Be Aware, Get Prepared, Defend Yourself
Once you know what threats are most concerning to your business, you next need to look at the common ways in which these attacks are carried out. The aim of this chapter is to teach you the primary means by which threat actors will attack organizations. You will use knowledge in the next chapter to … Continue reading HRM Draft: Chapter 4 – Know Their Attacks
All too often, when discussing what could happen should a company suffer a cyber attack, security leaders will fall back into techno-babble and discuss the technical details of the potential incident. This is frustrating for business leaders who do not have a technical background, and this damages executive support for the security function. If the … Continue reading HRM Draft: Chapter 3 – Recognize the Threats
Ever since the Apple CSAM debacle earlier this year, I have been searching for alternatives to the “free” products provided by Apple. Apple’s push to implement the CSAM spyware in the face of very vocal opposition by privacy and security researchers (including myself) and civil libertarians around the world revealed to me that Apple’s promises … Continue reading Take Control: Email
You cannot develop an effective information security program without understanding what it is you are protecting, or why attackers would want to obtain or harm it. Understanding your vital assets, in the context of information security, is the focus of this chapter. To start, you need to understand what matters most to your company’s leaders. … Continue reading HRM Draft: Chapter 2 – Know Yourself
Before you can seek to protect your organization from cyber threats, you know to know who and what you are fighting. To build your defenses without a clear picture of who your adversaries are is the same as swinging a sword in a dark room, hoping to parry your enemy’s attacks. Yes, you can get … Continue reading HRM Draft: Chapter 1 – Know Your Enemy
Heuristic Security 