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That…Incident

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The word incident makes us think of the family scandal no one talks about (but everyone whispers). “That…incident…” Yet this is the word for when cybersecurity fails its mission of confidentiality, availability, and/or integrity. And we MUST talk about it. Also – just the dictionary definition of incident doesn’t do the word much service for us in talking with non-cybersecurity colleagues and friends. Definition 1: “A particular occurrence, especially one of minor importance. synonym: occurrence.” […]

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Data In Any Other Language…

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I’ve got it now. I was messing up vas-tu and tu vas…and how to properly phrase questions in French. Duolingo helped me on that. But Duolingo’s also been sloppy, and now my email address and some other pertinent information about me – Heather the human – is “out there.” Yet again. To be fair, I’ve been online for a very long time; you could probably find my email address in a few places. But, still,

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Lickety Split

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Absquatulate – to “depart in a hurry” Use that in your cybersecurity conversations. Absquatulate with data, with credentials. Vamoose is another good one. We discuss dwell time fairly frequently, but what today consider well orchestrated events of in, snatch/grab, exit. What’s fast? 💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨Known username, password. No multifactor authentication. Admin access.💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨 Next up would be an easy-to-guess password with no MFA. Help me list a bunch of easy ways in; with that list, it’s much easier

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