2024-04-09 19:44
Our Take
Anti-virus and EDR are critical components in a layered security approach, but no article has ever done a better job than this one to illustrate the need for visibility on the netw… Read More
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2024-03-28 21:57
Over the years, the powers that be in our industry have codified and defined the steps required to prepare for and recover from a cybersecurity incident. We call it the “Incident Respo… Read More
2024-03-11 14:27
It’s no secret that big changes have been made at NIST with the release of their Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0, the first update to the landmark framework since its inception in 20… Read More
2024-03-01 14:12
Our Take
Many were hopeful that 2022’s payment decline would be a trend, but ransonmware certainly made a comeback in 2023. As these articles describe, there are many reasons why. Fro… Read More
2024-02-23 20:00
Insider threats look normal until they don’t.
This makes them especially hard to catch, and if you don’t know what you are looking for, you won’t see it until it’s to… Read More
2024-02-09 13:40
Our Take
This headline is burying the lead. It makes it sound like a lot of stuff simply isn’t getting patched (which is indeed true), but then the article goes on to say (also true)… Read More
2024-01-31 21:17
There, was that headline sensational enough to bring you to this blog?
Apologies for the click bait, but the headline isn’t necessarily wrong. The theme today: What starts as a seeming… Read More
2024-01-25 13:41
Cybersecurity On The Front Lines
The most common attack vector these days with ransomware is people. It’s all about phishing, clicking on bad links, stolen credentials, etc., etc. &h&hell…Read More
2024-01-10 13:52
Cybersecurity practitioners fight a hard battle. Analysts in the trenches struggle to stay on top of the mountain of alerts, and CISOs are being held personally responsible when systemic thi… Read More
2024-01-07 15:16
Our Take
When we speak at conferences, one of the most popular topics is earning the trust of the C-Suite; It’s simply essential to improve an organizations’ cybersecurity postu… Read More
2023-12-28 18:21
At almost every conference I attended in 2023, there was a presentation from an IT leader (usually a municipality), walking the attendees through their experience with a ransomware or breach… Read More
2023-12-06 17:03
Our Take
As the article states, your newest risk management consultant and auditor might just be your insurer. From what we’ve seen and heard, your insurer might also be in charge of… Read More
2023-11-29 20:05
If a bad actor infiltrated your network, where would they go? While no one has a crystal ball, attack path modeling can go a long way to helping you find out. And, for teams without the reso… Read More
2023-11-15 19:28
Large organizations’ cybersecurity efforts have been weighed and measured, and it appears they have still been found wanting. And back in October, CISA and the National Security Agency… Read More
2023-11-04 16:12
Our Take
We’re fans of this new buzzword: “Shadow AI.” Generative AI is getting integrated into every SaaS tool out there: customer support, content creation, graphic desi… Read More
2023-10-26 15:45
Modern organizations have a digital tail a mile long and plenty of footprints in between. Every online resource, every connected IoT device, and every app used by any user spreads the attack… Read More
2023-10-09 15:10
Our Take
We mostly serve smaller organizations with limited budgets, so ‘struggling to get budgets’ is nothing new for us. In fact, we preach about this topic to anyone that&rsq&helli…Read More
2023-09-14 14:00
As I’ve stated a million times before, hackers will try the door handle before ever breaking a window. Nobody wants to work harder than they have to, and adversaries will move onto the… Read More
2023-09-06 11:17
Our Take
This month’s focus seems to be government regulation … As governments consider more laws specific to cyber and privacy, we hold out hope that they remain 1) vendor agn… Read More
2023-08-28 12:24
Cyber Insurance is difficult to manage for a lot of our smaller customers, and it’s not just because it can be expensive. Insurers are becoming more demanding, and those demands are be… Read More
2023-08-20 13:15
Passwordless Authentication is not just coming; it’s here. Nowadays, you can’t log into an app, check your bank balance or even unlock your phone without a biometric scan or an e… Read More
2023-08-08 19:36
Our Take
The edge is dead. Long live the edge!
We recently published a blog on this topic, so it seems appropriate to highlight a couple recent examples of how edge and public-facing vulner… Read More
2023-07-28 12:07
The way I see it, there are three main categories in the security strategy landscape today; reactive, predictive, and preparative. And it’s not a “one or the other” approac… Read More
2023-07-13 11:43
If we were to auction off last year’s typical data breach, what would it go for? Try about $4.45 million. How many people were impacted by data breaches last year? No less than 422 mil… Read More
2023-07-07 18:17
Our Take
” … significant amounts being spent on what’s hitting the headlines instead of strategic, business-centric investment in security defenses.”
