For those who may not be aware, the community feeds from Greenbone have certain limitations. Several years ago, Greenbone began differentiating more clearly between their community feed and the Enterprise feed by excluding NVTs related to "Enterprise" elements. This move is understandable as a strategy to distinguish the products they offer, given that they are a commercial, for-profit company.

A virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) is responsible for managing and overseeing an organization's cybersecurity strategy and ensuring the protection of sensit

Virtual Chief Information Security Officers perform a range of responsibilities to help organizations address their cybersecurity needs. Some common tasks and duties that vCISOs typically undertake are:
 

I've been asked by a few colleagues and friends about the podcasts that I listen to regularly, so I thought it would be a good idea to document it here for reference. If you don't listen to podcasts to keep up with the news, then you are missing out. I drive quite a bit, and it always bothers me that I feel like I'm losing that time, that I should be accomplishing something. I compensate that with podcasts. Some of them help me keep up with current trends and new vulnerabilities, and some of them teach me new things. While others ..... well ....

I was recently contacted by a client for advice on selecting a VPN service for their employees to use. The goal was to provide them a VPN service they could use when connecting in coffee shops and other unencrypted/possibly rouge environments, but also to provide a single or small pool of IPs they could give to security conscious clients when doing remote work

 Does your cyber security plan include a system of checks and balances? How about a quality assurance program. Do you need either of these? Let's take a lookat 2 scenarios:

Scenario 1:

       With all the recent high-profile breaches, many people are asking: "How do I protect my data?" The resounding answer from the security community is: "Enable 2-factor authentication!" 2 Factor Authentication (2FA) is widely recognized to be a far more secure option than a password alone. But what is 2FA?