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Sunday, November 4, 2018

Tabula Rosa Systems Blog - Breach Detection System (BDS)

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."

Mahatma Gandhi

breach detection system (BDS)

Breach detection systems (BDS) are a category of applications and security devices designed to detect the activity of malware inside a network after a breach has occurred.

Enterprise IT uses BDS to protect against the variety of advanced threats, especially unidentified malware. Unlike tier 1 security, such as a firewall or intrusion prevention, that scan incoming traffic, BDS focuses on malicious activity within the network it protects. It determines possible breaches by differing combinations of heuristics, traffic analysis, risk assessment, safe marked traffic, data policy understanding and violation reporting. Using these methods, BDS are able to sometimes find breaches as they occur and at other times detect breaches and side-channel attacks that had not previously been found.

BDS has 3 different deployment methods:

Out-of band systems scan data mirrored from port scans from a switch or network tap.
In-line systems are deployed between the network and WAN interface just like tier 1 firewalls and intrusion prevention systems.
Endpoint deployments that use a client installed on endpoint machines.

Advanced persistent threats (APT) have a number of exploits they can use on a target, depending on what types of Internet applications the target uses and likely vulnerabilities. There are such a variety of threats that it is difficult to impossible for IT to be aware of every possibility. BDS helps with finding the unknown advanced and adaptive threats. Even major websites have been hacked; furthermore, the average successful breach lasts 16 months. On both counts, there is certainly room to cut down on damages. The use of BDS represent a shift in philosophy from the idea of preventing every intrusion to realizing that intrusions will happen and focusing on catching those intrusions sooner.

BDS need to be configured with details such as operating system, a list of approved applications, and programs allowed to connect to the Internet. An understanding of the attack surface presented by your network is crucial to setting up a successful deployment. To that end, BDS can assess risky configurations, helping IT limit the attack surface.

Data policies can affect what type of BDS is right for an organization. Some BDS in each type of deployment forward their data back to the BDS service provider to do post-processing in their own cloud. If it is critical, however, that data not go offsite, there are also BDS vendors who offer the same level of processing on premises. BDS are a tier 2 security system, sometimes considered 2^nd generation intrusion detection systems (IDS).

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National Cyber Awareness System:

SB18-302: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of October 22, 2018

10/29/2018 02:21 AM EDT

Original release date: October 29, 2018

The US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Vulnerability Database (NVD) in the past week. The NVD is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) / United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT). For modified or updated entries, please visit the NVD, which contains historical vulnerability information.
The vulnerabilities are based on the CVE vulnerability naming standard and are organized according to severity, determined by the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) standard. The division of high, medium, and low severities correspond to the following scores:

· High - Vulnerabilities will be labeled High severity if they have a CVSS base score of 7.0 - 10.0

· Medium - Vulnerabilities will be labeled Medium severity if they have a CVSS base score of 4.0 - 6.9

· Low - Vulnerabilities will be labeled Low severity if they have a CVSS base score of 0.0 - 3.9

Entries may include additional information provided by organizations and efforts sponsored by US-CERT. This information may include identifying information, values, definitions, and related links. Patch information is provided when available. Please note that some of the information in the bulletins is compiled from external, open source reports and is not a direct result of US-CERT analysis.
The NCCIC Weekly Vulnerability Summary Bulletin is created using information from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Vulnerability Database (NVD). In some cases, the vulnerabilities in the Bulletin may not yet have assigned CVSS scores. Please visit NVD for updated vulnerability entries, which include CVSS scores once they are available.
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Additionally, I am the president of Tabula Rosa Systems, a “best of breed” reseller of products for communications, email, network management software, security products and professional services. Also, I am the president of Netiquette IQ. We are currently developing an email IQ rating system, Netiquette IQ, which promotes the fundamentals outlined in my book.

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Halloween Security Bulletin - SB18-302: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of October 22, 2018

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Mahatma Gandhi

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National Cyber Awareness System:

SB18-302: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of October 22, 2018

10/29/2018 02:21 AM EDT

Original release date: October 29, 2018

· High - Vulnerabilities will be labeled High severity if they have a CVSS base score of 7.0 - 10.0

· Medium - Vulnerabilities will be labeled Medium severity if they have a CVSS base score of 4.0 - 6.9

· Low - Vulnerabilities will be labeled Low severity if they have a CVSS base score of 0.0 - 3.9

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Monday, October 29, 2018

Tabula Rosa Systems Blog Of 10/29/2018 - Inspirational Quotes on Getting Better

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Mahatma Gandhi

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Inspirational Quotes on Getting Better

Improving yourself isn't easy, but you're not alone

by Simran Khurana

Updated August 28, 2017

Somebody once said, "The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement." We can always make room in our lives to get better, whether that means improving our health, our finances or our personal relationships. Even if we think things are perfect, there's likely a small area or two where we could put in a little extra work.

That's not to say that self-improvement is always easy: It's not. But sometimes the words of others who have been through similar struggles can give us the inspiration to carry on and change our lives for the better.

Here are some famous and inspiring quotes about improving and getting better.

Quotes on Self-Improvement from Writers

Those with a talent for expressing themselves in words frequently offer insights the rest of us might not think of. But any writer who's ever worked with an editor knows all about the need to constantly improve and strive to be better.

"Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better."
— John Updike

"Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."
— William Faulkner

"Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves." — Dale Carnegie

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined."
— Henry David Thoreau

"There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self."
— Aldous Huxley

More Quotes About Getting Better

Of course, sometimes inspiration comes from philosophers, business people and entertainers. No one really has a lock on the self-improvement gig. But it's up to you to decide how to apply these quotes in your life.

