The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) recently held its Cloud Threats and Vulnerabilities Summit, featuring prominent speakers across 20 sessions and panels. Speakers highlighted the main systemic risks within the cloud ecosystem and provided recommendations on how to best defend against malicious actors. DayBlink Consulting’s Cybersecurity Group gathered the following key takeaways and their implications for […]
Read MoreContainers are helping enterprises develop, deploy, and deliver their applications faster — providing greater agility and efficiency over traditional software development methodologies. While adoption is increasing rapidly, container security challenges are slowing container deployments in production. DayBlink’s latest position paper focuses on how to find the highest value and easiest to implement container security initiatives […]
Given the recent social challenges in our country, many organizations are turning attention to their Diversity & Inclusion programs with renewed focus. Improvements and action plans are beginning to take shape, from new employee groups and open forum discussions to seminars on implicit bias and training on microaggressions. However, few organizations recognize the breadth of […]
Why using ‘P@55w0rd’ may not be as effective as you think and how to set better passwords. In 2018, British Airways announced that a major security breach had exposed the personal data of 565,000 customers. The airline confirmed that over a two-week period, hackers were able to gain access to names, addresses, email addresses, credit […]
COVID-19 has forced organizations to adapt to a new normal and face new pressing concerns. One of these priority concerns is how to optimally engage a recently transitioned remote workforce to boost team morale, drive efficiencies, and protect corporate culture. Although seemingly daunting, organizations can take actionable steps to lead from afar to ensure organizational […]
The impacts of COVID-19 have catalyzed businesses to rethink current operations and unlock enterprise value by improving financial processes. The U.S. economy is projected to contract by nearly 6% in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, twice the 2.9% contraction of the 2008 meltdown. Successful organizations thrive during economic downturns due to preparation and rapid […]
Why Two-Factor Authentication is Quickly Becoming Obsolete 2 Factor Authentication (2FA), a form of Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) or Multi-Step Verification, adds another layer of security, supplementing the username and password model with a code that only a specific user has access to (typically sent to something they have immediately to hand). It has quickly become […]
Leveraging Proactive Documentation as a Cost-effective Solution The latter half of this past decade saw a record number of cybersecurity failures. The biggest breaches had headline-grabbing impacts and heavy financial costs. In 2017, The Equifax hack exposed the personal information of 143 million consumers, and Equifax itself lost $4 billion in stock market value by […]
With cases of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) causing a devastating global impact, employees and contractors have been forced into remote working situations to deliver both mission critical and day-to-day tasks. This unprecedented shift to telework has brought cybersecurity to the forefront of enterprise threats and challenges. DayBlink has identified some of the top threats that […]
The growth and complexity of modern cyber threats has led cyber-forward enterprises to implement practices that predict the techniques of their adversaries. Sophisticated information security teams are increasingly adopting proactive measures to understand the landscape of potential security threats and adapt accordingly. What is a Threat Model Threat modeling is a structured approach for reviewing […]