Cybersecurity in a Cloud-Based World

You’ve seen the headlines – organizations with their data held hostage and ransom payments to perpetrators to restore it. Time is of the essence during a ransomware attack. Is your organization prepared? Do all your teams know their roles and responsibilities? Do they have the authority to make immediate decisions?

Each year, the annual RSA Conference in San Francisco features top SANS instructors presenting their look at the new attack techniques currently in use and their projections for future exploits. This fast-paced panel--moderated by Alan Paller and featuring Heather Mahalik, Ed Skoudis and Johannes Ullrich--is one of the highest-rated keynote sessions at the conference. In this webcast, SANS Director of Emerging Technologies John Pescatore will highlight: The top new attacks and threats as defined in that presentation.

Yet again it is time for another edition of Sacred Cash Cow Tipping! Or, “Why do these endpoint security bypass techniques still work? Why?” The goal of this is to share just some of the ways Black Hills Information Security bypassed endpoint security in 2018. Unfortunately, these webcasts still seem to be needed because there is a prevalent attitude that it is somehow possible to get endpoint security with full synergy and it will be bulletproof and under a single pane of glass. All with cyber threat intelligence and A.I. sprinkled in with a bit of EDR magic to stop all attacks.

Cyber attackers continue to be successful in gaining access to many different organizations, often by exploiting identities and weak authentication. To ensure they are protected, organizations should consider modern Adaptive Authentication techniques to increase identity security and thwart attacks.