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Lack of Vision

Posted on May 3, 2018 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Lack of Vision

I have noticed something about our field. The lack of vision we have. We get comfortable with our knowledge, and are afraid of being wrong. We blind ourselves which makes us susceptible to attacks. ? via GIPHY Unfortunately this feeling can eventually lead us to feeling like this when things go wrong: ? via GIPHY…

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Tuning up the intel

Posted on April 27, 2018 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Tuning up the intel

Threat Intelligence feeds, a lot of thoughts surround these. They have a place, which in my mind is right around AV. Note I am talking about feeds. Think about it, one of the big reasons that there is a claim that AV is dead is due to it being signature based, not good at finding…

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BREACHES? BREACHES? Learn the term please!

Posted on April 5, 2018 By Michael Kavka No Comments on BREACHES? BREACHES? Learn the term please!

Communication and terminology is important. So why can’t we get it right? I recently saw a poll on Twitter asking if the Cambridge Analytica situation was a breach. and saw people argue both ways. Definitely a gray area. On the other hand, the Panera situation is different. Nobody breached anything, yet Checkpoint even is calling…

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