2 min
InsightOps
How to Combine D3 with AngularJS
The Benefits and Challenges of D3 Angular Combination
Today we'll be focusing on how to combine D3 with the AngularJS framework. As we
all know, Angular and D3 frameworks are very popular, and once they work
together they can be very powerful and helpful when creating dashboards. But,
they can also be challenging and confusing especially when new to these
frameworks. The right way to incorporate D3 with Angular is to use custom
directives. Directives in Angular are essentially functions that ar
3 min
Komand
Security Orchestration Myths: Have You Heard These?
For many companies, the concept of security orchestration is still relatively
new. Security operations teams are scrambling to find a way to keep up with the
troves of alerts, threats, and issues, and wondering if security orchestration
is really going to solve it all.
Naturally, we hear all sorts of misconceptions about security orchestration —
some that couldn’t be further from the truth. In this post, we’ll lay to rest
some well-worn myths so that you can separate signal from noise and decid
4 min
Automation and Orchestration
ISO/IEC 27035-2 Review (cont.) - Incident Classification and Legal/Regulatory Aspects
Synopsis
In the series of articles titled “Incident Response Life Cycle in NIST and ISO
standards” I review incident response life cycle, as defined and described in
NIST and ISO standards related to incident management.
I introduced these standards in the first article in this series
[/2017/01/11/introduction-to-incident-response-life-cycle-of-nist-sp-800-61/].
ISO/IEC 27035 is a multi-part standard. Its first part introduces incident
management principles. Its second part, ISO/IEC 27035-2, g
3 min
Komand
Announcing Chatbot Response Prompts
ChatOps [https://www.rapid7.com/fundamentals/chatops/] is a big theme these
days. IT operations, software engineers, security professionals, and many more
utilize ChatOps as a popular way to collaborate with team members in real-time,
and in one central location. Slack is often the app of choice for ChatOps; they
have a robust API along with in-depth documentation [https://api.slack.com/] on
how to integrate with their product. They’ve also developed interactive features
[https://api.slack.com/i
1 min
Komand
EMEA Cybersecurity Event Calendars
For both professionals and those who are interested, attending events has become
a part of the norm in the cybersecurity space. We've helped security
professionals find events with both our U.S. and Asia cybersecurity event
calendars, and now we're expanding to EMEA.
If you want to gain valuable insight about the latest in cybersecurity outside
the US, we’ve put together a list of events throughout Europe, the Middle East,
and Africa. Don’t miss out!
Below, we feature 5 events you should defin
4 min
Log Management
What is Syslog?
This post has been written by Dr. Miao Wang, a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the
Performance Engineering Lab at University College Dublin.
This post is the first in a multi-part series of posts on the many options for
collecting and forwarding log data from different platforms and the pros and
cons of each. In this first post we will focus on Syslog, and will provide
background on the Syslog protocol.
What is Syslog?
Syslog has been around for a number of decades and provides a protocol used for
2 min
Javascript
What are Javascript Source Maps?
It's generally a good practice to minify and combine your assets (Javascript &
CSS) when deploying to production. This process reduces the size of your assets
and dramatically improves your website's load time.
Source maps create a map from these compressed asset files back to the source
files.
This source map allows you to debug and view the source code of your compressed
assets, as if you were actually working with the original CSS and Javascript
source code.
Take a look at jQuery minifi
3 min
Heroku Dynos Explained
What are Heroku Dynos?
If you've ever hosted an application on Heroku [http://www.heroku.com/], the
popular platform as a service, you're likely at least aware of the existence of
“Dynos”. But what exactly are Heroku Dynos and why are they important?
As explained in Heroku's docs [https://devcenter.heroku.com/], Dynos are simply
lightweight Linux containers dedicated to running your application processes. At
the most basic level, a newly deployed app to Heroku will be supported by one
Dyno for
3 min
Log Management
Active vs. Passive Server Monitoring
Server monitoring [https://logentries.com/product/server-monitoring/] is a
requirement, not a choice. It is used for your entire software stack, web-based
enterprise suites, custom applications, e-commerce sites, local area networks,
etc. Unmonitored servers are lost opportunities for optimization, difficult to
maintain, more unpredictable, and more prone to failure.
While it is very likely that your team has a log management and analysis
[https://www.rapid7.com/products/insightops/] initiative
5 min
Automation and Orchestration
How to Install and Configure Tripwire IDS on CentOS 7
Synopsis
Tripwire is a most popular host-based intrusion detection system that
continuously tracks your critical system files and reports under control if they
have been destroyed. Tripwire agents monitor Linux systems to detect and report
any unauthorized changes to files and directories including permissions,
internal file changes, and timestamp details.
Tripwire works by scanning the file system and stores information on each file
scanned in a database. If changes are found between the store
5 min
Automation and Orchestration
How to Install and Configure CSF Firewall on Ubuntu Linux
Synopsis
CSF also known as Config Server Firewall is a free and open source advance
firewall application suite base on iptables that provides additional security to
your server. CSF comes with additional security features, such as ssh, su login
detection and also recognizes a lot of different types of attack like SYN flood,
port scan, DOS and brute force. CSF supports most of common used operating
systems like CentOS, openSUSE, RedHat, CloudLinux, Fedora, Slackware, Ubuntu and
Debian. You can ea
4 min
Automation and Orchestration
ISO/IEC 27035-2 Review (cont.) - Improving Incident Response Plan; Awareness/Training Role
Synopsis
In the series of articles titled “Incident Response Life Cycle in NIST and ISO
standards” I review incident response life cycle, as defined and described in
NIST and ISO standards related to incident management.
I introduced these standards in the first article in this series
[/2017/01/11/introduction-to-incident-response-life-cycle-of-nist-sp-800-61/].
ISO/IEC 27035 is a multi-part standard. Its first part introduces incident
management principles. Its second part, ISO/IEC 27035-2, g
4 min
Automation and Orchestration
ISO/IEC 27035-2 Review (cont.) - SOPs, Trust and the Incident Response Team
Synopsis
In the series of articles titled “Incident Response Life Cycle in NIST and ISO
standards” I review incident response life cycle, as defined and described in
NIST and ISO standards related to incident management.
I introduced these standards in the first article in this series
[/2017/01/11/introduction-to-incident-response-life-cycle-of-nist-sp-800-61/].
ISO/IEC 27035 is a multi-part standard. Its first part introduces incident
management principles. Its second part, ISO/IEC 27035-2, g
4 min
Automation and Orchestration
What is Security Automation?
Security has always been a numbers game. Time to detection and time to response
have been metrics security teams have sought to reduce since the beginning of
time (or at least the beginning of computers…). But what does it take to
actually reduce that number?
If you’re reading this, we’re guessing you’re no stranger to the challenges in
the world of security today. Between the security talent gap
[https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2016/08/30/5-reasons-companies-are-losing-security-talent-and-wha
5 min
Komand
Top Threat Actors and Their Tactics, Techniques, Tools, and Targets
With new threats emerging every day (over 230,000 new malware strains
[http://www.pandasecurity.com/mediacenter/press-releases/all-recorded-malware-appeared-in-2015/]
are released into the wild daily), it's tough to stay on top of the the latest
ones, including the actors responsible for them.
A threat actor is an individual or group that launches attacks against specific
targets. These actors usually have a particular style they prefer to focus on.
In this post, we will do a deep dive into so