According to the article, “Top five strategies for combating modern computer security threats,” today’s surreptitious, very low profile cyber threats are exploiting any vulnerability they can to get malware onto a user’s laptop or computer. These computer viruses require organizations to proactively defend their networks from a growing volume of malicious software that can mutate within hours or even minutes to evade detection.
One of the recommended techniques for protecting computer systems from unauthorized and malicious software is application whitelisting. Clearly, we are biased, but we completely agree more with those across the industry (including the author of the article) who are recognizing the anti-malware benefits of application whitelisting over reactive blacklisting products.
Furthermore, we also agree with some of the cited shortcomings around basic application whitelisting technologies. Continue reading this post…
I’m very proud to announce that the CoreTrace Bouncer application whitelisting solution is in the testing process to be certified to Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 3+. As we go through evaluation under the Canadian Common Criteria Evaluation and Certification Scheme (CCS), I’m completely confident that our platform will become the first application whitelisting solution to be certified to Common Criteria EAL 3+.
As a former Air Force Information Warfare Officer, I know the dangers today’s threat landscape poses to our critical infrastructure, government and military systems. Continue reading this post…
In February, Dan Teal discussed here on WhiteSpace why today’s Mac users have to change their way of thinking when it comes to malware attacks. Once operating with the mindset that malware writers were only interested in Windows systems, Mac users need to understand that there is a new trend emerging. As the number of Mac users continues to steadily increase, cyber criminals are expanding the types of systems and platforms they target.
That message was reaffirmed this week in the Wall Street Journal. In the article, “Time For Mac Users To Think About Viruses,” Ben Rooney makes the point that Mac lovers should no longer feel smug about not getting viruses, or at the very least begin thinking about virus protection. Continue reading this post…
Cloud computing has certainly taken its share of hits lately. Last month’s Amazon outage created a lot of chatter and analysis around the reliability and availability of cloud-based services. Despite what pretty much amounts to growing pains for cloud computing, most everyone agrees that businesses will continue pursuing cloud services for the many cost and competitive advantages that the cloud promises.
The one thing that these types of events bring to light is the importance of security with cloud providers. According to the recent article, “Symantec executives caution customers on cloud provider security,” as more and more businesses turn to cloud services, they need to hold their providers to the same security standards that they adhere to because they can still be liable if their data is breached.
Whether an organization’s business assets are on-premise or reside in the cloud, securing critical data needs to be the No. 1 priority. Continue reading this post…
I’ve been saying for some time now that no business, regardless the size, is safe from modern cyber attacks. Each new security study seems to confirm the stark realities of today’s threat landscape, and how rampant data breaches really are. Even as I write this blog, it’s troubling to think about the countless number of organizations that are going about their normal daily business operations that don’t realize that dangerous malware has already penetrated their network, or that their data has been compromised.
Here’s a good case and point. In the recent article, “Verizon: More breaches but less data lost. Huh?!” Verizon’s 2011 Data Breach Investigations Report found that the number of data breaches from cyber attacks increased from 140 in 2009 to 760 last year. That’s a significant jump over a one-year span. On the flip side, however, the four million compromised records lost surprisingly fell from the 144 million data breaches in 2009. Continue reading this post…