successful AIP rollout. These steps include:
how to plan your organization's AIP labels
how to configure them for your tenant
how to ensure information workers in your organization have adopted their use.
Each step is critical to the overall success of your AIP program and the reason why it cannot be done by the IT-Pro alone. Joanne and Charmaine team up for this session to share some practical advice and creative tips and tricks for rolling out AIP and will cover topics for the IT Pro, Information Manager, and Adoption specialist – all required resources on an AIP rollout team! You might even see an AIP bot!
Webinar presented on Oct 21st (US) and Oct 23rd (EMEA), 2014 by Christian Buckley, Managing Director at GTconsult and Steve Marsh, Director of Product Marketing at Metalogix.
Keep Student information protected while improving servicesCloudMask inc.
Increasingly, we are seeing instances of cloud use in universities and institutions of higher learning moving their applications to the cloud. Although the rate of movement is somewhat lower than the broader market, the trend is clearly visible. Universities are moving to the cloud for a large number of applications, including student engagement, learning, research, inter-university collaboration and routine management of university operations.
Portal Authentication: A Balancing Act Between Security Usability and Complia...PortalGuard
Virtually every organization maintains highly sensitive information to which it must
control strict access. These data sources might include customer databases, CRM
systems, repositories of financial information and the like. Increasingly, these content
sources are accessed through portals Microsoft SharePoint and other solutions.
Importantly, SharePoint is among the leaders in Gartner’s 2013 Magic Quadrant for
horizontal portalsi.
http://www.portalguard.com
We live in a time where digital technology is profoundly impacting our lives, from the way we connect with each other to how we interpret our world. First and foremost, this digital transformation is causing a tsunami of data. In fact, IDC estimates that in 2025, the world will create and replicate 163ZB of data, representing a tenfold increase from the amount of data created in 2016. In the past, organizations primarily dealt with documents and emails. But now they’re also dealing with instant messaging, text messaging, video files, images, and DIO files. The internet of things, or IOT, will only add to this explosion in data.
Managing this data overload and the variety of devices from which it is created is complicated and onerous as the market for solutions is fragmented and confusing. There are many categories of solutions, and within each, there are even more solutions to choose from. Many companies are struggling to decide how many of those solutions they need and where to start. Additionally, using multiple solutions means they won’t be integrated, so companies end up managing multiple applications from multiple disparate interfaces.
The question we often get asked is, “How can Microsoft 365 help me?”
Information management and data governance in Office 365Joanne Klein
Learn the basics about AIP, Retention labels and DLP in Office 365 and how it can be used to protect our data. This presentation is from SharePoint Unite 2017 in Haarlem, Netherlands.
Where in the world is your Corporate data?Ashish Patel
Your employees – and your company data – are on the go every day. As a result, your employees are relying on the use of 3rd party online services without IT approval – that is Shadow IT in your own organization. That’s some risky business. Where in the world is your Corporate Data?
With TeraGo Cloud Drive we are giving you back control of your most valuable asset, your data.
In this webinar you will learn about:
How Shadow IT is picking up velocity due to the accessibility and ease of cloud applications
Consequences of weak corporate security mechanisms
How to give your IT department control of your data and its’ security
Azure Information Protection - Taking a Team ApproachJoanne Klein
There's a lot more to implementing Azure Information Protection(AIP) than meets the eye simply because it goes far beyond the technical implementation of labels. In this practical session, we'll walk thru some steps to help set your organization up for a successful AIP rollout. These steps include:
how to plan your organization's AIP labels
how to configure them for your tenant
how to ensure information workers in your organization have adopted their use.
Each step is critical to the overall success of your AIP program and the reason why it cannot be done by the IT-Pro alone. Joanne and Charmaine team up for this session to share some practical advice and creative tips and tricks for rolling out AIP and will cover topics for the IT Pro, Information Manager, and Adoption specialist – all required resources on an AIP rollout team! You might even see an AIP bot!
