Is ModSecurity Dead? Answering the Question Head On. As with any mature and venerable technology, ModSecurity is facing its “Is It Dead?” stage, with some pundits assuming and proclaiming it dead ever since the Trustwave ModSecurity sunsetting and end of support announcement in 2021. We get asked the question a lot by folks who want […]
By Paul Veeneman Editor’s Note: Paul Veeneman (CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CMMC-RP) is a cybersecurity, risk management, and compliance professional with 27 years of experience providing knowledge and guidance across various verticals and critical infrastructure. The following article is an abstract from his guest presentation at Atomic OSSEC Conference 2023. Why open source software and security? […]
Comprising more than half of all cyberattacks, file-based attacks (.DOCX, .pdf, etc.) enable malware to spread into other files and across different systems. These attacks can be sophisticated, able to use deception to take path-traversal courses to get at sensitive data or spread silently, closing portals and deleting files behind them to hide their presence. […]
As organizations start to think about what their organizations will look like post-COVID, including potential permanent work-from-home situations to support the radical shifts in remote work technology adoption, there is yet another question looming: Are you getting ready for CMMC? Will you be ready? CMMC, or Cyber Maturity Model Certification, is a U.S. Dept of […]
The widely reported December 2020 hack of the SolarWinds Orion network performance monitoring system employed a sophisticated series of takeover steps that included backdoors, expired domains, the use of Orion itself as a vector, compromised credentials, and malware implants, all to steal data and compromise systems. The attack, referred to as Sunburst, Sunburst Backdoor, and […]
The 2020 pandemic, which undoubtedly will extend into 2021, has stretched the network. Work at home, once taboo by some stern and stodgy organizations, is now a reality and computing networks have had to become more distributed to support distant employees. Phase 1 of the pandemic was about getting connectivity out; harnessing the internet and […]
Gartner predicts there will be over 20 billion connected devices by the year 2020. However, the rapid growth of IoT technology has also created a new security challenge: How do you protect IoT devices without compromising their design and infrastructure? In today’s video, CTO Scott Shinn discusses how Atomicorp’s Secured IoT Kernel addresses […]
Linux is at the center of the top three trends in technology today: cloud, containers and the Internet of Things. The rapid adoption of these technologies also poses a security risk. There are more ways than ever for attackers to find a way in. While Linux is not inherently insecure, it is only […]
2017 brought even more focus on Linux platforms with the continued rise of cloud, containers, OSSEC and IoT adoption. The challenge confronting many IT departments is that the old security models and solutions don’t quite work in these new computing environments. Atomicorp stepped into this gap and introduced several new security solutions to help companies […]
Recently, DC Inno interviewed CEO Michael Shinn to get his take on running a cybersecurity startup and the industry itself. The article highlights Atomicorp’s growth, like gaining Texas Instruments and Century Link as customers and adding former Mach37 director Rick Gordon to its board of directors. But in the article, Shinn also discussed the challenges […]