Today, Bloomberg published an article claiming that at least some Super Micro motherboards contained hardware backdoors. While we don’t have any inside information, we’ve been fielding several calls from clients about actions they should take and wanted to expand our thoughts on this outside our existing customer base. To begin, it’s important to note that […]
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Network or endpoint monitoring – if you can only do one, which one?
Network MonitoringEarlier this week, I posed a question using a Twitter poll. Yes, I know about sampling bias. I won’t pretend for a minute there isn’t some sampling bias in my data set, but the results are interesting nonetheless. I’ll note that when it comes to sampling bias, I’m okay with the bias that my Twitter […]
Antivirus isn’t dead, but you need monitoring too
Antivirus C-Suite Network Monitoring Security MonitoringAntivirus is a heck of a thing. On the one hand, security professionals love to hate on Antivirus because it’s misses a lot of malware and increases the attack surface on a machine. We know that antivirus regularly misses Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) malware. Our stance at Rendition Infosec is that for the vast majority […]
Equifax Breach – Early lessons learned and six point action plan
C-Suite Cyber Threat Intelligence Network Monitoring Penetration Testing Security Monitoring TableTop Exercises Technology Threat Model Web Application Penetration TestingIn this post, we’ll discuss a few early lessons learned from the Equifax breach announced yesterday. We’ll also recommend a six point plan to avoid becoming “the next Equifax” based on what we know today about the breach. Rendition is in no way involved with the breach assessment for Equifax and we have no inside […]
The need for cyber security in law firms
Cyber Threat Intelligence Law Firms Network Monitoring Threat ModelAn interesting article came through our feed today mentioning the need for cyber security in law firms. As an information security company that works with law firms, we couldn’t agree more. The article makes a number of points, but leaves a couple of critical things out, and we’d like to cover those here. It’s worth […]
Rendition Infosec Announces New MSSP Relationship With AlienVault
Network Monitoring Press Releases Security MonitoringLeading information security expert to integrate AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform to enhance information security and client benefit Augusta, Georgia – August 9, 2017 – Rendition Infosec, the nation’s leading provider of information security solutions and consultation, today announced that the company has partnered with AlienVault® and as a Managed Security Service Provider […]
CRASHOVERRIDE – monitor your IT networks (and OT too)
CRASHOVERRIDE Malware Network MonitoringLast week Rendition Infosec founder Jake Williams contributed an article for next month’s issue of Power Grid International magazine. The article highlights the need for utilities to monitor their IT networks in order to protect their OT networks from compromise. Today’s release of the excellent CRASHOVERRIDE report by Dragos Inc only reinforces the points Williams’ […]