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SYS.DATE: 2021.06.23 1 min read

Virtual NATO

Cyberspace // Safety // June 23, 2021

It is very late for international community to act on fighting against Ransomware and Cyber-crime in general but still anything better than nothing. EU and US coordination on fighting ransomware reminds me of NATO foundation back in 1949. perhaps countries could have considered cyber crime a “global issue” sooner and act faster against organized international […]

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SYS.DATE: 2021.06.21 3 min read

Does AI help us in security operations?

Coding // Security Governence // Security Tools // June 21, 2021

it does but only if it is originated from a intelligent programmer. AI is as smart as the people who did its modeling. an artificial intelligence cannot be more intelligent than its origination. presuming AI will be helping us securing cyberspace is like presuming we will have a accurate Accounting system or flawless GL just […]

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SYS.DATE: 2021.06.02 2 min read

Relying on SAST/DAST

Relying on DAST/SAST is like investing in a restaurant where chef needs to be reminded of how to safely handle knife. no surprise that software developers have been dragging computer end-users to current situation when software products are no longer reliable, or they are packed with vulnerabilities. I have mentioned before that I believe the […]

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SYS.DATE: 2021.05.28 2 min read

Compliance ≉ Security

Security Management // May 28, 2021

there are hundreds of security frameworks out there, all somehow accredited and accepted by industry, all good, but compliance with any, or even all of them does not mean anything to state of security, does not affect the state of security and it is not a metric for security. being compliant is different than being […]

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SYS.DATE: 2021.03.08 2 min read

is security really a journey?

you have probably heard or even sick of it: security is a journey…it never ends…security is not a destination…yada yada is security really a journey, or let’s say, does it have to be an endless journey where we actually do not enjoy or even hate to have such a journey? security as a journey yes […]

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SYS.DATE: 2021.03.04 2 min read

*DR

security community has been certainly obsessed with creating a new acronym every day instead of focusing on techniques and enhancing what is already there. basically we do not even try to enhance any thing, we just need to understand definitions and satisfy what has already been stated. XDR is one of those things now particularly […]

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SYS.DATE: 2021.02.28 2 min read

is Dark Web really dark?

it has been relatively a long time since threat intelligence sources started to integrate what they call as “dark web” into their system of data/intelligence gathering, prioritization and delivery as a service to threat hunters. nothing really wrong with that, it is actually a reasonable and even crucial part of any threat hunting system, but […]

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SYS.DATE: 2021.02.12 3 min read

what is information security management?

information security management is almost similar to every other thing that is Subject to Management, or requires management, and I am not going to explain why we need a management function in a system to make sure system is running and functioning as expected, at least not in this article. by similarity, I mean there […]

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SYS.DATE: 2021.01.03 2 min read

having something vs doing something

There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path, right? just because I have something, does not mean I know something, or I do something. just because there are technologies, software or tools for a thing, let’s say GDPR compliance metrics, patch management, ITIL platforms, vulnerability scanning, application security testing…and so on, […]

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SYS.DATE: 2020.12.28 6 min read

The SolarWinds Delusion: When “Sophisticated” Means “We Ignored the Basics”

Security Fundamentals // December 28, 2020

It is really funny when they call it one of the most sophisticated hacks in history and stuff like that, because it is actually one of the most stupid hacks of all time. Nothing about SolarWinds or whatever they want to call it is really surprising to me. Except for one thing: how those companies […]

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SYS.DATE: 2020.12.11 1 min read

SolarWinds hack: what just happened?

Solarigate, Sunbusrt, UNC2452 or whatever they call it, how even fireEye, SolarWinds, Crowdstrike and many other involved are able to sell and survive after this disaster, and how security community is able to trust them again? it is interesting that how these top security companies with lots of managed service and bunch of products in […]

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SYS.DATE: 2020.11.03 2 min read

human firewall

Cyberspace // Security Governence // November 3, 2020

no doubt that users are the main problem in the whole concept of cyber defense, as we call it weakest link. Now, Awareness and Training as security community typically has been doing is neither effective nor actually deliverable. Imagine we would want to continue law enforcement and public awareness by means of “Most Wanted” posted […]

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