Below are recommendations on cybersecurity best practices that are useful in protecting digital assets and reducing the likelihood and impact of a successful attack. Invest in security awareness training. Invest the time, money, and resources to ensure users understand risks, the latest cyber threats, and best practices. Lock screens. When stepping away from your computer […]
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Intrusion Prevention with Fail2Ban
Fail2Ban is an intrusion prevention software framework that protects computer servers from brute-force attacks. Written in the Python programming language, it is able to run on POSIX systems that have an interface to a packet-control system or firewall installed locally, for example, iptables or TCP Wrapper. Wikipedia To assist in further locking down the exposed SSH […]
If you have a need to disconnect a user from the firewall forcibly. There are a few ways I am aware of that will force users off the VPN. Installing Security Policy (link)- clears the cached authentication of the remote user, although this doesn’t seem to disconnect them it prompts them to re-enter credentials. Expire […]
In most organizations, you will have the employees leave at some point. In most cases, you will you probably want to access and protect their data. Data such as documents and emails and then transfer ownership to a manager or new employee. Performing a dump of the users home directories and contents of a hard […]
AppLocker rules can be set up by using group policy in a Windows domain and have been very useful in limiting the execution of arbitrary executable files. AppLocker takes the approach of denying all executables from running unless they have specifically been whitelisted and allowed. AppLocker is available in Windows Desktop and Servers. Desktop Windows […]
The bad guys are at it once again and now have a new slick way of stealing your login credentials, by sending you an invite via email to open a SharePoint document. The link(s) takes you to an actual SharePoint page where you will see a OneDrive prompt. This prompt will have an “Access Document” […]