So, how do you… Read More
2023-07-06 15:34
“The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” – Mark Twain
If you’ve had an ear to the cybersecurity ground, you know that all things cloud, hybrid cloud… Read More
2023-06-30 18:35
“Mindless patching is rarely a fruitful activity.” That’s one of the more interesting quotes from this recent article (advertorial, really) from Dark Reading on cybersecuri… Read More
2023-06-13 20:25
In short: a lot.
For starters, our first blog on National Internet Safety Month (on June 12, 2017) didn’t even mention ransomware. Remember that world? While we could all stop for a co… Read More
2023-06-06 13:00
Our Take
Well he’s not wrong. This month’s highlight article is, admittedly, an Advertorial. That said, the author isn’t wrong about most organizations’ (particularl… Read More
2023-05-25 14:27
As a company that specializes in serving “the little guy,” it piques our interest to note which elements of cybersecurity are of most concern to different SMB sectors. What&rsquo&hell…Read More
2023-05-05 20:44
Our Take
Even though we’re a small company, our CINS Threat Intelligence feed is used all over the world. And because of that, sometimes people reach out and ask us why they’re… Read More
2023-04-30 21:29
It’s an uneven split. On top of an ongoing need to fill cybersecurity positions, many industries now face budget cuts and, consequently, reductions in force. While some have hired too… Read More
2023-04-22 15:15
At this past Texas Association of Government IT Managers (TAGITM) conference, Nomic Networks was humbled to receive the very first-ever Industry Partner Award. This new award was instituted… Read More
2023-04-06 12:57
Our Take
In our humble opinion, the reason articles like this still need to be written is that we as vendors still have a hard time justifying the ROI on cybersecurity spend. Quantifying ri… Read More
2023-03-31 22:16
OK, “outsmarts” might not be the right word here. “Outworks” doesn’t quite fit either. Read on, and maybe you can help me come up with a better title.
There are… Read More
2023-03-03 21:40
Our Take
“Because cybercriminals have access to these thousands of exploits, they don’t have to invest as much time or money finding new ones; older ones are doing just fine&rdq&helli…Read More
2023-02-28 21:10
Earlier this year, we launched a beta release of our new Insight product, and the key feature is what we call Insight Flows.
Nomic Networks’ mission is focused on supporting teams that… Read More
2023-02-09 14:53
Our Take
Yep, this again. (We highlighted it back in October, too.) We’re a small team competing against enterprise organizations, with a mission to serve smaller IT teams that can&rs&helli…Read More
2023-01-31 13:51
(This is the second installment of our new CISO Interview series. Read the first one here.)
Becoming a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is usually the result of a long journey for a… Read More
2023-01-11 15:13
Our Take
This month’s Brief is full of predictions for 2023, but the biggest news so far is our official name change! Our ‘Sentinel’ name treated us well, but we’ve… Read More
2023-01-03 05:00
We are very excited to announce that as of January 3rd, 2023, Sentinel IPS is now Nomic Networks. I’ll answer the obvious question of “Why?” later, but if you’re an… Read More
2022-12-17 17:41
Many vendors offer solutions delivering the “latest” in threat intelligence, but it’s important to look under the hood. The best threat intelligence is based in reality &nd&hell…Read More
2022-12-02 15:11
Our Take
Sticking with the same theme as last month’s Brief, this one is a little depressing (and not surprising), but let’s focus on the small bit of good news buried deep in t… Read More
2022-11-26 16:39
Cyber hygiene, cyber health, cybersecurity. They all seem like interchangeable phrases. But you wouldn’t interchange “doctor”, “nutritionist”, and “surgeo… Read More
2022-11-15 13:48
Our Take
Never been a fan of hyperbolic headlines that use terms like “breaking point” and “We should all be worried,” but stress and burnout in IT and cybersecurity… Read More
2022-11-09 17:54
When most people speak of any city government, they often mention words like “Bureaucratic”, “Behind the times”, and “Slow.” This is especially true when… Read More
2022-10-28 15:10
If you recall the cloaking device from so many Star Trek episodes, Network CloakingTM is designed to do essentially the same thing – hide the network entirely and circumvent any troubl… Read More
2022-10-07 13:44
Our Take
This article hits the nail on the head. As a small company serving organizations with lean IT teams, we (and our customers) have known this secret for a long time – and it wo… Read More
2022-10-05 04:08
If you’ve ever played tennis, you know about unforced errors. These are points given up by a player’s own blunder, rather than by the skill of their opponent. In security we see… Read More
2022-09-28 13:57
In one of our recent CINS Army Briefs, we asked this same question: Is Defense in Depth still a thing?