Webinar presented on Oct 21st (US) and Oct 23rd (EMEA), 2014 by Christian Buckley, Managing Director at GTconsult and Steve Marsh, Director of Product Marketing at Metalogix.
Keep Student information protected while improving servicesCloudMask inc.
Increasingly, we are seeing instances of cloud use in universities and institutions of higher learning moving their applications to the cloud. Although the rate of movement is somewhat lower than the broader market, the trend is clearly visible. Universities are moving to the cloud for a large number of applications, including student engagement, learning, research, inter-university collaboration and routine management of university operations.
Portal Authentication: A Balancing Act Between Security Usability and Complia...PortalGuard
Virtually every organization maintains highly sensitive information to which it must
control strict access. These data sources might include customer databases, CRM
systems, repositories of financial information and the like. Increasingly, these content
sources are accessed through portals Microsoft SharePoint and other solutions.
Importantly, SharePoint is among the leaders in Gartner’s 2013 Magic Quadrant for
horizontal portalsi.
http://www.portalguard.com
The objective of this workshop is to show existing Oracle Database (Enterprise
Edition, Exadata, Autonomous Database, EXACS, DBCS) customers how to
attach your Database to Data safe and gain valuable understanding of
potential risks. Using user Assessment, understand rights and entitlement of
users and review activity auditing which provides powerful insight to database
interaction. The workshop will finish with a full sensitive data discovery and
then how to anonymize date with sensitive data masking.
The workshop is delivered in an interactive way with Presentations and Hands on
Labs to ensure complete understanding.
CYBER SECURITY WHAT IS IT AND WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.pdfJenna Murray
Cyber Security is a protection offered to an automated information system in order to attain the applicable objectives of preserving the integrity, availability and confidentiality of information system resources (includes hardware, software, firmware, information/data, and telecommunications). To read more visit: https://www.rangtech.com/blog/cybersecurity/cyber-security-what-is-it-and-what-you-need-to-know
Online Focus Groups Privacy and Security ConsiderationsAlfonso Sintjago
This presentation highlights some of the considerations moderators and research team should make when planning on hosting an online focus group in terms of security and privacy. Privacy varies by individual, country and culture, and our perception of security may always match reality as closely as we would like to imagine.
3 guiding priciples to improve data securityKeith Braswell
The information explosion, the proliferation of endpoint devices, growing user volumes, and new computing models like cloud, social business, and big data have created new security vulnerabilities. To secure sensitive data and address compliance requirements, organizations need to adopt a more proactive and systematic approach. Read this white paper to learn three simple guiding principles to help your organization achieve better security and compliance without impacting production systems or straining already-tight budgets.
HYBRIDIZED MODEL FOR DATA SECURITY BASED ON SECURITY HASH ANALYSIS (SHA 512) ...IJNSA Journal
High-profile security breaches and attacks on many organization’s database have been on the increase and the consequences of this, are the adverse effect on the organizations in terms of financial loss and reputation. Many of the security breaches has been ascribed to the vulnerability of the organization’s networks, security policy and operations. Additionally, the emerging technology solutions like Internet-ofThings (IoT), Artificial Intelligence, and Cloud Computing, has extremely exposed many of the organizations to different forms of cyber-threats and attacks. Researchers and system designers have made attempts to proffer solution to some of these challenges. However, the efficacy of the techniques remains a great concern due to insufficient control mechanisms. For instance, many of the techniques are majorly based on a single mode encryption techniques which are not too robust to withstand the threats and attacks on organization’s database. To proffer solution to these challenges, the current research designed and integrated a hybridized data security model based on Secured Hash Analysis (SHA 512) and Salting Techniques to enhance the adeptness of the existing techniques. The Hash Analysis algorithm was used to map the data considered to a bit string of a fixed length and salt was added to the password strings essentially to hide its real hash value. The idea of adding salt to the end of the password is basically to complicate the password cracking process. The hybridized model was implemented in Windows environment using python 3.7 IDE platform and tested on a dedicated Local Area Network (LAN) that was exposed to threats from both internal and external sources. The results from the test show that the model performed well in terms of efficiency and robustness to attacks. The performance of the new model recorded a high level of improvement over the existing techniques with a recital of 97.6%.
