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President Obama’s $19 Billion Cyber-Defense Budget and Plan is a Bold and Necessary Step
/by Ray Rothrock, Executive Chairman, RedSeal“The federal government is finally taking bold steps to fulfill what the Constitution says in its preamble – ‘to provide for the common defense,’ in this case, the common cyber defense.
The actions and budget announced today are an important recognition and investment in the defense of the critical information infrastructure of the United States, […]
Closing (and bolting) the back door in ScreenOS
/by Dr. Mike Lloyd, CTO, RedSealby Dr. Mike Lloyd, CTO RedSeal
The recently disclosed back door in Juniper’s ScreenOS software for NetScreen firewalls is an excellent reminder that in security, the first and foremost need is to do the basics well. The details of the vulnerability are complex and interesting (who implanted this, how, and what exactly is involved?), but that is not what […]
2015 Alamo AFCEA Chapter Event (ACE) Speakers Focus on Solving Root Causes of Cybersecurity
/by Kimberly Baker, Federal GM, RedSealFor the third time in a row, I flew down to Texas at the end of the year.
The reason? To attend the important Alamo ACE event presented by the local San Antonio AFCEA chapter. With multiple sessions over three days covering primarily cybersecurity and ISR, the event draws 1500 military and industry leaders.
My takeaway? […]
Cyber Concerns Dominate 2015 AFCEA TechNet Asia Pacific
/by Derek Heese, Director Department of Defense, RedSealby Derek Heese, RedSeal’s director, Department of Defense RedSeal
I recently returned from Hawaii where I attended the AFCEA TechNet Asia Pacific trade show for the fifth time in a row. It’s always a good opportunity to hit a couple of birds with one stone: meet with some customers, develop relationships with new prospects and hear which issues and […]
BLUE vs RED – Leveling the playing field
/by Wayne Lloyd, Federal CTO, RedSealBlue vs Red. No, not the Rooster Teeth series for the Halo fans out there. For those that do not know how the reference pertains to cyber security: Blue teams can be looked at as the good guys (cyber defenders) and Red teams are the bad guys (attackers). Not to say the Red teams are […]
Reluctant Recipient to Willing Participant: Operationalizing RedSeal
/by Wayne Lloyd, Federal CTO, RedSealby Wayne Lloyd, Federal CTO RedSeal
Not too long ago I had a customer, “Joe”, explain to me how he overcame organizational challenges and got his network team to operationalize the findings from RedSeal.
Joe started by taking advantage of RedSeal features that can be leveraged immediately upon deployment, such as the Best Practice and STIG checks. He generated […]
Using inflight entertainment systems to hack into commercial airline controls?
/by Dr. Mike Lloyd, CTO, RedSealRecent headlines tell us that “Feds Say That Banned Researcher [Chris Roberts] Commandeered a Plane.” As always, there is more to the story. In fact, there are claims and counter-claims about what Chris Roberts actually did. The FBI search warrant says he did actually send control commands that impacted the flight path of the aircraft, […]
What SendGrid can teach us about dependency
/by Dr. Mike Lloyd, CTO, RedSealThe watch-word for the SendGrid breach is “interdependence”. In the online world, we may think we’re dealing with one company, but we’re actually dealing with them and with every other company they choose to deal with. This makes an ever-widening attack surface. (The breaking news about the Chinese “Great Cannon” software shows similar patterns.) These days, if […]
KCBS Interview on Obama’s information sharing initiative
/by Dr. Mike Lloyd, CTO, RedSealI recently recorded an interview with KCBS, on Obama’s announcement of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center. I do believe this is good news, but I confess, I worry about the way all these proposals indicate how data will go in to the government, with very little said about how anything will ever come out. […]
The Next Manhattan Project
/by Ray Rothrock, Executive Chairman, RedSealJust participated in The White House Summit on Cybersecurity at Stanford. The President and all the participants focused on the fact that cyber is the threat of the 21st century, that government alone can’t protect us, and that no company has the resources to completely protect themselves. Recent history confirms this. Thus to collaborate, to […]