Passive DNS Is the Wrong Way To Do Attack Surface Mapping
May 13, 2021When identifying a corporate attack surface, passive DNS can be useful but it won’t be comprehensive by itself, so it should be part of a more holistic program.
Do Not Take an IP-centric Approach to Attack Surface Mapping
May 5, 2021Relying on IP data to identify assets means you're likely missing critical information needed to map your attack surface.
Primary Group ID Attack in Active Directory: How to Defend Against Related Threats
April 27, 2021The Primary Group ID in Active Directory, created to help manage access to sensitive resources, has become a critical vulnerability that attackers can exploit to escalate privileges without leaving a ...
How to Stop the Kerberos Pre-Authentication Attack in Active Directory
April 27, 2021Here’s a look at how to safeguard your Active Directory from the known roasting attack on Kerberos Pre-Authentication.As part of the Kerberos authentication process in Active Directory, there is an in...
High-Fidelity Attack Surface Mapping
April 12, 2021Eliminate blind spots and hinder attackers using these three tips to create a high-fidelity map of your organization’s entire attack surface.
The ABCs of Azure Identity Governance Tools
April 12, 2021Discover the main Azure mechanisms for governing identities and providing access permissions.
NetFlow is the Wrong Way to Do Attack Surface Mapping
March 26, 2021If your organization relies on NetFlow data for asset management, you're likely overlooking vital information to map your attack surface.
Crawling Is the Wrong Way To Do Attack Surface Mapping
March 23, 2021When analyzing methods to identify assets, crawling should be one tool in the toolbox, but not the only one. If you use crawling exclusively, you’ll likely miss a lot of assets.
AWS’s Access Analyzer Preview Access is Great — But Is It Enough?
March 16, 2021Learn the ins and outs of the preview access capability in Access Analyzer.
Deconstructing Azure Access Management using RBAC
March 10, 2021Take a focused look at the basics of Azure RBAC (role based access control) -- the main mechanism in Azure for granting permissions to resources. Familiarize you with Azure AD identities and find out how to grant them access to your organization’s resources.
Infrastructure as Code Security Requires Programmatic Controls
March 9, 2021Empower develops with a programmatic approach to security. Here's what you need to know. The concept of shifting security as far left into development as possible is not new, and it is fairly easy ...
Static Lists Are The Wrong Way to Do Attack Surface Mapping
March 8, 2021When identifying and cataloging assets, static lists leave your organization vulnerable to constant changes across your attack surface.