By Scott Shinn The recent CrowdStrike-caused BSOD outage on Microsoft systems has pulled focus on an ordinary but critical process: Extensive testing before rolling out software widely. What happened in the CrowdStrike outage? A bug in a CrowdStrike update has resulted in a global tech disruption for much of the airline industry as well as […]
Atomicorp CEO Mike Shinn joins the prestigious MindShare invitation-only program for CEOs of “emerging and fast-growth companies.” MindShare is an exclusive organization designed for CEOs of the most promising tech companies in the Washington D.C. area. The company announced its Class of 2017 today, which includes 59 other first-time CEOs hand-picked from over 200 nominations […]
At HostingCon last week there was a jeopardy-like game that collected feedback from the attendees. One question related to the top business challenges facing hosting providers today. The answers: Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cybersecurity Nothing else was even close. While AWS is a clear and present danger, it is a typical competitive threat. Every growing […]
Protecting your business from hackers is harder than ever. We think it’s like a mashup of cats, violent assault, witless super heroes and, of course, motorcycles. So, we made a video about this weird combination. You should visit us at HostingCon to learn about our new stuff or you can always just watch our rockin’ […]
Mike Shinn, CEO of Atomicorp will speak on the Entrepreneurship in Cyber panel at the BSides Northern Virginia Cybersecurity Conference this Saturday evening. Dan Woolley, General Partner at cyber incubator MACH37, will moderate the discussion among Shinn and four other cyber startup founders on the topic of entrepreneurship in the cybersecurity field. The panel is […]
November 15, 2016 (HERNDON, Va.) ” MACH37 Cyber Accelerator today announced that Atomicorp, Inc., a developer of industry leading solutions for the protection and support of cloud servers and Internet of Things devices, has closed a $1 million seed investment round led by Blu Venture Investors. This funding will enable Atomicorp to continue to execute […]
“The New IT Environment: Security Challenges in Cloud Computing” View the full whitepaper here: The New IT Environment
This is my first shot at doing a basic before & after video mixed with an installation. I think my ambitions got ahead of me here since it ended up being 15 minutes long. Now I like a good video tutorial as much as the next turtle, but I think 15 minutes gets a little […]
By popular demand we’ve put together a video tutorial (one of many I hope) on how you can use ASL to solve a problem. In this episode, imagine you are an administrator of a system with multiple customers, all with different sites, applications, and owners. You cant touch the code.. and yet, the code has […]
Virtual patching is an invaluable tool for immediate remediation to fix vulnerabilities in web applications. Atomic Secured Linux and the Atomicorp.com/Gotroot.com modsecurity rules contain thousands of Virtual Patches which we update everyday.
Sometimes you may need to patch a vulnerability in an application that we are not aware of, such as with a custom application. This paper outlines exactly where and when Virtual Patching is appropriate, how it can be integrated into the Incident Response process, and how it can be integrated into the incident response process, and the proper steps for creating and testing real-world examples.