The Pipeline Ransomware Came Via The VPN
A criminal group takes over a nations energy via a VPN. Its time to treat the VPN as a risk, not a security solution. Zero Trust is better.
Zero-Trust Network Access
Zero-Trust Network Architecture. ZTNA. Moving the security from perimeter-based to user+resource based.
SSH To Server. No IP? No Problem!
SSH to the server fleet. No Public IP? No problem. No VPN. No firewall changes. End-to-end encryption. Any user.
Keep The Share, Ditch The Ransomware With Zero Trust
Keep The Share. Ditch The Ransomware. Simple Zero-Trust allows any user, any device, any share, no VPN, no ransomware. Simple single sign-on.
Zero Day Zero Trust Is Your Defense in Depth
Zero Trust. The principle of limiting access to user resource pairs. It is part of a good defense in depth strategy. It is also a key defense to Zero Day.
SCADA, Zero-Trust, Content-Security-Policy
A Florida water treatment plant breached. People nearly poisoned. A SCADA device exposed via Windows & Team Viewer. Not where we want to be. How did it happen, how do we prevent systematically? Read On!
Quis, quid, cur, quomodo, ubi, quando, quibus auxiliis
Grade 10 English, the W5 (Who, What, Why, When, Where, How). A common framework to frame something. Apply it to the problem domain of Zero Trust Networking.
Identity Sprawl And Shadow IT
Empowered people make pragmatic decisions to improve productivity. This can create Shadow IT, and, Identity sprawl. Fix via Identity Aware WAF
Better Than Nothing Bonding With Remote Access: Starlink + 2xDSL Backup
Summary: deploy OpenWRT on a Mikrotik to achieve SpaceX Starlink + bonded DSL backup, with Zero-Trust Network Access inbound from any user, any network, any device.
Embracing Zero Trust Security Model: NSA Guidance
Embracing Zero Trust: Assume that a breach has (or will occur), use defense in depth, fine grained authorisation and audit, everywhere, always.
Remote QuickBooks Share Access Without The VPN
Access your QuickBooks from anywhere, as any user, without a VPN. Live. No export. No ransomware.
Time and Encryption are Inter-related: Certificate Transparency
Time and Encryption. Certificates have a not-before and not-after. If your time is wrong, you can be tricked. Learn how the certificate transparency helps you.
Zero Trust Secure SCADA Could Make Your Water Safe To Drink
A water treatment plant was breached, looking to poison people. How did the hacker get in, and how would zero-trust secure scada?
OAuth 2.0 Security Best Current Practice
OAuth 2.0 is deceptively simple: create client id, client secret, set a few environment variables, and watch the black magic take effect. Learn about the best current security practices.
OAuth 2.0 Protected Resource Threats
The OAuth 2.0 protected resource. It takes the access token and uses it to grant access. Watch out for it becoming compromised.
OAuth 2.0 Refresh Token Threats
OAuth 2.0 refresh tokens are used to obtain new access tokens on the user’s behalf. If lost, they can allow an attacker to masquerade.
OAuth 2.0 Token Endpoint Threats
The OAuth 2.0 Token Endpoint. Its were authorisation becomes real. Secure it to prevent guessing
Your password policy is wrong: NIST SP 800-63B
Your password policy is wrong. So says this NIST standard. By trying to be too strong, you end up being weak. The users write it down!
OAuth 2.0 Authorisation Endpoint Threats
OAuth 2.0 Authorisation Endpoints are the front-door skeleton-key creator of all your front-doors. So protect them carefully.
OAuth 2.0 Client Threats
OAuth 2.0 and the client. Use Defense In Depth. Secure the client, and then assume it can still be compromised. Zero Trust.
OAuth 2.0 Threat Model and Security Considerations
OAuth 2.0 has simplified authentication and authorisation for many applications, shifting from custom code to simple library import. However, as more applications come to rely on it, this makes its weaknesses more interesting. An attacker can gain access to a broader set of data via a smaller set of tactics and techniques. First lets understand the threat areas, and then, the best current practices for addressing them.
Merger, Acquisition: Federated Identity And Zero Trust
Merger Acquisition Zero Trust. Two competitive or orthogonal companies become one. Achieve quick and secure with Federated Identity, Zero Trust.
Joint Venture: The Case For Federated Identity And Zero Trust
Joint Ventures: Good Business strategy, complex access strategy. Does one VPN to the other? Dual accounts? Zero Trust Federated Identity FTW!
Zero-Trust Reduces Ransomware Risk
Target ransomware with Zero Trust. Defense in Depth with better audit, reduced access, increased simplicity.
Your VPN Hates Your Video Conferencing. Here’s Why
Got VPN? Got perfect video conferencing with everyone all the time? If yes, well, this video is not for you. For the rest, read and view!
Zero Trust Audit Logging: Reliable Meets Simple
Big investments in SIEM become big headaches due to correlating IP and NAT. Skip that with crypto-secure audit with Zero Trust via JWT.
Reject The Status Quo: Zero Trust Status Future
The myth of the VPN, the Firewall as the only and best method of remote access has lived for 20 years. Let’s retire it together.
I discuss the myth, and, an outbound-only, no firewall reconfiguration method, no client method of achieving your goals of happier productive users accessing their data and applications.
Access an Internal Resource with no Inbound Connections
Learn how to implement Zero Trust Network Access with no inbound connections, no firewall changes.
You want me to sign in with what now?
“Sign in with…”. What does it mean? Why should I use it? What am I giving up? There must be a catch, right?
Identity, Authorisation, Access: Microsoft Dynamics
Single Sign On with Microsoft Dynamics. First decide what this means, to who it means what.
Then find a way to federate their natural, native identity providers together.
Ding Dong: The VPN is dead. Split Identity and Authorisation to Simplify Security
A philosophy that allows you to reduce cost, increase security, and increase user engagement and satisfaction. All 3 at once. Sounds crazy?