Entries by Kurt Van Etten, Chief Product Officer, RedSeal

Visibility: The key to proper Cloud Security Posture Management

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Cloud security has become increasingly complex and distributed. The rapid transition to remote work and increased cloud adoption have changed the IT landscape dramatically, which has produced new vectors for cyber attacks and data breaches. Today’s cyber criminals aren’t necessarily trying to knock down doors. Organizations are actually leaving many of them open themselves. According to Gartner, through 2023, “…at least 99% of cloud security failures will be the customer’s fault.”

Know What to Protect and Why

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In my last article, I discussed the importance of walking the terrain, or knowing your network. I suggested beginning at the at high level: identify your sites, then group your assets by site or facility. This is a great place to start understanding your network because network controls tend to be fairly static. However, discovering […]

Best Practices for Cyber Resilience: Step One, Walk the Terrain

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You’ve been asked to defend your organization from a myriad of threats: state sponsored attacks, cyber criminals, insiders. But where do you start?

Many years ago, as a young Marine lieutenant I learned that the first step to establishing a defense is to understand what you’re defending. You must know the terrain. Walk the terrain. Understand the key parts […]