An Affordable Approach for Reducing the Attack Surface of the Evolving Telecommunications Infrastructure
Discover a cost-effective approach for telecommunications service providers to simplify the process of segmenting their critical assets.
Entries by Ariel Zeitlin
How to Stop Human and Computer Viruses In Their Tracks
Computer viruses have business-altering effects. Not only do they spread in similar ways to human viruses, but they also can be stopped with similar measures.
The cost of over-compliance
Correct scoping of regulated environments can reduce the cost of compliance. Learn how overlay segmentation can cut your compliance spend and increase efficiency.
AWS Security Best Practices
AWS is the biggest player in the public IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) market and a critical component of the hybrid-cloud infrastructure in many enterprises. Understanding how to secure AWS resources and minimize the impact of any breaches that do occur has become more important than ever. For this reason, after closing 2018 with Infection […]
Learning from the Equifax Data Breach: Understanding the Details of One of the Largest Cyber Attacks of All Time
148 million consumers were affected by the Equifax Data Breach in 2017. The recent US House of Representatives report discusses what could have been done to prevent the extent of the damage. Read about what went wrong for Equifax, and how they could have taken measures to minimize the impact.
Implementing Micro-Segmentation Insights, Part 2: Getting Internal Buy-In
Micro-segmentation projects require cooperation of multiple teams for best implementation. Getting early buy-in on these projects and planning out collaboration from the right people will make the process much easier in the long run. In order to do so, the solution needs to be “sold” internally. Find out how.
Implementing Micro-Segmentation- Insights from the Trenches, Part One
Straight from the GuardiCore CTO and co-founder himself- learn insights gleaned from implementing micro-segmentation projects with clients and begin to understand how to devise your own security plan.
The hidden costs of VLAN segmentation
Using VLANs for segmentation has a nice advantage – it requires no new tools and you can use your existing networking infrastructure. But the reality is that there are hidden costs to this approach which make it expensive (in fact, very expensive). Let’s take a look at some of the often unknown costs associated with VLAN segmentation.
Complying with the SWIFT Security Controls Framework May Be Harder Than You Think
In my previous blog I briefly explained the new SWIFT regulations framework that will come into force on January 1st, 2018. In this blog I will focus on what is required to meet the first SWIFT requirement: “Restrict Internet Access & Protect Critical Systems from General IT Environment”. I will also explain how GuardiCore can […]
When Looking for SWIFT Audit Guidelines, Beware of the Customer Security Controls Framework
In March 2017 SWIFT published its new Customer Security Controls Framework to the community. This is the first time SWIFT is publishing such security guidance and they announced that they will start auditing compliance with those requirements from January 2018, leaving SWIFT users (roughly any financial institution in the world) only a few months to […]