Articles on Tools

• Career Which Information Security Job Titles Are Least and Most Common?
• Tools 4 Free Tools to Detect Local Insecure Browser Plugins
  Four free tools can identify locally-installed browser plugins that need security patches: Google Chrome's built-in warnings and Secbrowsing extension, Mozilla's Plugin Check page, Qualys...
• Networking The Hidden Costs of Information Security Projects
  Security projects often underestimate hidden costs: requirements gathering, transitioning from current solutions, project oversight, validation of completion, and personnel training. Applying Total...
• Malware Protect Files From Malware With Windows Integrity Levels
  Windows integrity levels can protect sensitive files from malware. Use the Chml tool to set a file to High integrity level with "no read up" policy enabled. Since malware typically runs at Medium...
• Networking Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) Will Be Ubiquitous
  WAFs are following the adoption trajectory of traditional network firewalls—both mitigate risk when securing individual components is impractical. Network firewalls protected weakly-configured...
• Authentication Better Internal Vulnerability Scanning With Authentication
  Authenticated vulnerability scans provide far more comprehensive results than anonymous scans by allowing the tool to examine installed applications, patches, and configurations. Create dedicated...