Elastica conducted an exhaustive analysis of over 100 million customer files in order to better understand how employees use (and occasionally abuse) file sharing apps. This data has been anonymized and aggregated and, for the first time ever, sheds some much-needed light on typical file sharing behaviors, the nature of the data being shared, including unmanaged “shadow data”, and the possible consequences of file sharing data breaches for organizations like yours.
This slideshare, “Shadow Data Exposed”, delves deeply into this research data to help you unlock the business potential of cloud sharing apps and uncover and manage the “Shadow Data” stored in them, while ensuring these apps are used safely and in compliance with your corporate policy. You will learn:
• Why traditional security technologies like DLP, firewalls, endpoint solutions and antivirus are ineffective in the brave new world of file sharing apps.
• How to spot 7 risks of managing file sharing apps, as revealed by Elastica’s big security data research.
• How to build an effective cloud app security architecture that provides visibility, control and remediation.
IT vs. Users? How Law Firms Can Maximize Security While Granting Access to th...Authentic8
Law firms that establish a secure browsing environment without compromising data security, work culture or productivity gain a competitive advantage. This paper shows how successful law firms are optimizing on both axes: data security and user satisfaction.
Running Head SECURITY AWARENESSSecurity Awareness .docxtoltonkendal
Running Head: SECURITY AWARENESS
Security Awareness 2
Final Project Security Awareness
Terri Y. Hudson
Southern New Hampshire University – IT 552
December 20, 2016
Agency-wide security awareness Program Proposal
Introduction
For the organization to comply with the current PCT DSS requirement version 12,6, a security awareness program must be in place. The CISCO of the organization has an immediate requirement of creating an agency-wide security awareness program. As a means of implementing security awareness program the organization has conducted a security gap analysis which is one of the component of security awareness program which showed the 10 security findings. As one of the means of conducting the program, I will submit awareness program proposal.
Objective
This SOW (Statement of Work) is being done on behalf of the senior information officer. He has requested for the creation of an agency-wide security awareness program by handing over the security gap analysis which was done prior to this process. Hence the major aim of this document is to set a security awareness program which shows ten major key security findings. The document will also include a risk assessment of the current security awareness practices, processes and practices. By having this document, the organization will be able to have a well-organized maintenance plan. It is also important in maintaining and establishing an information-security awareness program (United States, 2000).
Background
The mission of the organization is to provide efficient IT services with the best security program in place with an aim of protecting organizations assets.
1. Technical infrastructure
The organization is engaged in short-term effort aiming at modernizing its information-processing infrastructure. These efforts have incorporated software enhancements, installation of firewalls and high end network systems for an improved communication. The senior information officer is the one who is responsible top oversee modernization effort. He has of late completed conducting a security awareness program and deployment of the organization’s LAN (Local area Network). The hardware being used is of CISCO products.
2. Computing Environment
The organization’s desktop computers are of Windows 2007/ 98 and 95. The servers are of Pentium with over 1 GB RAM. The current NOS (Network operating system) are window based.
3. Security Posture of the Organization
The organization has a basic network structure with only one router which acts as a firewall. It has several working stations and switches to this working stations. In addition the organization has installed Kasperky’s antivirus in of their desktop machines with a motive of reducing external threats. The data server is highly secured with Kaspersky’s antivirus. The organization physical sec ...
