Processing experience into insight - retrospectives, lessons
Building
AusCERT 2021 was a hybrid conference this year, and one of the first Australian cybersecurity conferences to resume in real life after the onset of the COVID pandemic. I was there representing Bugcrowd across three (!) separate sessions.
Policy
If you’re reading this article, statistically speaking your organization might be getting hacked. In the private sector, the Equifax hack and Intel’s processor vulnerabilities took the mainstream media by storm. And over the past year, data breaches of U.S. government networks, once novel, have become pervasive. Take
Building
A few weeks ago I was tagged by Art Manion of the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) in a tweet asking about Bugcrowd’s approach to disclosure policy defaults. The short version of the thread was concern about a statement in our product documentation that infers that Bugcrowd actively recommends
Policy
A tweet of a voting machine that “looks like” it’s infected by ransomware could be as effective at deterring voter turnout and confidence as the real deal, which is a cost-effective and asymmetric means to manipulate election results.
Security
Google is acknowledging the increasing prevalence of n-day exploitation in the wild, particularly over the past 18 months (e.g. the CISA/NSA memo) have taken their next step in refining how they strike balance between these forces.
Security
Title: Security Research and Disclosure: The Unauthorized Biography | Casey John Ellis | Nullcon Conference March 2021
Personal
As WFH was going from novel to normal, the thought occurred to me that "virtual semiotics" was quickly going to become a thing... The equivalent of the how to dress, where to sit, how to speak type advice executives get taught, but for a world which is virtual by default.
Policy
What is the NIST Cybersecurity Framework? The NIST Cybersecurity Framework is a set of policies meant to help the private sector in strengthening their cybersecurity readiness and awareness. The framework is published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), under the US Department of Commerce. Originally designed for
Policy
Katie Moussouris, Founder & CEO of Luta Security and Casey Ellis, Founder & CTO of Bugcrowd join Joe and Mike to talk all things responsibility disclosure – the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Policy
The thing I see people get wrong most frequently in vulnerability reporting is being able to answer the question of ownership and "where to report my findings." Here are some practical tips for establishing ownership and thereby identifying the appropriate coordinator to contact.
Policy
A proposed taxonomy... Discovery, Documentation, Distribution.
Security
The fact that insecure software pipelines are exploitable feels a little like the idea that bugs exist in old F/OSS code, or that a chip design might not be 100% perfect. It's almost QED - but in the defensive realm, people weren't looking there.