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Guy Fawkes Day: The State of Cybersecurity in the United Kingdom
“Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November.” So begins the infamous nursery rhyme associated with Great Britain’s Bonfire Night, or Guy Fawkes Day. The fifth of November has also become a holiday associated with hacktivist group Anonymous by using Fawkes’ mask as the iconic symbol of its movement. With that, there’s no…
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Infoblox CDC, Sharing is Caring!
by Kevin Zettel, Infoblox Technical Marketing Engineer For all the security analysts and architects in the world and for all the risk analysts, risk assessment and risk management folks and for everyone else in the security field, there is a single purpose that unites all of us together. That is to create a safer, more…
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National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Starting with the Fundamentals of Cybercrime
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is turning 16 this October. This year’s theme is all about driving behavioral change and encouraging accountability to own IT, secure IT and protect IT. That’s a great theme because it should live at the core of any enterprise cyberdefence strategy. In order to own, secure or protect…
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How to Catch a RAT by the Tail
Sniffing out a RAT, or remote access Trojan, can be challenging for even the most prepared cyber defender. Cyberattackers continue to evolve their products and tactics to infect corporate systems as cybersecurity companies like Infoblox become increasingly aware of their tactics. Here’s an overview of this type of malware,…
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DNS Sinkholing at Scale with Infoblox
by MIchael Katz, Infoblox Professional Security Sales Specialist DNS sinkholing is a very effective strategy to control access to network resources. Infoblox builds DNS sinkholes, with Infoblox DNS Firewall or Response Poicy Zones (RPZ). According to Infoblox documentation, a DNS RPZ enables you to “ define RPZ rules to…
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Let's Talk About Threats, Baby! Introducing ThreatTalk Cybersecurity Podcast
Let’s talk about threats, baby, let’s talk about you and me, let’s talk about all the good things and the bad threats that may be, let’s talk about threats! Let’s talk about threats! (to the tune of the legendary Salt N’ Peppa song, of course.) Over the past few years, podcasts have grown from a fringe media to one of the…
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Infoblox for the Security Analyst Part 1: Why INTERNAL DNS Matters to the Security Analyst
by Michael Katz, Security Sales Specialist at Infoblox This post stems from the many discussions I have had with the information security teams at Infoblox, customers, and prospects. The Infoblox Grid is an incredible tool for Information Security teams, but with so many shiny security products, it’s easy to miss the…
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Infoblox ActiveTrust Cloud, now called BloxOne Threat Defense, Wins Award for Hybrid Cloud Security
We are pleased to announce that Infoblox ActiveTrust Cloud, now called BloxOne Threat Defense, has won the Bronze medal for Hybrid Cloud Security category at the 2019 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards . The Cybersecurity Excellence Awards recognize companies, products, and individuals that demonstrate excellence, innovation,…
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National Cybersecurity Awareness Month What Enterprises Should Pay Attention to in 2019
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Initiated in 2004 with the participation of the Department of Homeland Security and the National Cyber Security Alliance, its goal is to spread the word that each of us has a role to play in making the Internet safer and more secure. With that in mind, here’s a look at what…
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Next Level Networking is an Effective Part Your Government Security Program
Making External Threat Data Actionable By Chris Richardson, Sr. Security Solutions Advisor Infoblox Federal & CI Sectors Several years ago, people started complaining to me about how difficult it was to apply external threat data (later called threat intelligence) at the right place at the right time within their security…