Isaca global journal - choosing the most appropriate data security solution ...Ulf Mattsson
Recent breaches demonstrate the urgent need to secure enterprise identities against cyberthreats that target today’s hybrid IT environment of cloud, mobile and on-premises. The rapid rise of cloud databases, storage and applications has led to unease among adopters over the security of their data. Whether it is data stored in a public, private or hybrid cloud, or used in third party SaaS applications, companies have good reason to be concerned. The biggest challenge in this interconnected world is merging data security with data value and productivity. If we are to realize the benefits promised by these new ways of doing business, we urgently need a data-centric strategy to protect the sensitive data flowing through these digital business systems.
B2 - The History of Content Security: Part 2 - Adam LevithanSPS Paris
We're currently living Part 1 of the Content Security Journey and now we've reached a critical juncture where technologies have evolved to support Part 2. Our journey to reach the Secure Productive Enterprise (SPE) includes understanding users, their roles, what devices they're working on, and how to protect that content at rest and flying across the network. Based on real-life use cases in the Aerospace & Defence and Life Sciences industries you will walk away with an understanding of the technologies available to you, and a clear way to communicate with business stakeholders.
Cyber Security Trends - Where the Industry Is Heading in an UncertaintyOrganization
Many major companies realize the continued importance of data and systems protection. Organizations will need to remain vigilant with regard to remote work policies, data access, and upskilling. Learn more about the different types of cyber security trends by PM Integrated.
The Role of Password Management in Achieving CompliancePortalGuard
Password management solutions have had a dramatic impact on organiza-tions; from eliminating password-related Help Desk calls to simplifying end-user access, password management has gone beyond tightening security to delivering improvements to the bottom line. Now, with the implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA and other regulations, password management has proven to be a strategic component for successful compliance.
http://www.portalguard.com
From Target to Equifax, we're learning just how expensive data breaches can be. And the cost isn't just financial - it's a hit to reputation as well. Learn how to avoid putting your organization at risk by identifying the three pitfalls of data security...and how to navigate around them.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
SAP Sapphire 2024 - ASUG301 building better apps with SAP Fiori.pdfPeter Spielvogel
Building better applications for business users with SAP Fiori.
• What is SAP Fiori and why it matters to you
• How a better user experience drives measurable business benefits
• How to get started with SAP Fiori today
• How SAP Fiori elements accelerates application development
• How SAP Build Code includes SAP Fiori tools and other generative artificial intelligence capabilities
• How SAP Fiori paves the way for using AI in SAP apps
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
1. 1
Executive Summary
Popular collaboration platforms such as Microsoft SharePoint are making sharing and storing information
easy. Private and confidential information is finding it’s way into SharePoint environments with increasing
frequency. This ease of deployment and use introduces new data security and compliance concerns for
organizations. With data security breaches and attacks on the rise, protecting sensitive information stored in
SharePoint is a critical issue. Security researchers from the Ponemon Institute now put the average
organizational cost of a data breach at $6.75M.
According to Osterman Research, “the focus of SharePoint security concerns
appears to be much more focused on protecting sensitive information than on
traditional malware. ”
Several approaches are available to provide for protection of the information stored in SharePoint sites.
Each approach has its merits, and provides different levels of protection against different threats and
attacks. The transparent data encryption approach implemented specifically to protect data on SharePoint
servers provides the most comprehensive data security possible, addressing the broadest set of potential
attack scenarios, including insider threats from administrators.
Management staff responsible for securing SharePoint sites is advised to carefully consider the risks and
threats to information, and implement an approach that effectively secures against these threats.
WHITE PAPER
Securing Sensitive Information
in SharePoint
2. 2
Introduction
Usage of collaboration sites such as SharePoint is experiencing explosive growth, with analyst firm
Infotrends projecting that the market for SharePoint will surpass $5B in product and services revenue by
2012. The overall market for content management systems is projected to grow to $10B by 2014, according
to industry analyst firm Basex.
Analysts at Gartner have estimated 30% of SharePoint deployments are being deployed outside the control
of central IT and information security groups. The increasing use of
SharePoint for all types of information coupled with relatively less oversight from IT security staff and a
simple user interface that makes storing and sharing sensitive information easy, and you have potential for
data security breaches.
