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What is Log Management – Minnesota Cybersecurity
In the wonderful world of cybersecurity, one of the favorite tools to use to detect malicious attempts to breach and compromised data is a tool we call SIEM. SIEM: Security Information and Event Management Not only can it help us detect events when it's configured...
Minnesota Cybersecurity Endpoint Strategy
We have a tendency in cybersecurity to make everything a big deal. As a cybersecurity advisor, I try not to be that person that is yelling, "the sky is falling and the world is coming to an end". But, if I had to pick only three 'big deals' it would be user security...
How to Setup a Company Firewall
What's the best way to set up a company firewall for your business? That’s the right question to ask once you’ve made a decision to protect the perimeter, servers, or endpoints on your network with a firewall. This is an often overlooked question because people assume...
Minnesota Ransomware Security Consultants
Do you have a computer that has been hijacked by a malicious hacker asking for money to unlock it? Are they threatening you by adding a timer, only giving you so long to respond? Even worse, has this ransomware spread to other computers on your network and even...
What is a Cybersecurity Maturity Model?
What is a Cybersecurity Maturity Model? It is a framework of security controls combined with a standardized way of measuring the maturity of each area or pillar. It is repeatable and conformed to a process. Because the process is repeatable, the system can be used for...
Minnesota Cybersecurity Awareness Program – How To Build
91% of all cyber security incidents begin with the end user. The employee sitting at their desk trying to perform their job clicks on a link in a phishing email, or answers the phone and responds to a social engineer attacker, or they pick up a USB drive in the...
Minnesota Cybersecurity Consultants
Are you looking for a cyber security consultant in Minneapolis / St. Paul Minnesota area to help you with your information security program? Look no further, you’ve found the right place. Finding the right consultant is difficult. Industry demands combined with...
Weighing Compliance on your Cybersecurity Program
How do you weigh compliance in your information security program? Does it take the most important place, the front seat to all other initiatives? Or is it an afterthought that is no longer practical in today's cybersecurity landscape? So many companies that were...
How to Rank Security Findings / Risk Treatment
For an information security analyst or security consultant, it is your primary mission to identify and prioritize risk and then focus your efforts on getting the greatest risk return. Before we discuss how to rank security findings, let's elaborate on the idea of...
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS): OWASP Top 10
Welcome to our OWASP Top 10 series. This series aims at equipping you with foundational security concerns that exist in today's cybersecurity landscape. The best resource to use for this is the OWASP Top 10. If you haven't seen it, take some time to visit the page....