Shifting to a More Secure SharePoint Experience
SharePoint contains sensitive data but is often over-exposed. Here’s how Zero Trust access control protects your SharePoint environment.
Secure Legacy Apps? Not Such a Remote Possibility
Legacy applications don’t have to be a security liability. TAC’s reverse proxy approach secures them without costly rewrites.
PortSys heightens security for SSH network services with Total Access Control
TAC protects Command Line Interfaces, Internet of Things devices MARLBOROUGH, MA – February 4, 2020 – PortSys®, a global innovator in information security and Zero Trust Access control for the enterprise, today announced that Total Access Control™ (TAC) now offers protection for SSH network services. TAC secures Command Line Interfaces (CLIs) such as those used […]
Pogo Paradox: Is Your Infrastructure Your Worst Enemy?
“We have met the enemy and he is us.” – Pogo By Tim Boivin The sentiment of Pogo the possum in Walt Kelly’s famous comic strip, although originally published in support of Earth Day, is apropos to cleaning up today’s approach to IT security. The idea of relying on usernames and passwords to enable secure […]
Take a Better TAC to Protect RDP
RDP is one of the most frequently targeted threat vectors today, most recently illustrated by the GoldBrute brute force campaign against 1.5 million servers last month. That was preceded by the National Security Agency strongly urging Windows RDP administrators and users to download Microsoft’s patch for the BlueKeep vulnerability, after researchers detected a massive increase […]
It may be time to rethink RDP
RDP, Microsoft’s widely used remote access tool, continues to be a prime target of malicious cyber criminals. Some of the threats garnering the biggest headlines since 2016 have been RDP-related: ransomware such as CrySiS, CryptON and Samsam, not to mention all the stolen RDP credentials for sale on the cheap through the Dark Web Exchange. […]
The Superpower of “Yes! But…”
What is your security superpower today? It seems quaint now, but there was a time not so long ago – before the pandemic – when security administrators ruled over their IT fiefdoms through the Superpower of NO! Want access with a mobile device? NO! Want access from home? NO! Want access from the road? NO! […]
When MDM is not enough: Context is key
Don’t get me wrong, MDM (mobile device management) is an important way to get control over some of the important aspects of today’s mobile device explosion. There are many valuable features available from a variety of vendors as well. Many of these can be quite valuable to your organization. However, MDM falls short in another […]
Think your business is too small to be at risk of a security breach? Think again!
Smaller businesses have generally operated with very limited investment in information security. Perhaps lulled into a sense of “security through anonymity,” some businesses have decided that investing their resources in security was overkill. Times have changed. Hacking in the past was primarily a sport, something done for fun or fame. Today, the threat landscape has […]
Network Security – A Patchwork Quilt Bursting at the Seams
The majority of organizations today have a highly complex segmented security infrastructure that is difficult to manage and prone to gaps. Different products are responsible for securing different parts of the network and the lack of a cohesive central product capable of controlling and communicating with all the different elements makes organizations vulnerable to attacks. […]