by Cody Jackson | Jun 5, 2019 | Aquila inSecurity, IT Security, News
Often we talk about specific products or tools that can help protect our assets, but we rarely talk about the best strategies to implement in a mature cybersecurity environment. The United States is often seen as the forefront of cybersecurity defense but our...
by Cody Jackson | May 15, 2019 | Aquila inSecurity, IT Security, News
The recent news about the WhatsApp hack showcases that even the applications we utilize for “secure” communication can be vulnerable. Mobile devices have become the cornerstone of day to day work, entertainment, and personal communication. These devices are often seen...
by Cody Jackson | Apr 10, 2019 | Aquila inSecurity
Splunk is not a tool, it is a platform on which tools are built. When is Splunk is implemented correctly it completely changes the business processes in place. If day to day activities are not changed after Splunk is in place then it was a failure. One of the many...
by Cody Jackson | Mar 29, 2019 | Aquila inSecurity
I read this morning that Taos Public Schools were hit with a widespread ransomware attack that crippled their network. I do not know how the attack was executed or spread but often these attacks are done via phishing emails or embedded malicious code in benign...
by Cody Jackson | Feb 27, 2019 | Aquila inSecurity
One of the key areas we can automate our defensive posture is understanding how the network we are defending looks. One of my SANS instructors once said: “you cannot protect what you don’t know about.” At the time I was working for an organization that had 12,000+...
