About a decade ago I was fortunate enough to take a course at SANS on using Snort and tcpdump, taught by Stephen Northcutt, Judy Novak, and Marty Roesch. It was hands-down one of the best courses of any kind that … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Troy Hunt’s Billabong Breach Post-Mortem and Positive Externalities
If anything positive has come out of all the recent security breaches, it’s that the prolific security bloggers who have been posting interesting and helpful tips, tricks, and best practices for years are starting to get some of the attention … Continue reading
Varonis Research – Free Reports on Information Security, Big Data, Cloud, and More
I’m pleased to announce new Varonis Research section on varonis.com. We’ve been doing a lot of original research lately and we wanted a single place where you could go to view and download all of our reports. Some topics we’ve … Continue reading
Marco Arment on Dropbox: Don’t use it for anything valuable
If you haven’t heard of Marco Arment–creator of Instapaper, co-founder of Tumblr, and Internet-famous software developer–go follow him on Twitter…now. Not only is Marco an amazingly successful entrepreneur, but his blog (marco.org) and weekly podcast (Build and Analyze) are consistently … Continue reading
80% of Organizations are Scared of Moving to the Cloud
New research from IDG and Varonis reveals that even though 70% of organizations would like to use cloud sync services, only 20% allow cloud file sync because of security concerns. What are they worried about? 51% are worried about correct … Continue reading
Top 5 Reasons Why Organizations Want a Dropbox Alternative
During a recent visit to Brazil, I encountered many customers and partners who faced a similar challenge – providing their clients with a safe, secure and genuinely easy way to share files and collaborate with data. All faced a number of … Continue reading
Varonis Data Governance Awards Deadline Extended to July 24
We’ve received some excellent submissions so far, but we wanted to give companies wrapped up in the end-of-quarter blitz additional time to apply. Therefore, we’ve extended the application deadline to July 24, 2012. Remember, the awards are free to enter, … Continue reading
Does Data Security Require IT Tyranny in the BYOD Era?
The BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and BYOS (Bring Your Own Software) movements within the enterprise have been somewhat of a revolution — workers want to be free from the (perceived) tyrannical reign of the IT department. It’s easy to see why this trend … Continue reading
The Difference Between Everyone and Authenticated Users
In order to maintain proper access controls, it’s crucial to understand what every entity on an access control list (ACL) represents, including the implicit identities that are built into a Windows environment. There are a lot of built-in accounts with … Continue reading