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The Cybersecurity Benefits of Tabletop Exercises

September 4, 2018

Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Training, Lunarline, Penetration Testing, Tabletop Exercises

Preparedness requires practice. It’s a principle that applies across many disciplines and pursuits, from competing in sports to playing in a musical ensemble. This concept also holds true for cybersecurity, especially as the stakes get higher in modern business operations and attacks become increasingly sophisticated. Auditing, testing and continuously improving defense is part of the cybersecurity equation. And as more ...

What You Need to Know About Zero Trust and DevSecOps

August 27, 2018

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Cybersecurity, DevSecOps, Lunarline, Zero Trust

One constant about cybersecurity is that it always is frequently changing. Thus, as technology evolves, the best approaches for securing that technology must evolve, too. This isn’t always a simple matter of adding capabilities and growing along a linear path. Sometimes, effective security requires a revolution. Many of the tools can remain, but the larger operation — and how those ...

Of I9 Forms and Leftovers: Reflecting on My Lunarline CyberStart Internship

August 21, 2018

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Cybersecurity, Cyberstart Internship, Lunarline

One of my professors once referred to internships as “a prototyping experience” – a way to try on a role, to see what you like, what you don’t and what you want to explore. I’ve spent the past three months as an HR/recruiting intern for Lunarline, and I’ve definitely had a prototyping experience. One of my primary responsibilities this summer ...

Try Computer-Based Training for Cybersecurity Personnel

August 20, 2018

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Cybersecurity, Lunarline, Lunarline News, School of Cybersecurity, Training

Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Training, Lunarline, School of Cybersecurity

Education and training have always been important in the cybersecurity disciplines. To keep up with the latest threats and stay fresh with the most effective tactics, practitioners can’t stop their education upon graduating their college computer-science programs. Yes, the everyday responsibilities involved in security constitute a partial education. But outside training programs – where industry leaders pass on their knowledge ...

NIST Special Publication Updates: Is Your Organization Ready?

August 13, 2018

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Cybersecurity, Lunarline, Lunarline News

Compliance, Compliance Assessment, Cybersecurity, Lunarline, NIST

The Risk Management Framework (RMF), a federal government policy pertaining to privacy and security standards, originates from just two documents, both authored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Within NIST Special Publications 800-37 and 800-53, you can find the criteria that federal government agencies must follow in establishing adequate protections for their information systems. Even beyond the ...

Equifax’s Security Overhaul: What Your Organization Can Learn

August 6, 2018

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Cybersecurity, Lunarline, Training

Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Training, Lunarline, Risk Assessment, Secure Network Design

Just more than a year ago, in July 2017, Equifax discovered on its networks what would soon be known as one of the worst data breaches in U.S. history. A few other cybersecurity incidents had been larger in terms of number of people affected or number of records exposed. But the extremely personal nature of the data exposed made Equifax’s ...