As SharePoint has grown in popularity, sites are increasingly being used to store all types of private and
confidential information. Recent high profile (and high cost) privacy breaches involving sensitive corporate
data and customer information have increased the importance of properly securing collaboration and
enterprise content management platforms such as SharePoint. In addition, vulnerabilities recently disclosed
in SharePoint software releases have heightened the need to treat data security for SharePoint as a critical
matter.
This white paper identifies some of the key concerns around data security for sensitive and regulated
information stored in SharePoint. Several approaches are possible for organizations seeking to enhance the
security of SharePoint sites, each with different threat protection capabilities. This paper describes various
threat scenarios, the different approaches to data security in SharePoint, deployment and user interaction
considerations, and the relative pros and cons of each data security approach.
Big Picture Security Concerns and SharePoint
Information stored in SharePoint tends to be unstructured, with users to some extent using SharePoint to
replace file servers and network drives. This approach results in private and confidential information
becoming widely dispersed, easily accessed, and poorly secured.
High-level security concerns include malware prevention, access control, and data security and compliance.
Specific threats to information stored in SharePoint can come from both external attackers and from
insiders. Security concerns for SharePoint are exacerbated by the following realities:
1) SharePoint is extremely easy to setup, and many sites are created outside of central IT
organizations. Because of this, there is little governance over what should and should not be stored
in SharePoint. In many cases there have not been adequate security controls deployed to protect
sensitive data in SharePoint sites.
2) The platform is also very easy for end users to use, and as a result it tends to be used to facilitate
document storage and collaboration of all sorts of private and confidential data. And users rarely
understand the data security issues affected by storing private and confidential data in SharePoint.
3) The security capabilities that exist natively in SharePoint (largely access controls coupled to Active
Directory identities, with a document permission inheritance scheme) have a reputation for quickly
becoming very complex to administer and are not distinctly designed to secure private and
confidential data.
4) The hierarchy of administrators required to configure and manage SharePoint (including
SharePoint administrators, site administrators, and SQL database administrators) provides
multiple insider threats with privileged user access to private and confidential data. The simple fact
is that when lower level security approaches (such as disk encryption or SQL database encryption)
are taken to protect data in SharePoint sites, the data is still accessible and viewable by these
multiple administrators. Implicitly trusting all privileged users represents too much risk for most
organizations.
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As a platform that leverages standard web protocols, SharePoint is susceptible to vulnerabilities that could
cause security issues including things such as cross-site scripting, cross-site request forgery, and SQL
injection. Recent patches for SharePoint (SharePoint Security Updates KB 983444 and KB 979445) have
included fixes for some of these vulnerabilities. A security bug was recently reported in SharePoint for an
escalation of privilege problem which is highly problematic for sites being used to store and share private
and confidential information.
Native security controls in SharePoint provide some ability to secure access to files through access control
lists. However, in practice, the permissions inheritance is difficult to setup and maintain over time. Lack of
synchronization, ongoing management, and general proliferation of static access control lists is a serious
challenge with SharePoint.
Beyond technical security considerations, the use of SharePoint as a repository and a means to collaborate
can cause issues for data subject to compliance regulations. Numerous compliance regulations are now
requiring effective controls and encryption for sensitive information types (non-public personal information
in GLBA, electronically protected healthcare information in HIPAA, personally identifiable information in
state data privacy laws, and cardholder data in PCI DSS). In addition, many of the now 43+ state data
privacy laws strongly encourage the use of encryption by allowing organizations experiencing a security
breach of sensitive information to avoid having to publicly disclose the breach (and to avoid having to incur
expensive notification costs to individuals), if the data was encrypted. Other compliance regulations such as
ITAR and FISMA have severe fines associated with the disclosure of sensitive data.
Threat Scenarios and Attack Vectors for Information Stored in SharePoint Sites
As with most IT platforms, attacks against the SharePoint platform and data resident in SharePoint sites
can come from external attackers, as well as from insiders.
