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Information as an Asset: Understanding COBIT’s Information Models
Dive into COBIT’s Information Models and discover how treating information as a valuable asset can transform organizational decision-making and risk management. Learn the principles, implementation strategies, and critical information criteria that underpin effective information management with the COBIT framework.
Information as an Asset: A Deep Dive into COBIT’s Information Models
Have you ever pondered about the intrinsic value wrapped up in the data that permeates your organization? Dive into a world where information isn’t just data, but a valuable asset, through the lens of COBIT’s unique information models.
Introduction to COBIT and Information as an Asset
Imagine sailing in the vast ocean of organizational processes without a compass; that’s a business without a structured IT governance, akin to the COBIT framework. Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies (COBIT), essentially, is that navigational tool, meticulously steering the IT processes of a business towards strategic goals while managing risks and resources. … Read the rest
Creating a Positive IT Leadership Personal Brand
In the fast-paced world of IT leadership, building a positive personal brand is crucial. Learn how to create and maintain a strong IT leadership personal brand for lasting success.
Introduction
In today’s ever-evolving IT landscape, leadership isn’t just about technical expertise; it’s about creating a positive personal brand that sets you apart. Your IT leadership personal brand reflects your values, expertise, and the trust you inspire in your team and peers. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll walk you through the essential steps to create and sustain a positive IT leadership personal brand. Let’s embark on a journey toward becoming a respected and influential IT leader.
The Foundation of Your Personal Brand
Defining Your Leadership Style
Your leadership style is the cornerstone of your personal brand. It shapes how you lead, inspire, and collaborate with your team. To create a positive IT leadership personal brand, start by defining your leadership style. … Read the rest
How to configure Essential Security for Microsoft 365
Learn how to configure essential security for Microsoft 365. Enable MFA, implement strong passwords, secure email, protect files, and more. Keep your data safe!
Introduction
As businesses increasingly rely on cloud-based solutions, the security of data and applications becomes paramount. Microsoft 365, a comprehensive suite of productivity tools, offers numerous security features to protect your organization’s sensitive information. In this blog post, we will explore the essential steps to configure basic security for Microsoft 365, ensuring a strong foundation for safeguarding your data and users.
Enable Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
Multi-Factor Authentication adds an extra layer of security by requiring users to provide multiple forms of identification to access their accounts. Enabling MFA significantly reduces the risk of unauthorized access, even if passwords are compromised. To configure MFA in Microsoft 365, follow these steps:
a. Navigate to the Microsoft 365 admin center. b. Go to the “Active users” tab and select … Read the rest
AWS Security vs Azure Security: A Comprehensive Comparison
Discover the comprehensive comparison between AWS Security vs Azure Security, empowering you to make informed decisions for robust cloud protection.
Introduction
In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, ensuring robust security measures is of paramount importance for businesses and organizations. With the rise of cloud computing, two major players have emerged in the market: Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. These cloud platforms offer a wide range of services, including comprehensive security features. In this article, we will delve into the intricacies of AWS Security and Azure Security, conducting a detailed comparison to help you make an informed decision based on your specific requirements.
Key Security Features
AWS Security
AWS offers a comprehensive suite of security features designed to protect your applications and data. Some of the notable features include:
- Identity and Access Management (IAM): IAM enables you to manage user access to AWS resources, allowing you to define granular
Netgear Zero-Day Vulnerability Allows Full Takeover
A cybersecurity researcher found a Netgear Zero-Day vulnerability which allows full takeover of about 79 Netgear router models.
“The specific flaw exists within the httpd service, which listens on TCP Port 80 by default,” according to the ZDI report, which covers the bug’s presence in the R6700 series Netgear routers. “The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length, stack-based buffer.”
“This vulnerability affects firmwares as early as 2007 (WGT624v4, version 2.0.6),” he said in his post. “Given the large number of firmware images, manually finding the appropriate gadgets is infeasible. Rather, this is a good opportunity to automate gadget detection.”
Affected router models
According to Nichols, 79 Netgear router models and 758 firmware images contain the vulnerable HTTPD daemon.
A list of these affected models and firmware can be found in Nichols’ PoC exploit.… Read the rest
Recent Plex Vulnerability Allows Full System Takeover
Recently it was found that Plex had a vulnerability that allowed hackers to do a full system takeover.
The three vulnerabilities that were found are CVE-2020-5740, CVE-2020-5741, and CVE-2020-5742 which was detected by Tenable security researcher Chris Lyne and reported to Plex on May 31st.
If hackers are able to exploit this vulnerability they could execute code to gain access to all files, create backdoors and even move to other devices on the network.
Update to the latest version
Make sure that you are not vulnerable, log into your plex server and update right away.
… Read the rest“We have rolled out a change in our update distribution servers. This change will protect Plex Media Server version 1.18.2 or newer,” the Plex Security Team said. “Plex Media Server installations older than 1.18.2 will still be exploitable and we highly encourage users on older
Amazon Phishing Emails Are Running Rampant
Amazon phishing emails are running rampant. These hackers are using these types of phishing emails to try and gain access to your account and information and use it to purchase items with.
Some common tip-offs that an email is phony are typos, grammatical mistakes, awkward language, missing words, extra spaces, and other signs that the email was written unprofessionally. Such emails might also ask you to look at an attachment or click a link and then give your personal information on a Web page or in a form. Or the sender’s email address might look suspicious. If you hover over the links you can even see that it would not direct you to legit URL. Here Are A Few Email TIPS
New Amazon Phishing Email
- Don’t ever open random attachments.
Always Review Incoming Email Address
- In this case the email address is completely random and not coming from a verifiy
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Many Critical Vulnerabilities In VNC
Many critical vulnerabilities found in Virtual Network Computing (VNC). The VNC software was found to have 37 different memory corruption vulnerabilities and many of these could result in remote code execution. The researchers at Kaspersky said around 600,000 web-accessible servers use the code.
Kaspersky researchers wrote in an analysis of the bugs for ICS CERT, released Friday.
“The prevalence of such systems in general, and particularly ones that are vulnerable, is a significant issue for the industrial sector as potential damages can bring significant losses through disruption of complex production processes,”
Kaspersky found many critical vulnerabilities in VNC client , but also on the server-side of the system which can be exploited after password authentication. Kaspersky said there are two main attack vectors:
… Read the rest“An attacker is on the same network with the VNC server and attacks it to gain the ability to execute code on the server with the
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