A carefully coordinated cyber-attack on Lithuania that occurred last week has been described by the republic’s defense minister as one of the “most complex” security incidents to target the Baltic state in recent history. On the night of December 9, cyber-criminals breached multiple content management systems to gain access to 22 different websites operated by Lithuania’s public sector. The attackers then published articles containing misinformation on the sites. Among the fake news posted by the…

Social engineering is allowing cybercriminals the way in. Learn how to lock that door. Image: iStockphoto/BeeBright There is something those responsible for a company’s cybersecurity must come to terms with: Technology alone is not going to get the job done. It’s time to shift some of the focus from technology to psychology, as even the most sophisticated cybersecurity system has not prevented people from falling victim to social engineering. You may or may not be…

In refining full stack visibility, it’s clear that different operations have different needs, and require different tools to monitor and observe the full stack. VMware Cloud Management can help you monitor your Kubernetes installation and the clusters that get deployed on top of that.   As we’ve seen in the previous Kubernetes blog posts (part 1,2,3), more and more IT workloads are getting deployed using Kubernetes. Kubernetes has become the platform of choice for developers to…

IT resources are critical, and managing IT debt is a full time job. When managing your IT infrastructure is technical debt your top financial priority? Should it be? Let’s take a look at what can be an economic balancing act and see what to consider when deciding your path.   It is the best and worst part of a meeting. After everything from sports analogies, pain and gain, speeds and feeds, and time on the…

Tenable®, Inc. the Cyber Exposure company, today announced it has achieved ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification, recognizing its proven commitment to the highest level of information security management. Following an extensive audit process, the certification was issued by Schellman & Company LLC. ISO 27001 is a globally recognized standard mandating numerous controls for the establishment, maintenance and certification of an information security management system (ISMS). Tenable’s ISMS is designed to cover all key areas of a robust…

As we write this on Wednesday, the massive SolarWinds cyberattack, purportedly perpetrated by Russian intelligence and impacting some 18,000 government agencies and private sector businesses, is just starting to come into focus. So far, the healthcare dimensions of the hack include the apparent targeting of the National Institutes of Health. It appears to be the kind of state-sponsored effort that Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, spoke about during the HIMSS Healthcare Security Forum just this past…