13 - Cybercrime – Credential Theft – Part 2/4
Cyber Compliance & Beyond
Nothing introduces more complexity to an organization than access control as with access comes privileges. Privileges are needed for many activities within an organization. Couple the need for privileges with the complexity organizational structures and the usual personnel churn and an already complex problem becomes nearly unmanageable. Attackers target credentials for this very reason. Compromising an end-user with no privileges may seem trivial and unlikely to cause harm. However, as we discuss in this episode, if a privileged user logged in on that end-user’s machine, their privileged...
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12 - Mobile Platform Security
Cyber Compliance & Beyond
Mobile devices have become an extension of ourselves, seamlessly integrated into our daily lives like never before. But as we prioritize convenience—wanting our devices to “just work”—we often overlook security. This episode dives into the growing cybersecurity challenges that come with mobile adoption and what individuals and organizations can do to stay protected. We’ll go over: Why reliance on convenience creates security vulnerabilities (hint: it isn’t primarily vulnerabilities in the technical sense, more in the human sense) Key technical and compliance components driving...
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11 - CMMC Rollout – Q&A
Cyber Compliance & Beyond
Rolling out a new program always comes with challenges and CMMC has been no exception. Fortunately, we’ve moved into the implementation phase, with assessments now underway. This milestone not only helps organizations see the real value of the program but also gives us the chance to address lingering questions and clarify uncertainties that could only be resolved through full implementation. With this progress, we’re encountering fresh challenges and questions we hadn’t anticipated — while still fielding many of the same inquiries we’ve heard from the beginning. The good news? Full...
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10 - The CMMC Training and Certification Ecosystem
Cyber Compliance & Beyond
The CMMC training and certification ecosystem is ambitious as it aims to support training material development and certification of both instructors and assessors. It is currently on a path to providing a strong foundation for CMMC as a whole. In this episode our cybersecurity experts dive into the details and nuances of the training and certification requirements in the CMMC ecosystem. Hear them define the terms, discuss the requirements, contrast CMMC training and certification with other compliance frameworks, grapple with challenges and finally address what lies ahead. Joining host Cole...
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9 - Cybercrime–The Landscape – Part 1/4
Cyber Compliance & Beyond
The news about cybercrime is overwhelming to those who fight to secure our organizations. Cybercrime organizations are sophisticated and constantly changing. But there’s a hidden truth in cybercrime attacks: cybercriminals exploit the same weaknesses they’ve been exploiting for years. This should give us some hope; we know where our organizations are weakest, which gives us a good place to start. But these weaknesses are often hard to address. They require not just technical solutions, but a lot of thought, coordination, planning, and continual re-evaluation. Most often thought of as...
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8 - The CMMC Rule … Finally
Cyber Compliance & Beyond
CMMC’s security requirements are not new. What is new about CMMC is the level of rigor. With the recent publication of the CMMC rule, DoD is ever closer to requiring contractors to comply with CMMC security requirements and back them up with an assessment. The CMMC Rule, like any new regulation, is packed with details. Details that have been rumored, speculated, and drafted. Now that they’re known and final, we’re here to help you see clearer. In today’s episode, our host, Cole French becomes the expert guest. As Director of Cybersecurity Services and CMMC Capability Lead at Kratos,...
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7 - AI and Cyber Compliance
Cyber Compliance & Beyond
AI is bringing speed and velocity never seen before. Some studies show that the output is the equivalent to what 35-40 humans can produce. This speed and velocity is applied to countless use cases across just about every economic sector. Cybersecurity compliance is laden with repetitive, redundant, and time-consuming manual tasks. While humans bring nuanced ingenuity and problem-solving capabilities, we are prone to errors, especially across such repetitive, redundant, and time-consuming tasks. Worse, cybersecurity compliance requirements are far from standardized, though there is a tremendous...
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6 - Supply Chain Security
Cyber Compliance & Beyond
Supply chain security is not new, though it certainly feels as though it is. Thanks to globalization, supply chains are ever growing in their depth, complexity, and interconnectedness. Unfortunately, like so many other systems, security of supply chains hasn’t been at the top of the list of things to consider when evaluating supply chains. Understandably, economics led the way. A supply chain exists to foster economic growth and profit-making. None of these are bad but there’s a painful irony: the less security is considered, the greater the costs, which drives down growth and...
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5 - The Market for Lemons
Cyber Compliance & Beyond
IT support is tricky for most businesses, especially for those not in the IT business. Thus, IT is a cost of doing business and a high cost at that. High costs drive down profits. Less profit makes it harder for businesses to invest in the products or services that they’re making and selling. Retaining IT staff is even more difficult. This is due to the extremely low unemployment rate and the higher-than-average annual salary. These two factors almost guarantee that IT staff hired by non-IT businesses will eventually get a better offer some place else. To mitigate the problem with IT staff,...
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4 - Vulnerability Management
Cyber Compliance & Beyond
Vulnerabilities are everywhere and on every IT asset within an organization. This makes vulnerability management one of the most important – if not the most important – risk mitigation activities an organization undertakes. But, the complexities inherent in many organizations combined with the sheer number of vulnerabilities leaves many not knowing where to even begin when it comes to vulnerability management. On today’s episode, we’ll demystify vulnerability management by defining some context, outlining an effective vulnerabilities management program, discussing potential challenges,...
info_outlineNothing introduces more complexity to an organization than access control as with access comes privileges. Privileges are needed for many activities within an organization. Couple the need for privileges with the complexity organizational structures and the usual personnel churn and an already complex problem becomes nearly unmanageable. Attackers target credentials for this very reason.
Compromising an end-user with no privileges may seem trivial and unlikely to cause harm. However, as we discuss in this episode, if a privileged user logged in on that end-user’s machine, their privileged credentials are now comprised, allowing the attackers to exploit other parts of the organization’s network. While the problem can reach a place of being unmanageable, there are methods and solutions available to tackle this problem.
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