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Jeff Fellinge has over 25 years’ experience in a variety of disciplines ranging from Mechanical Engineering to Information Security. Jeff led information security programs for a large cloud provider to reduce risk and improve security control effectiveness at some of the world’s largest datacenters. He enjoys researching and evaluating technologies that improve business and infrastructure security and also owns and operates a small metal fabrication workshop.

Help Defenders Effectively Investigate Incidents with Event Logs

On March 1, 2019 in All, Computing, Security by Jeff Fellinge

Event logs include a treasure trove of information that security defenders rely on to investigate and resolve security incidents. Help your defenders quickly and effectively respond to incidents by carefully choosing which events to log and the pertinent information to include.

Next-generation Firewalls: More than ACL Filters

On February 14, 2019 in All, Computing, Security by Jeff Fellinge

Next-generation firewall capabilities and features now extend far beyond their traditional predecessors and are worth a serious look for many different scenarios from small-home office to enterprise.

Tagged With: Access control lists, Cloud security, Device security, Edge security, Embedded devices, Firewall, Packet filtering, Perimeter security, SCADA, Security controls, Security zones

Protect Device Communication Through Secure Protocols

On February 1, 2019 in All, Computing, Security by Jeff Fellinge

Stop attackers from snooping or tampering with your data by ensuring that your devices and systems use secure protocols for communicating with each other and other services across the internet and in the cloud.

Tagged With: Authentication, Cloud security, Device security, Edge security, Embedded devices, Encryption, Network protocols, SCADA, Security controls

How Device Inventory and Dependency Management Help Secure Larger Systems

On January 31, 2019 in All, Computing, Security by Jeff Fellinge

Building and maintaining a solid inventory of all on-premise and cloud-based assets with helpful metadata is a critical step to ensuring your security programs include all of your systems.

Tagged With: Cloud security, Dependency management, Device management, Device security, Edge security, Embedded devices, Inventory, SCADA, Security controls

Threat Modeling Your Device Operations Helps Identify Unwanted Exposure

On January 28, 2019 in All, Computing, Security by Jeff Fellinge

Discover potential vulnerabilities and predict how your devices, network, and operations would survive an attack by performing regular threat modeling.

Tagged With: Cloud security, Device security, Edge security, Embedded devices, Risk management, SCADA, Security controls, Threat modeling, Vulnerabilities

Configuration Management: Creating Baseline Configurations for Your Devices Reduces Security Gaps

On December 5, 2018 in All, Computing, Security by Jeff Fellinge

Lower the operational costs and improve the security of your systems and devices through configuration baselines that define exactly how these devices and technologies that you rely on every day should be correctly set up.

Tagged With: Cloud security, Configuration baselines, Device security, Edge security, Embedded devices, Prescriptive guidance, Risk, SCADA, Security development lifecycle, Security policy, Security standards, Vulnerabilities

Security Fundamentals Begin with Patching: The Importance of Vulnerability Management in Preventing Attacks

On December 3, 2018 in All, Computing, Security by Jeff Fellinge

Drive down risk to your devices, systems, and networks by ensuring you have in place a robust vulnerability management process that combines policy and practice to reliably keep your systems running up-to-date software and all recommended security updates.

Tagged With: Cloud security, Device security, Edge security, Embedded devices, Malware, Risk, SCADA, Security development lifecycle, Threat modeling, Virus, Vulnerabilities

Identify Anomalous Device Behavior Through Logging and Alerting

On November 9, 2018 in All, Computing, Security by Jeff Fellinge

Logging and alerting are fundamental tools for detecting not only errors and creating maintenance tickets but also helping defenders detect attackers by piecing together individual events into a bigger picture.

Tagged With: Alerts, Cloud security, Device security, Edge security, Embedded devices, Events, Logging, Malware, SCADA, SIEM, Vulnerabilities

Surface Area Management of Embedded Devices through Host and Network Based Firewalls

On October 29, 2018 in All, Computing, Security by Jeff Fellinge

Lower the risk of a successful attack on your network-connected devices by understanding the network ports and protocols they use and disabling or filtering those they do not need.

Tagged With: Authentication, Authorization, Cloud security, Compliance, Control framework, Device security, Edge security, Embedded devices, Governance, Risk, SCADA, Vulnerabilities

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