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Information security involves developing best practices policies for incoming and outgoing information, monitoring for threats and mitigating the damage threats may cause to your business information infrastructure.
 
These components are built from the ground up starting with your network transport media and the pathways and spaces in which they are maintained.  From there network equipment and services are placed to provide reliable connectivity and physical security.
 
Major attack vectors targeted by malicious intruders include public facing services and IP addresses, email systems and recipients, web servers, application vulnerabilities and your personnel assets through social engineering tactics.  An intruder may even attempt physical access of your IT equipment. 
 
While protecting your business assets you also have to protect your legal right to prosecute violators by informing users of authorized uses then logging, auditing and reporting on systems use.  Periodic auditing and testing of your security posture is a requirement of some compliancy regulations and smart policy where not required by regulation.
 
These are HyperGressive Technologies areas of expertise.  Design, implementation and testing of secure, reliable, scalable, redundant systems to house and protect your business information assets are our mission...
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Dual ISP Load Balancing Configuration
Security involves authentication, authorization, confidentiality, data integrity and availability. This document involves network availability. In this example we explore a high availability, load ...
Identification, Naming Conventions and Color Coding
Or a Rose by any other name is hard to correctly identifyTechnology is simple. Here?s a summary...Scrape the tape,Pop the top,Twitch the switch,Put what you got in the slot,Load the code?Well, Not ...
Email Security Policy
Email security is a very broad and in-depth subject. I won't attempt to cover every aspect here but rather provide a basic understanding of the issues and some practical solutions.Why should we car...
Protecting Network Edge Devices
Most administrators think of firewalls as the one device that protects their internal information resources but that may not be the case. In most networks there are additional devices outside of th...

 

Vuln: Pligg CMS 'status' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability
Pligg CMS 'status' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability [from SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities]
Risk Assessment of Social Media
Categories: Digital Privacy,Risk ManagementPaper Added: May 16, 2012 [from SANS Information Security Reading Room]
Shedding Light on Security Incidents Using Network Flows
Categories: Incident Handling,Logging Technology and Techniques,Network DevicesPaper Added: May 16, 2012 [from SANS Information Security Reading Room]
In-house Penetration Testing for PCI DSS
Category: CompliancePaper Added: May 11, 2012 [from SANS Information Security Reading Room]
Bugtraq: SEC Consult SA-20120518 :: Memory overwrite vulnerability in libwpd ...
SEC Consult SA-20120518 :: Memory overwrite vulnerability in libwpd (OpenOffice.org) - CVE-2012-2149 [from SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities]
Diskless Cluster Computing: Security Benefit of oneSIS and Git
Categories: Best Practices,Digital Privacy,Cloud ComputingPaper Added: April 16, 2012 [from SANS Information Security Reading Room]
Bugtraq: Re: [oss-security] CVE Request: Planeshift buffer overflow
Re: [oss-security] CVE Request: Planeshift buffer overflow [from SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities]
Bugtraq: Re: [oss-security] CVE Request: Planeshift buffer overflow
Re: [oss-security] CVE Request: Planeshift buffer overflow [from SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities]
Remote Access Point/IDS
Category: Wireless AccessPaper Added: April 10, 2012 [from SANS Information Security Reading Room]
Vuln: Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability [from SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities]
Vuln: Oracle Java SE CVE-2012-0502 Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Oracle Java SE CVE-2012-0502 Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability [from SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities]
Vuln: FFmpeg libavcodec 'vmd decode()' Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
FFmpeg libavcodec 'vmd decode()' Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability [from SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities]
In the eye of the storm, better bandwidth through bonding
For Paulding County, Ga., bonding three cellular channels together provides multimegabit bandwidth for its mobile command center without the expense of a satellite link. [from Government Computer News: Homeland Security]
Even with good cell service, emergency crews might need satellite
Paulding County, Ga., gets good broadband connectivity over cellular service for its mobile command center, but it is considering satellite communications as a backup service. [from Government Computer News: Homeland Security]
DHS R&D program has a disconnect with first responders' needs, House panel told
The department has a program to help develop technology for first responders, but matching the money with state and local agencies' requirements has proved difficult. [from Government Computer News: Homeland Security]
Spear-phishing attacks hit gas pipeline networks
DHS alerts operators that "tightly focused" attacks, ongoing since at least December, have compromised a number of organizations. [from Government Computer News: Homeland Security]
FCC's 5-step plan for deploying Next-Gen 911
The Federal Communications Commission's road map for the transition to a new generation of 911 services starts with location accuracy. [from Government Computer News: Homeland Security]
911 services face an emergency of their own
People are moving quickly to mobile devices and relying on text and video rather than voice. Can Next-Gen 911 catch up? [from Government Computer News: Homeland Security]
Facebook offers Microsoft Security Essentials as a security solution
We’re very excited to announce that Microsoft has teamed up with Facebook to offer Windows users free malware protection with Microsoft Security Essentials. Since May 1st, Facebook users have had the choice of downloading and installing Microsoft ... [from Microsoft Malware Protection Center]
WWI 'dazzle paint' fools face recognition scanners
An artist finds that the same approach used in World War I to confound the rangefinders on attacking ships will prevent a facial scanner from recognizing you. [from Government Computer News: Homeland Security]
An interesting case of Mac OSX malware
In June 2009, Microsoft issued security update MS09-027, which fixed a remote code execution vulnerability in the Mac version of Microsoft Office. Despite the availability of the bulletin (and the passage of time), not every machine is up to date ... [from Microsoft Malware Protection Center]
A tangled web...
The moment of infection, and the circumstances that lead to the introduction of malware to a system, are often not obvious. This short case study examines our observations and investigations into a particular example that illustrates a fairly typi... [from Microsoft Malware Protection Center]
SIRv12: The obstinacy of Conficker
Conficker is one of the most significant threat families facing organizations worldwide today; its initial impact along with its continued obstinacy shows that clearly. In the fourth quarter of 2011 – three years after its initial release – it att... [from Microsoft Malware Protection Center]
Analysis of the Eleonore exploit pack shellcode
'?Eleonore' is a malware package that contains a collection of exploits used to compromise web pages. When the compromised web pages are viewed via vulnerable systems, the exploit payload is run. Eleonore is purchased by an attacker from an underg... [from Microsoft Malware Protection Center]
Revenge of the Reveton
Computer users around the world are increasingly accustomed to managing their bank accounts, paying their bills and performing other activities online. The use of technology to manage finances has long been a target of attackers, and malware autho... [from Microsoft Malware Protection Center]
MSRT April 2012: Win32/Claretore
We included three threat families in the April edition of the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool - Win32/Claretore, Win32/Bocinex and Win32/Gamarue. In this post, we discuss Win32/Claretore. The earliest reported variant in this family can ... [from Microsoft Malware Protection Center]
Microsoft and partners disrupt Zeus botnets
We have discussed in the past our collaboration with external parties to combat botnet threats to further the betterment of the Internet, such as Operations b49, b107 and b79. This week, Microsoft has partnered with security experts and the financ... [from Microsoft Malware Protection Center]