Security Monitoring with Application Whitelisting
Application whitelisting software is often perceived as an all-or-nothing approach to application security. Unfortunately, there is great benefit in using application whitelisting software to identify and monitor untrusted applications providing greater visibility into what is occurring in an enterprise. Application whitelisting is usually thought of …
Application Whitelisting Best Practices: Trusted Digital Certificates
Application whitelisting by digital certificates is an efficient method to trust applications that are digitally signed with one or more certificates. This method can make it easy for organizations to trust internally developed applications without having to individually add applications to a whitelist. It can …
Endpoint Security and the Australian DSD’s Top 4 Mitigating Strategies
At RSA’s 2013 Conference San Francisco last week, there were references to the Australia Defence Signals Directorate’s (DSD) top 4 mitigating strategies and their ability to protect against 85% of cyber intrusions. The top 4 strategies are worth considering to improve endpoint security in any …
Top 5 Reasons To Remove Administrator Rights
In previous articles, we discussed why users want administrator rights and why they need them. Now let’s explore why they shouldn’t have them. In today’s increasingly dangerous threat landscape, every organization’s security strategy should include the goal to remove administrator rights. Here are the reasons. …
Cyberwar Has Arrived and There is No Turning Back
Cyberwar has begun or it began years ago. The past few weeks have included a flood of security news around compromised organizations and multiple serious security threats. We must now consider our online experience to occur in a combat zone and change our approach to …
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Arellia to Present at Investors Choice Conference
On February 7, 2013, Arellia will be presenting at the Wayne Brown Institute’s 29th Annual Investors Choice® Venture Capital Conference at the Zermatt Resort & Spa in Midway, Utah. The conference provides unique opportunities for high-growth companies to participate in the angel/venture capital process, as …
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Arellia Finds That Over 50% of Microsoft, Adobe, and Mozilla Software Vulnerabilities are Mitigated by Privilege Management in 2012
February 1, 2013 – Salt Lake City, Utah Arellia, a leader in privilege management solutions, has analyzed software vulnerabilities disclosed in 2012 from Microsoft, Adobe, and Mozilla to find that the majority of vulnerabilities were impacted by the privileges of the running user. Microsoft: 50.6% …
Endpoint Security and Pain
Pain: we all feel it. Whether physical, financial, mental or otherwise, pain is a motivator like no other. I am recovering from shoulder surgery and see parallels to my decision to have the procedure and decisions to improve endpoint security. To summarize, nothing motivates like …
Desktop Lockdown: Avoid the Storm
Over this past weekend, we at Arellia headquarters experienced the power of winter storm Gandalf. Upon hearing about this storm, I had 3 questions: Since when did winter storms have names Why was it called Gandalf? Is there an analogy here for desktop lockdown? And …
Application Whitelisting Best Practices: Application Attributes
Application whitelisting software by the file attributes can be a quick and easy method to allowing an application to be allowed to run. Attributes can include the file name and anything in the file header including the internal name, original file name, etc. Using these …