PRE-INCIDENT BASELINE ASSESSMENT
Security Compliance Associates will perform a Pre-Incident Baseline Assessment to validate that the information systems, identified as critical by the financial institution, are stable and free of penetration. The baseline will assist forensic teams and incident response/recovery staff when investigating an intrusion and restoring critical systems.
After SCA determines that your institutions critical systems are in peak condition, the systems are then base-lined and documented to create a snapshot of your system.Specific Tasks include:
- Documenting active processes and connections
- Configuration auditing
- Baseline system performance
POST-INCIDENT FORENSICS
If necessary, SCA security experts will provide professional and timely computer forensics following computer intrusions, hacking or allegations of employee misuse of computer resources. A qualified Security Compliance Associates security engineer will secure the system, reveal, analyze and report information from computer systems, network and other stored media relating to the incident.
Security Compliance Associates' team will:
- Plan, conduct and direct seizures of equipment or electronic data
- Assist in the recovery of lost or delayed data
- Documenting active processes and connections
- Protect and present evidence to law enforcement or in judicial proceedings
- Provide guidance for securing the system against future intrusion
Microsoft yesterday issued 13 security updates that patched 22 vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Windows, Office and other software, including one that harked back two decades to something dubbed "Ping of Death."
Microsoft released 13 security bulletins, patching 22 vulnerabilities across its product line, including two critical updates affecting Internet Explorer and the Windows DNS Server. While Microsoft issued fewer updates this month, August was still marked as a busy month for system administrators.
Hackers flying the AntiSec banner today released what they said was 400 megabytes of internal data from a government cybersecurity contractor, ManTech, as part of their campaign to embarrass the FBI every Friday, as well as target other government agencies and their partners.
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Houston has brought charges against four men for stealing more than $400,000 as part of an ATM skimming scam targeting local banks.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney is the latest company behind Sony and Epsilon to have its customers' personal data compromised.
A gang that made more than $72m (£45m) peddling fake security software has been shut down in a series of raids.
