CIA Triad
This week: Learn about the three fundamentals of security:
🔒confidentiality, 🏡 integrity and 🟢 availability
This week: Learn about the three fundamentals of security:
🔒confidentiality, 🏡 integrity and 🟢 availability
Incidents such as the blackout in parts of Berlin lasting several days emphasize the importance of personal preparation for crisis and disaster. The German BBK has published checklists for this purpose. The BBK is the German Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance. Personally I don’t prefer to check off such a list on…
The newly discovered xz-utils backdoor, which was published yesterday (NVD – CVE-2024-3094 (nist.gov)) also affects one of the Linux distributions most used by penetration testers: Kali Linux. ❗Make sure, that you are updating your Kali installations as fast as possible, especially when you updated them before in the time frame between 26.03.2024 and 29.03.2024. 💡For…
What is the role of us security professionals when it comes to AI powered systems?
The EU Commission services have just released a comprehensive FAQ to help to demystify the implementation of the Cyber Resilience Act. If the official text left you scratching your head, this 66-page document might be your go-to resource for first practical answers to your questions. Worth a bookmark. Read it here:EU Commission – CRA Implementation
Real time AI applications can bring huge benefits but also come with (social) risks we will have to deal with. The example below is a good demonstration of what is possible today. I’m very curious regarding the public discussion on how we will balance benefits vs. risks of such applications without killing technological progress in…
The German BSI (Federal Office for Information Security) and TÜV-Verband conducted a survey among German companies to assess the status of cybersecurity in the private sector. Some worrying results from my point of view are: 🌐 Link to the study: BSI – Presse – TÜV-Studie zur Cybersicherheit der deutschen Wirtschaft: Bedrohungslage steigt, Unternehmen wiegen sich…