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Portmaster: Open-source application firewall

Portmaster is a free and open source application firewall built to monitor and control network activity on Windows and Linux. The project is developed in the EU and is designed to give users stronger privacy without asking them to manage every rule by hand. A tool that watches everything your apps send Portmaster plugs into the network stack at a low level. On Linux it uses nfqueue, and on Windows it relies on a kernel … More → The post Portmaster: Open-source application firewall appeared first on Help Net Security.
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CISOs are questioning what a crisis framework should look like

CISOs increasingly assume the next breach is coming. What concerns them most is whether their teams will understand the incident quickly enough to limit the fallout. A recent report by Binalyze looks at how investigation practices are holding up across large US enterprises. Attackers hold the advantage 84% say a successful breach is inevitable. That belief shapes budgets, staffing plans and expectations during an incident. It also increases pressure to shrink the gap between detection … More → The post CISOs are questioning what a crisis framework should look like appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Threat intelligence programs are broken, here is how to fix them

Security teams often gather large amounts of threat data but still struggle to improve detection or response. Analysts work through long lists of alerts, leaders get unclear insights, and executives see costs that do not lead to better outcomes. A recent report from ISACA notes that this gap remains wide across enterprises, and explains that organizations collect information at a pace that makes it hard to understand what matters. The issue is not access to … More → The post Threat intelligence programs are broken, here is how to fix them appeared first on Help Net Security.
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