File integrity monitoring (FIM) is the cybersecurity process that monitors and detects changes in your environment to alert you to threats and helps you remediate them. While monitoring environments for change sounds simple enough, there are plenty of misconceptions about how exactly FIM fits into a successful cybersecurity program. It’s essential to address those common myths now so that...
There’s a lot more to file integrity monitoring than simply detecting change. Although FIM is a common policy requirement, there are many FIM capabilities and processes you can elect to implement or not. These can vary from a simple “checkbox” compliance tool to the option to build effective security and operational controls. These decisions directly affect the value your organization gains from...
File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) is a technology that monitors for changes in files that may indicate a cyberattack. In many organizations, however, FIM mostly means noise: too many changes, no context around these changes, and little insight into whether a detected change actually poses a risk.
What does file integrity monitoring do? FIM, and often referred to as “change audit” was around long...
Federal cybersecurity integrity is often defined as the incorruptibility of data (as part of the CIA triad), and file integrity monitoring (FIM), a control which has become a compliance requirement in standards such as FISMA and PCI DSS. Read the full white paper to learn more.
Shifting language can be difficult, but it’s more appropriate to talk about Integrity Management in regards to today’s technology landscape. Integrity Management provides an umbrella approach to managing risk in an environment. There are four basic steps to ensuring integrity:
Secure deployment
System baseline
Change monitoring
Change remediation
This white paper will help you broaden your...
The Risk Management Framework (RMF) is an approach to systems security management that adjusts security controls based on risk factors. The practice involves a continuous cycle of identifying new threats, choosing effective controls, measuring their effectiveness and improving system security.
Federal entities need to understand and utilize RMF as a...
A successful vulnerability management program requires more than the right technology. It requires dedicated people and mature processes. When done properly, the result can be a continuously improving risk management system for your organization.
This white paper was written by CISSP-certified Tripwire system engineers with extensive experience in implementation of vulnerability management...
One key element of an effective information security program within your organization is having a good vulnerability management (VM) program, as it can identify critical risks. Most, if not all, regulatory policies require a VM program, and information security frameworks advise implementing VM as one of first things an organization should do when building their information security program.
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Today’s Patch Tuesday VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s August 2022 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1015 on Wednesday, August 10th.
In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs
CVE-2022-34713
According to Microsoft, CVE-2022-34713 is a variant of the Dogwalk vulnerability. There has been a lot...
All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of August 1st, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories.
Windows 11 Smart App Control blocks files used to push...
All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of July 25, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories.
SonicWall fixed critical SQLi in Analytics and GMS products
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An enterprise vulnerability management program can reach its full potential when it is built on well-established foundational goals. These goals should address the information needs of all stakeholders, tie back to the business goals of the enterprise, and reduce the organization’s risk. Existing vulnerability management technologies can detect risk,...
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s July 2022 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these Patch Tuesday vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1011 on Wednesday, July 13th.
In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs
CVE-2022-22047
Microsoft is reporting this month that a single vulnerability in the Windows Client/Server Runtime...
All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of June 20, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories.
Over a Dozen Flaws Found in Siemens' Industrial Network...
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s June 2022 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1007 on Wednesday, June 15th.
In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs
None of the vulnerabilities patched this month have been exploited in-the-wild or publicly disclosed according to Microsoft. However,...
All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of June 06, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories.
Another nation-state actor exploits Microsoft Follina to...
All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of May 30, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories.
Vendor Refuses to Remove Backdoor Account That Can Facilitate...
All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of May 16, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories.
Watch Out! Hackers Begin Exploiting Recent Zyxel Firewalls...
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s May 2022 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1002 on Wednesday, May 11th.
CVE-2022-26925
In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs
Based on Microsoft’s limited documentation, this appears to be a resurgence and/or improved version of PetitPotam. This...