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Esther Hovenkamp Business Development Manager - Security at Conscia Nederland
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Education and research institutions are more vulnerable than ever

As a research or educational institution, you are a grateful target for cybercriminals. Especially in this challenging time, with more online education, teachers and students often approach home applications. The risk of a data breach is high; the consequences are incalculable. With Conscia Security Services for Education, you have a focus on delivering the best […]
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Matevž Mesojednik Security Operations Center (SOC) Manager, NIL
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Firefighting Cyberattacks

If you’ve been feeling depressed about the Covid-19 crisis lately, we’ve got news for you – cybercrime represents a similar threat to the modern civilization in a digital world as Covid-19 does to our health. We don’t have any long-term...
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Lateral Movement - advanced cybercrime
Jon-Anders Frigård Senior IT Architect, CCIE and Security Expert at Conscia Norway
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Lateral Movement – advanced cyber crime

Lateral Movement is a technology that cybercriminals use to move in a hijacked network. The movements look like normal network traffic, which allows them to move freely in the search for the information they are looking for. In Lateral Movement,...
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ICS OT Security
Danijel Grah Cybersecurity Analyst at NIL (part of Conscia Group)
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First steps toward ICS/OT Security

How ICS and OT targeted attacks became a serious threat Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and Operation Technology (OT) form the foundation of critical infrastructure and are part of our everyday life. The technology behind ICS/OT was designed to last for...
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Tom Kern Senior Cyber Security Analyst and Researcher
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What is a Threat Detection Framework?

In today’s world of increasing complexity and lucrative cybercrime industry, you can only be certain of one thing: you will be hacked – and your exposure is growing. Read on to discover the framework and approaches to protect your business...
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Collaboration security
Jesper Erbs
Jesper Erbs System Engineer
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3 main things to consider when an incident occurs

Incident response What happens if the IT heart attack button is pressed? Do the IT personnel know what to do? Do your coworkers outside the IT organization know what to do? I recently spent a couple of days in the...
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David Kasabji - Cybersecurity analyst
David Kasabji Cyber Security Analyst
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WannaTry again? SMBv3 Vulnerability Awakes!

SMBv3 vulnerability (CVE-2020-0796) explained and how to defend against zero-day attacks We have just learned about a new vulnerability of the SMBv3 protocol, for which there are some concerns that it could cause an equivalent scenario in the cyber world....
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Henrik Skovfoged - Group Product Director, Security - Conscia
Henrik Skovfoged Group Product Director, Security
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5 takes on what impact the Human element has on Cyber Security

From the RSA Security Conference, which took place from the 24-28 February in the Moscone Center in San Francisco, USA. We were 2 participants from Conscia, and the following is a summary of our experience. The first thing that comes...
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GRC: How IT departments can put IT Security on the corporate agenda
Henrik Skovfoged - Group Product Director, Security - Conscia
Henrik Skovfoged Group Product Director, Security
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GRC: How IT departments can put IT Security on the corporate agenda (Part 2)

Cyber Security on corporate agenda A string of major companies is learning it the hard way these years; dealing with Cyber Security is not a simple matter. Indeed, it is as much about corporate strategy, culture and management, as it is about Information Security. So how does an IT department go about dealing with information […]
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GRC: How IT departments can put IT Security on the corporate agenda
Henrik Skovfoged - Group Product Director, Security - Conscia
Henrik Skovfoged Group Product Director, Security
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GRC: How IT departments can put IT Security on the corporate agenda (Part 1)

Cyber Security on corporate agenda A string of major companies is learning it the hard way these years; dealing with Cyber Security is not a simple matter. Indeed, it is as much about corporate strategy, culture and management, as it is about Information Security. So how does an IT department go about dealing with information […]
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SIEM
Henrik Skovfoged - Group Product Director, Security - Conscia
Henrik Skovfoged Group Product Director, Security
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To SIEM or not to SIEM

In my last article I was arguing for more focus on detection and response instead of a single focus on prevention. One of the best tools in our detection catalogue is the SIEM. I believe that the SIEM industry has...
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Login – the problem that never disappears.
Mikael Gustafsson Mikael Gustafsson
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Login – the problem that never disappears. Now there is a possibility!

Credentials cause a lot of problems. With Duo Security, not anymore. Credentials, credentials, a lot of authentications happen in a day. But Conscia’s security architect Mikael Gustafsson has seen the light, and it’s called Duo Security. He is telling us...
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CNS Insights: Welcome to the jungle

Today, all parts of any organisation are attached to its’ network. At Conscia, we have worked with mapping this complexity of devices, systems, and SLAs for our customers for the past 10 years. Now, with CNS Insights, we’re able to offer...
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DNS: High security with low costs

For more than a decade, OpenDNS has been among the world’s most used DNS services and is still seen to be one of the best ways to get the most security for your money. Cloud-based DNS-security is easy to implement...
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Eka-what? Ekahau!

Wireless networks today require that we wring every drop out of the cloth. Users today expect to work when and where they want, and to be able to move around the office without losing connection to the network, all the...
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Is our digital maturity a house of cards?

When I was little I learnt a few clear rules at home: ”Look three times before crossing the road. Don’t go in the water after eating. Brush your teeth in the morning and before bed.” Nowadays you are still fighting...
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Stranger things on your WiFi!

Have you ever heard statements like these from someone in your organization? “We need our own Wi-Fi network for this project, and with no security. It’s too difficult” “I really need these 100 Wi-Fi cameras on the network, preferably yesterday!”...
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General Data Protection Regulation

It’s been a while now since the introduction of the GDPR and what have you noticed so far? Have you also received a load of e-mails asking you to agree to the new conditions?  Despite the fact that the government is enforcing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Act as of 25 May, I think […]
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Exploit the implementation of Firepower!

With integrated Next Generation Firewall Features Firepower is extremely effective at blocking external threats. But, are you exploiting all the knowledge and information Firepower has about your network? In this blog post we will focus on how you can build your Cisco Firepower Management Center and get an overview of devices in your network that are infected with malware […]
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Tetration Analytics – Insight and understanding of modern data centres

Communication within a data centre can be likened to a black box – there is plenty of movement, but insight is limited. The box is both business-critical and sensitive to changes, while at the same time as there are constantly...
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