Defrag This

Log Management is a hot topic these days, especially in the way it pertains to organizational data security. So in this episode of Defrag This your host Mark Towler sits down with Jim Cashman to quiz the latter on his sysadmin experience with Log Management.

This discussion covers what logs an admin should be collecting, why to focus on those logs and what specifically to look for. It's a great answer to the sysadmin who sets up a Log Management solution, watches the logs roll in and then asks "Ok, so now what?"

In this episode of Defrag This, we're taking a look back at one of the most monumental events in hacker history—the 2007 hack of TJX companies, which was, at the time, the biggest breach of consumer data in the history of the United States.

Automated systems are not always AI, but AI is an automated system. It's easy to get the two terms confused because they both run off the same thing—data.

However, the differences are far reaching and it's important to know the differences between AI and Automation. Security Operations teams, or SecOps, are increasingly using AI along with automation to tackle advanced persistent threats, but what are the differences?

With Brexit in limbo and the GDPR already handing out fines to companies in noncompliance, companies who work in the confines of the EU and UK are left with little details as to how to navigate the minefield that is compliance.

We talked to a lawyer who is an expert in GDPR compliance to learn more on how the GDPR is sizing up.

Well-known PowerShell expert and Ipswitch contributer Adam Bertram, AKA Adam the Automator, discusses leaving his day job to start Techsnips.io, an e-learning platform for IT professionals.

Enterprise companies are coming under increasing scrutiny for their data security practices, or lack thereof depending on who you are talking about.

Last month we looked at what transpired over the past year in data security news, but today we are going to take a look into the future of 2019.

Cybercrime has only increased and GDPR has yet to be effective. More and more, traditional crime is moving online to the internet because it's far easier to get away with.

The laws in place to help regulate society, such as Money Laundering and CCTV Regulations, just aren't on the internet. That's why at the end of the day, the internet is the New Frontier:

It's the Wild, Wild West, where the rules don't apply.

Luckily, a hero comes proverbially roaring in to save the digital-day!

Chris Payne, Managing Director at Advanced Cyber Solutions over in the UK, joins me in a conversation to discuss GDPR's effectiveness, (or lack thereof), and what we in our businesses can do about it to protect our customers' personal data.

How do you ensure the security of a third of America's web traffic?

By comprehensively understanding the different attack vectors around the cloud at the API level, specifically AWS (Amazon web services). And being prepared to react fast.

I recently got together with Will Bengtson, a security researcher with over a decade of experience in cybersecurity who works at Netflix.

"The biggest thing for me is that we have a lot of accounts, a lot of instances, a lot of change in our environment. So monitoring for us has to be just a continuous game," Will said.

So since your cloud provider isn't going to hold your hand on this one, you need to know about these three tools Will uses.