You know, it’s the old castle analogy. You have a wall, you have a moat, you have… Read More
2022-09-08 20:24
An Application Programming Interface (API) is a set of definitions and protocols for building and integrating application software. APIs let your product or service communicate with other pr… Read More
2022-09-02 09:14
Our Take
Identity Management, MFA, and “Zero Trust” are some of the newer buzzwords in a long line of cybersecurity trends over the years. Their adoption is no doubt critical, b… Read More
2022-08-31 23:08
I can probably tell you right now whether or not you’re very likely to suffer a ransomware attack this year, just by taking a peek at the current tools in your stack. You know what I&r&hell…Read More
2022-08-26 09:07
Network Detection and Response (NDR) is a cybersecurity solution that goes beyond signature-based tools, using techniques like AI and machine learning to continuously monitor a network for s… Read More
2022-08-12 12:56
Our Take
SMBs are behind in adopting multi-factor authenticationhttps://www.techrepublic.com/article/smbs-behind-adopting-mfa/
There are a lot of headlines that could start with the words… Read More
2022-07-31 14:27
This is kind of a trick question, but – they all do. However, they do so in different ways, so there are different things to be aware of; especially now that attacks are getting so adv… Read More
2022-07-27 13:38
If we were to auction off last year’s typical data breach, what would it go for? Try about $4.2 million. How many data breaches were reported last year? 68% more than the year before… Read More
2022-07-06 06:05
This is our CINS Army Brief for June 2022, curating the most interesting cyber news from the past month. Learn more and subscribe here.
Our Take
Where’s That $1B in State, Local Cyber… Read More
2022-06-30 11:26
A prevalent attitude I still see among many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) is that if you have security on the endpoint – Anti-Virus or Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)… Read More
2022-06-22 22:51
Uber’s (once) CSO has been in the headlines lately facing five felony charges for a (now) widely publicized breach that happened six years ago. The 2016 hack disclosed the sensitive in… Read More
2022-06-06 14:49
This is our CINS Army Brief for May 2022, curating the most interesting cyber news from the past month. Learn more and subscribe here.
Let’s keep the ‘metrics’ theme from l… Read More
2022-06-01 14:19
We know you’ve heard of Zero Trust, and our guess is you’re somewhere between curious, confused, and excited about its potential. But – and here’s the Inception momen… Read More
2022-05-26 13:23
“How likely are you to recommend to a friend?”
We’re all familiar with this survey question, but we never seriously contemplated this question until we compared notes comin… Read More
2022-05-03 12:44
This is our CINS Army Brief for April 2022, curating the most interesting cyber news from the past month. Learn more and subscribe here.
It’s true: You’ll catch more flies with h… Read More
2022-05-02 13:38
We advocate for the little guy when it comes to cybersecurity. And, when it comes to underfunded, understaffed, and overloaded networks – school districts can be the littlest guy of al… Read More
2022-04-06 19:02
This is our CINS Army Brief for March 2022, curating the most interesting cyber news from the past month. Learn more and subscribe here.
When it rains, it pours. Ukraine is having a ripple e… Read More
2022-04-01 16:29
We help security teams state their case to management every day. Frequently, those who reach out to us usually must go ask permission to buy something before finalizing the deal. This doesn… Read More
2022-03-11 14:27
In a previous article, I discussed the potential shortcomings of traditional Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions, particularly for SMBs. These solutions are cumbersome… Read More
2022-03-02 22:15
This is our CINS Army Brief for February 2022, curating the most interesting cyber news from the past month. Learn more and subscribe here.
Let’s sift through some of the other cybers… Read More
2022-03-01 14:42
Something’s not matching up for many small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in terms of their threat detection and response capabilities. On the one hand, more than half (56%) of sma… Read More
2022-02-11 16:27
Many IT decision makers are planning to increase their cybersecurity budgets in 2022. Kaspersky shared some research where 86% of IT decision makers in North America said that they were plan… Read More
2022-02-02 18:36
This is our CINS Army Brief for January 2022, curating the most interesting cyber news from the past month. Learn more and subscribe here.
Looking at some of the latest trends, including &h&hell…Read More
2022-01-04 21:51
(This is our CINS Army Brief for December 2021. Learn more and subscribe here.)
““It’s not the future that you’re afraid of. It’s repeating the past that makes… Read More
2021-12-17 13:34
Collective Intelligence Network Security (CINS) turns 10 years-old this month. To celebrate, I thought I would spend a little time discussing the important functions of this underrated servi… Read More
2021-11-30 19:07
One of the biggest mainstays of an enterprise-level security program is a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tool. Just as a quick overview, a SIEM collects and aggregates log… Read More
2021-11-30 14:33
(This is our CINS Army Brief for November 2021. Learn more and subscribe here.)
