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NCSAM
NCSAM Security Crash Diet: Wrap-up
Wow, it’s November 7 already, and I still have all my National Cyber Security
Awareness Month [https://www.dhs.gov/national-cyber-security-awareness-month]
decorations up! I really need to take care of those. But, before I get to taking
down all my 2FA authentication token lawn decorations, I figured it’d be a good
time to chat it up with Olivia, and see how her NCSAM crash diet went.
Tod: So, over the course of the month, what’s the one task you performed that
benefited you the most?
Olivia:
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NCSAM
NCSAM Security Crash Diet, Week 4: IoT
The final week of our 'Security Crash Diet' series for NCSAM explores what the IoT device purchasing process is like for consumers who want to buy IoT with security in mind. Spoiler: It isn't easy.
6 min
NCSAM
NCSAM Security Crash Diet, Week 3: Privacy and Backups
In week three of Rapid7's NCSAM 'Security Crash Diet' series, our cybersleuth 'Olivia' tests practical advice on privacy (think location-sharing) and has a few scary moments with backups.
5 min
NCSAM
NCSAM Security Crash Diet, Week 2: Social and Travel
Rapid7 guinea pig 'Olivia' describes her efforts during week two of her security 'crash diet for National Cyber Security Awareness Month. This week focused on social sharing and travel security.
2 min
NCSAM
NCSAM: How Hackable Are You?
Rapid7 partnered with The Today Show to offer a fun, fast self-assessment quiz to determine individual cybersecurity risk levels. How hackable are you?
5 min
NCSAM
NCSAM Security Crash Diet, Week 1: Maintenance
One of Rapid7's employees tries a month of different 'security diets' in the spirit of National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Week one highlights the importance of maintenance.
3 min
NCSAM
NCSAM: A Personal Security Crash Diet
We're kicking of National Cyber Security Awareness Month by getting a Rapid7 employee to test out the practicality of common security advice. Follow along throughout October.
11 min
Metasploit
NCSAM: Understanding UDP Amplification Vulnerabilities Through Rapid7 Research
October is National Cyber Security Awareness month and Rapid7 is taking this
time to celebrate security research. This year, NCSAM coincides with new legal
protections for security research under the DMCA
[/2016/10/03/cybersecurity-awareness-month-2016-this-ones-for-the-researchers]
and the 30th anniversary of the CFAA - a problematic law that hinders beneficial
security research. Throughout the month, we will be sharing content that
enhances understanding of what independent security research
5 min
Research
NCSAM: Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure Advice for Researchers
This is a guest post from Art Manion [https://twitter.com/zmanion], Technical
Manager of the Vulnerability Analysis Team at the CERT Coordination Center
(CERT/CC) [http://www.cert.org/]. CERT/CC is part of the Software Engineering
Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.
October is National Cyber Security Awareness month and Rapid7 is taking this
time to celebrate security research. This year, NCSAM coincides with new legal
protections for security research under the DMCA
[/2016/10/03/cybersecu
4 min
Research
NCSAM: The Danger of Criminalizing Curiosity
This is a guest post from Kurt Opsahl [https://twitter.com/kurtopsahl], Deputy
Executive Director and General Counsel of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
[https://twitter.com/EFF].
October is National Cyber Security Awareness month and Rapid7 is taking this
time to celebrate security research. This year, NCSAM coincides with new legal
protections for security research under the DMCA
[/2016/10/03/cybersecurity-awareness-month-2016-this-ones-for-the-researchers]
and the 30th anniversary of the
4 min
NCSAM
Stop, collaborate and listen... (...and think, and connect)
Since its inception, our wonderful connected world has been a battleground for
cybercriminals vs law enforcement and security professionals, who are locked
into a twisted dance of punches and counterpunches as the arena in which they
fight evolves around them. We continue to connect more and more Things,
providing new and elaborate opportunities for attackers to launch their weapons
of mass disruption.
Not everything is awesome, but you are part of a team!
Somewhere down the line, if you're co
6 min
Breach Response News
NCSAM: You Should Use a Password Manager
October is National Cyber Security Awareness month and Rapid7 is taking this
time to celebrate security research. This year, NCSAM coincides with new legal
protections for security research under the DMCA
[/2016/10/03/cybersecurity-awareness-month-2016-this-ones-for-the-researchers]
and the 30th anniversary of the CFAA - a problematic law that hinders beneficial
security research. Throughout the month, we will be sharing content that
enhances understanding of what independent security research
4 min
Research
NCSAM: Independent Research and IoT
October is National Cyber Security Awareness month and Rapid7 is taking this
time to celebrate security research. This year, NCSAM coincides with new legal
protections for security research under the DMCA
[/2016/10/03/cybersecurity-awareness-month-2016-this-ones-for-the-researchers]
and the 30th anniversary of the CFAA - a problematic law that hinders beneficial
security research. Throughout the month, we will be sharing content that
enhances understanding of what independent security research
4 min
Public Policy
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2016 - This one's for the researchers
October was my favorite month even before I learned it is also National
Cybersecurity Awareness Month
[https://www.dhs.gov/national-cyber-security-awareness-month] (NCSAM) in the US
and EU. So much the better – it is more difficult to be aware of cybersecurity
in the dead of winter or the blaze of summer. But the seasonal competition with
Pumpkin Spice Awareness is fierce.
To do our part each National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Rapid7 publishes
content that aims to inform readers about a p
4 min
Vulnerability Disclosure
Cyber Security Awareness Month: Coordinated Disclosure & Working with the Security Community
October is promoted as cyber security awareness month in the US
[http://www.staysafeonline.org/ncsam/] and across the European Union
[http://www.enisa.europa.eu/activities/stakeholder-relations/nis-brokerage-1/european-cyber-security-month-advocacy-campaign]
. We're all for increasing awareness of security issues and threats, so we're
in, but we know our average SecurityStreet reader likely works in information
security and is already “aware.”
Last year we did this through a series of primers d