Blog Industry: Network Security
Solving the Data Format Problem with Daffodil
It goes without saying that to be useful anywhere, data has to be in some sort of format. But every time you start using a new data format, you have to tell your software how to use it, a...
John McKeon Business Development Manager - Financial Services
How Can SIEM Work with Air-Gapped Networks?
To keep a critical network safe, a common practice has traditionally been to establish an air gap – in other words, disconnect that network from “untrusted” or less secure networks,...
Brian Romansky Chief Innovation Officer
Vaccine-like Trials Could Allay Software Patch Concerns
A recent article from fortune.com implies that perhaps the Russian race to be the first to announce an approved vaccine for COVID-19 might circumvent the level of rigorous safety and effi...
Bill Caffery Strategic Technology Advisor
Closing the Barn Door?
According to yesterday’s NY Times (July 16, 2020) U.S. Intelligence agencies have revealed that a small but well-known hacking group associated with Russian Intelligence have been “ta...
Charlie Schick Healthcare Consultant
Protecting Information Amongst the Chaos
This week, new evidence emerged that a group linked to the Russian government, APT29 (also known as Cozy Bear), has been attacking and trying to steal COVID-19-related informati...
A Statement on Violence Against the Black Community from Owl Cyber Defense
As we absorb our communities’ pain and anger, we must demand change from ourselves. The heartbreaking racial acts and injustices towards the Black community across this country is a dis...
Sharada Prahladrao ARC Advisory Group
ARC Advisory Group – Owl Cyber Defense Workshop on Sustainable OT Cybersecurity Strategy
Cybersecurity is now at the forefront of all deliberations in a digitally connected world. Once again an entire day at the ARC Industry Forum in Orlando featured cybersecurity worksho...
Aileen Casmano Marketing Communications Manager
Staying Cyber-Aware While Social Distancing
Due to the COVID-19 (AKA "Coronavirus") pandemic, many organizations are implementing telework or work-from-home policies to maintain business continuity while “flattening the curve” ...
John McKeon Business Development Manager - Financial Services
Comments on the Upcoming NIST Special Publication 1800-25A
As you may or may not be aware, the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at NIST has released a draft version of NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide SP 1800-25 - Identifying ...
Charlie Schick Healthcare Consultant
A New Model for Secure IIoT Connectivity
I recently wrote a post about how IIoT devices are upending the Purdue Model as folks jump layers and stream data from the low layers directly up to the higher layers and beyond. Thinkin...
Charlie Schick Healthcare Consultant
How IIoT and the Cloud are Upending the Purdue Model in Manufacturing
The Purdue Model of Control Hierarchy is a framework commonly used by manufacturers in pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, food and beverage, and other verticals to group enterprise and industr...
Gary McGibbon Business Development Manager - Financial Services
Capital One as a Canary in the Cloud Coal Mine: Part 3 – Conclusions
If the Capital One sysadmin had just changed the WAF password...
In the final part of our blog series on the Capital One breach, I want to discuss the conclusions reached based on the vu...