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SOAR - The beating heart of every security department, or shouldn’t it be?
SOAR - The beating heart of every security department, or shouldn’t it be?
The primary function of every security department is to detect and respond. And most departments focus primarily on optimizing the…
Richard de Vries
Mar 6, 2021
Can you truly master Vulnerability Management?
Can you truly master Vulnerability Management?
Almost daily you can read somewhere on the Internet a new article about a discovered vulnerability. And vendors publish bulletins on how…
Richard de Vries
Mar 8, 2021
Application whitelisting — A blessing or a curse?
Application whitelisting — A blessing or a curse?
If you analyze recent attacks, most of the time you can find that somewhere an unknown or unauthorized application has been used. But wait…
Richard de Vries
Mar 9, 2021
Can I make a SIEM solution myself?
Can I make a SIEM solution myself?
Is it really incredibly challenging to develop a SIEM? No, it is just a lot of work. But you will get a solution which fits your needs.
Richard de Vries
Mar 25, 2021
A day in a life of a Security Operation Center Analyst
A day in a life of a Security Operation Center Analyst
The SOC Level 1 Analyst starts the investigation when an alert is generated. If needed the SOC Level 2 Analyst can take over the analyses…
Richard de Vries
Apr 10, 2021
Creating the foundation for the SIEM solution
Creating the foundation for the SIEM solution
In earlier articles, I talked about developing your own SIEM solution including some user stories. Let’s continue with creating the design.
Richard de Vries
Apr 30, 2021
A day in a life of a SIEM Specialist
A day in a life of a SIEM Specialist
A day in the life of a SIEM specialist is never boring. A variety of responsibilities and tasks. Making sure the systems are up is prio 1.
Richard de Vries
May 5, 2021
Use Cases - The unanswered question
Use Cases - The unanswered question
Security Use cases are primarily focused on detection. But all too often the question ‘now what’ is forgotten. Let’s deep-dive on this and…
Richard de Vries
May 13, 2021
Choosing the most critical use case, but do we genuinely know the attack surface?
Choosing the most critical use case, but do we genuinely know the attack surface?
The attack surface represents the initial point where an attack could attack, but it might be more extensive than we genuinely think it is.
Richard de Vries
May 15, 2021
Intrusion Detection System - Have they become useless?
Intrusion Detection System - Have they become useless?
IDS analyze all network traffic. But as more traffic is being encrypted, which changes have to be made to continue to value by the IDS?
Richard de Vries
May 26, 2021
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