"The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence."
— Confucius

"Become addicted to constant and never-ending self-improvement."
—Anthony J. D'Angelo

"Before everything else; getting ready is the secret of success. Don't find fault. Find a remedy."
— Henry Ford

"Don't start living tomorrow, tomorrow never arrives. Start working on your dreams and ambitions today." — Unknown Author

"Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better."
— Emile Coue

"Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious."
— Stephen Hawking

"God has entrusted me with myself."
— Epictetus

"Good, better, best; never let it rest till your good is better and your better is best."
— Unknown Author

"Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities. Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy."
— Norman Vincent Peale

"Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step."
— Lao Tzu

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We can be contacted at:

sales@tabularosa.net or 609 818 1802.

Saturday, October 27, 2018

One Reason Your Interview Gets No Response

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Mahatma Gandhi

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This is why you're not hearing back after job interviews

One common disqualifier you may not have considered is that you came off as too negative in your interview.

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Oct. 23, 2018 / 1:45 PM EDT

By Emily Moore

Most job seekers are perceptive enough to know when an interview isn’t going well. So if you arrive late, can’t answer a question or totally botch a response, you’re not exactly surprised when you don’t receive an invite to move forward. But every once in a while, you’ll have an interview that you think went great only to get rejected (or worse, ghosted) by the recruiter.

You might wonder if the interviewers deemed you unqualified, or if the position went to an internal candidate instead. But one common disqualifier you may not have considered is that you came off as too negative in your interview.

“Negativity in any form automatically taints the interview,” says Wemi Opakunle, Recruiter at Netflix and author of the upcoming book Thank God It’s Monday: 52 Weekly Inspirational Messages to Blast Away Your Monday Blues. “The focus of the interview is to get to know you and see how you can contribute to and elevate the company. A candidate’s approach should be focused on presenting yourself as a solution. The moment you become a problem or present yourself as anything other than a solution, the interviewer puts up a mental red flag.”

So how can you tell if you’re guilty of excessive negativity, and what can you do to fix it? We turned to the experts for answers.

When Negativity Strikes

To be clear, you don’t have to be a negative person in general to come off the wrong way in a job interview. Even the most cheerful and optimistic among us fall victim to negativity from time to time, particularly in response to certain topics, such as why you want to leave your current position or company.

Often, candidates “feel the best answer to this question is to cite the shortcomings of their previous employer,” which “can quickly lead to a tangential description of the faults [of] managers or a list of a company’s shortcomings,” explains Mollie Moric, Career Advisor and Hiring Manager at Resume Genius. “The main purpose of a job interview is to sell yourself, your ability to complete a role, fit in with a company and be a positive addition to a team. Your interviewer isn’t concerned with how much of a jerk your previous manager was or how poorly the company was run.”

Besides wasting valuable time that could be used to highlight how great you are, these rants reflect poorly on your character. Career coach Lisa Lewis shares that those who complain about former employers “often come across as someone stuck in the past or feeling like a victim,” while Opakunle points out that “any employer who hears you speaking negatively about a past company in a first meeting will assume you’ll do the same about them.”

It’s also easy to sound overly cynical and/or self-critical when you talk about weaknesses and mistakes, given that they are an inherently negative topic.

“The appropriate answer to this question requires a candidate to provide a list of weaknesses accompanied by examples of how they’ve overcome each one. However, an unprepared candidate may opt to divulge a list of their greatest weaknesses and how they’ve affected their life instead of a more appropriate response,” Moric says.

Talking about past employers and weaknesses or mistakes aren’t the only situations in which negativity can slip through, though. Other indications your conversation has taken a turn for the worse include “sighing, breaking eye contact, seeing fewer smiles or head nods, noticing longer pauses in between their questions, ending an interview earlier than the scheduled time or getting the feeling that the tone of the conversation has taken on a slow, heavy energy,” Lewis says.

How to Change Your Tone

Experts recommended several key strategies to avoid excess negativity. For example, don’t talk about why you want to leave your current job — instead, try “describing the traits of the work and workplace you’re seeking for your next move,” Lewis suggests. “When you focus on your own agency and the positive attributes you want, you can take a potentially very negative situation and turn it into a positive opportunity.”

Similarly, if asked to bring up an example of a mistake you’ve made or a challenge you’ve encountered, “follow each negative comment with a way in which you were able to make the situation positive in the end,” Moric advises. “For example, if you experienced a significant period of unemployment, explain how you took online courses to update your skills or spent time volunteering to give back to the community.”

You can also try “talking about the lessons you learned from a challenging situation and mentioning all the resources you now use to handle similar issues differently to find a better resolution,” Lewis adds.

But perhaps the most important thing you can do is practice answering common interview questions aloud before your interview takes place.

“If you know that you have residual negative feelings about a point in your career that might come up in your interview, prepare your answers for those topics beforehand. Instead of getting triggered by a negative feeling and botching an important interview question, you’ll be able to provide well-thought-out answers that offer a positive perspective on an otherwise difficult topic,” Moric says.

Of course, life is always going to be full of both positives and negatives, so you don’t need to pretend that nothing bad has ever happened to you. But there’s a big difference between experiencing something negative and dwelling on it.

“If you’ve had something negative happen, don’t ignore it completely or pretend it didn’t happen. Interviewers want transparency and authenticity from you in the interview to be able to feel like they can trust you,” Lewis says. “But ensure that as you reflect, you show signs of separation and growth from the situation rather than coming across as still entrenched in the thick of the emotional consequences.”

This article originally appeared on Glassdoor.com.

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One Reason Your Interview Gets No Response

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