Attacks and misuse by insiders, especially those with privileged user access rights, can oftentimes be the
most damaging security incidents. A survey by a leading database user group regarding top security
concerns bears this out. The 2009 studyi found that the top two greatest risks and threats to enterprise data
were “internal hackers or unauthorized users” (32%), and “abuse of privileges by IT staff” (26%). Both of
these risks represent the insider threat, and taken together they far surpass concerns around loss of media
(25%), and malicious code or viruses (20%). While the platforms are obviously different, the insider threat is
consistent across both databases and collaboration platforms with respect to sensitive information. One
could argue that the insider threat problem is likely more acute in collaboration platforms, given the ease
with which sensitive unstructured information can deposited, indexed and accessed, and the relative lack of
mature data governance processes.
An example of an insider attack (a malicious database administrator) resulting in public disclosure of
sensitive customer information occurred at Fidelity National Information Services. This insider attack in
early 2010 resulted in $975,000 in fines against the firm by the Florida Attorney General, and another
$375,000 in fines from the Financial Industry Regulatory Agency.
Clearly, managing access to sensitive information in collaboration sites is a key concern. SharePoint
provides some native tools which can be used to restrict access to files and libraries. These controls include
permissions that can be applied at the site, group, or document library level. However, these capabilities
suffer from an inherent configuration complexity that restricts most organizations from effectively applying
authorization and access control capabilities at a useful level. In addition, the staff assigned to design and
implement security controls using these mechanisms are generally insiders: administrators, site
administrators, and farm administrators in the hierarchy of SharePoint management. The native
SharePoint access controls do not provide adequate separation of duties. Providing for separation of duties
is a basic security principle, and it is required by many compliance regulations.
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Data Security Approaches for SharePoint
Protecting against the insider threat on IT platforms has generally involved encrypting data at rest, and
providing an effective key management capability that restricts access to sensitive information to those with
a true “need to know”.
In SharePoint implementations, there are four possible places to insert encryption to protect information:
1) Disk encryption using Microsoft Encrypting File System or Bitlocker. These technologies seem
simple to implement, given that the encryption technologies are provided with the operating
system. However, the key management is extremely cumbersome and they only provide protection
against threats such as loss of media. They do nothing to protect against insider threats and are not
specifically designed to protect data in a SharePoint environment.
2) Use Transparent Database Encryption in the MS SQL 2008 database platform. This approach
also provides protection against threats such as loss of media. TDE implemented at the database
level provides no threat protection against Database or SharePoint administrators.
3) Implement client software that provides the ability for end users to invoke encryption. While this
approach can deliver a capability to encrypt sensitive files, history has shown that end users make
poor security administrators, and when given this level of decision-making authority, they almost
always choose convenience over security. Security works best when users do not have to make
decisions about what files to secure.
4) Implement data encryption directly and transparently on the SharePoint server. This approach
provides complete threat protection against all insiders (including DBAs, SharePoint
administrators, and site/farm administrators), as well as against media loss, and lower level threats.
The figure on the next page shows the relative threat protection for different encryption options.
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Key management is a critically important capability regardless of which approach your organization opts
for. With a centralized key management capability providing for secure key distribution and storage,
automatic key changes, and separation of duties for security administrators, organizations can be assured
that sensitive information being stored in SharePoint sites is secure.
Conclusion
Data security in SharePoint is becoming a significant concern. Look to encryption, implemented directly
and transparently on the SharePoint server, as the most effective threat protection, addressing the widest
range of attack scenarios and threats.
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About CipherPoint Software, Inc.
CipherPoint Software is the first provider of transparent content encryption software for Microsoft
SharePoint, and was founded by IT security industry veterans with deep experience in building security
technology companies.
CipherPoint Software, Inc., 1000 Heritage Center Circle, Round Rock, TX 78664
888-657-5355, info@cipherpointsoftware.com
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