“When asked if my cup is half-full or half-empty my only response is that I am thankful I have a cup.&rd&hell…Read More
2021-11-23 18:17
In early November, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. The legislation has a lot in it. There’s $7.5 billion set aside for creating a network… Read More
2021-10-29 16:37
(This is our CINS Army Brief for October 2021. Learn more and subscribe here.)
We are all aware by now of the tricksters who try to wreak havoc on our networks with ransomware, phishing, and… Read More
2021-10-28 20:50
Back in the early 2000s, some didn’t think that the future looked promising for Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS). Gartner was among those voices… Read More
2021-10-20 15:40
In May 2021, the Center for Internet Security (CIS) released Version 8 of its Critical Security Controls (CIS Controls). You’ll recall from our earlier post that this new version did t… Read More
2021-10-01 17:24
(This is our CINS Army Brief for September 2021. Learn more and subscribe here.)
And the “CINSY” for Baddest Actor in Cybersecurity goes to …
Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS… Read More
2021-10-01 11:12
We’re in the business of network-based security tools, so we bump into this issue a lot with our customers. It usually goes something like this:
The Customer runs a routine vulnerabili… Read More
2021-10-01 07:30
Cybersecurity On The Front Lines
How do you build out a sophisticated, enterprise-level cybersecurity posture when your mid-sized organization doesn’t even have a dedicated cybersecu… Read More
2021-09-24 13:41
Current projections suggest that organizations will continue to invest in their Internet of Things (IoT) environments over the next decade. According to MarketWatch, for instance, the global… Read More
2021-08-30 23:42
(This is our CINS Army Brief for August 2021. Learn more and subscribe here.)
Raging wildfires in California, a fourth wave of Covid cresting, and temperatures soaring. That’s not all… Read More
2021-08-20 19:26
The state of cybersecurity for small- to mid-sized businesses (SMB) is precarious. On the one hand, plenty of SMBs are suffering cyber threats that are affecting their business. In a 2021 su… Read More
2021-07-29 13:00
(This is our CINS Army Brief for July 2021. Learn more and subscribe here.)
“Everything is continuously changing … Sometimes if flows slowly and sometimes swiftly … As so… Read More
2021-07-28 14:04
By now, we all know what happened to Kaseya. The IT management software provider for MSPs and IT teams announced on July 2nd that it had detected a potential attack involving one of its prod… Read More
2021-07-08 21:01
Cybersecurity On The Front Lines
Editor’s Note: This podcast discusses the usefulness of the CIS Controls, but it was recorded before Version 8 was released. For a review of the late… Read More
2021-06-30 12:29
Organizations have been using the Center for Internet Security’s Critical Security Controls (the CIS Controls) to secure their systems for more than a decade. The Center for Internet S… Read More
2021-06-29 14:12
(This is our CINS Army Brief for June 2021. Learn more and subscribe here.)
You know when you get in the car that’s been sitting outside in the heat of summer and your leg touches the… Read More
2021-06-01 17:11
(This is our CINS Army Brief for May 2021. Learn more and subscribe here.)
Spring 2020 saw many essential items in short supply. This year those items are abundant, and it’s a very, ve… Read More
2021-05-18 21:29
Cybersecurity On The Front Lines
Municipalities, including local, city, county, and state government have unique challenges when it comes to cybersecurity. Often reliant upon IT generalist… Read More
2021-05-06 14:19
It’s been several months since we first learned about the SolarWinds supply chain attacks. Just as a reminder, SolarWinds announced in mid-December that it had suffered a digital attac… Read More
2021-04-29 14:30
(This is our CINS Army Brief for April 2021. Learn more and subscribe here.)
There are many silly things to celebrate this coming May: No Diet Day, International Tiara Day, Hug Your Cat Day… Read More
2021-03-29 13:00
(This is our CINS Army Brief for March 2021. Learn more and subscribe here.)
The dark web is big business, with sophisticated marketplaces and a mature corporate structure. Ransomware contin… Read More
2021-02-26 13:59
(This is our CINS Army Brief for February 2021. Learn more and subscribe here.)
From 0 to 60 in 4.2 days, we’re talking about the temperature here in Texas y’all. We can think of… Read More
2021-02-03 21:48
Cybersecurity On The Front Lines
With healthcare leading the most at-risk industries, Wayne Smith, head of cybersecurity at Firelands Regional Medical Center, takes us through his network… Read More
2021-01-27 21:47
(This is our CINS Army Brief for January 2021. Learn more and subscribe here.)
Vegan-uary, Dry January, Walk Your Dog Month?? With 2020 behind us, what should we call this fresh, new January… Read More
2020-12-22 15:11
(This is our CINS Army Brief for December 2020. Learn more and subscribe here.)
Let’s just get this year over with, huh? The network security world is ending this already crazy 2020 wi… Read More
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