By Seth Ford - March 19, 2020
“America is engaged in cyber warfare, where the threat today will be different tomorrow. We need critical thinking about our nation’s fundamental cybersecurity practices, ” said Katie Arrington, CISO for Acquisition and Sustainment at the United States Department of Defense (DoD). She is also the primary driver and spokesperson for DoD’s new initiative to protect… Continue reading…
By Shelby Carpenter - March 13, 2020
There’s bad news and good news. The bad news is there’s a nasty vulnerability that’s been disclosed for SMBv3. The good news is there’s not a known exploit that attackers can use to take advantage of it (yet). On Tuesday, Microsoft issued guidance on CVE-2020-0796 — a remote code execution vulnerability for Windows SMBv3 that… Continue reading…
By Shelby Carpenter - March 12, 2020
Best Practices for Securing Remote Work During the Coronavirus Outbreak As cases of those exposed to COVID-19 (novel Coronavirus) increase, many organizations have acted in the best interest of their employees and implemented a work-from-home policy. At Expanse, we have closed our SF, DC, NYC, and Atlanta offices and are encouraging employees to work from… Continue reading…
By Kelsey Henry, Technical Account Manager at Expanse - March 6, 2020
The third principle to keep in mind for GDPR compliance is that asset management will continue to play a crucial role. Complete visibility of your IT environment and a detailed inventory of all of your assets is key for a strong security and compliance posture. The Internet Assets that pose the highest risk are the… Continue reading…
By Shelby Carpenter - March 5, 2020
At Expanse, we’re dedicated to providing leading security and IT solutions to help our customers defend their networks. This includes making rapid product updates to empower customers to respond to the latest threats. Today we are announcing the immediate availability of the detection of Apache Tomcat’s Apache Jserv Protocol (AJP) in Expander. Last week, the… Continue reading…
By Dan Quinlan, VP of Finance and Operations - February 27, 2020
It’s common for candidates interviewing at startups to state their ambition to be a founder. It’s also common for those ambitions to fall through. Perhaps this is because they experience the pain of building a company and decide that life might be nicer in a more stable role, with clear weekends, and company baristas. For… Continue reading…
By Kelsey Henry, Technical Account Manager at Expanse - February 26, 2020
The second principle to bear in mind for GDPR compliance is that practices around cloud computing can be confusing. More and more enterprises are moving to the cloud. This can have big advantages for an enterprise: it allows for better optimization of IT resources because cloud solutions have almost unlimited scalability and great flexibility. … Continue reading…
By Shelby Carpenter - February 21, 2020
And drumroll, please… The 2020 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards are out! These awards recognize companies, products, and individuals that demonstrate leadership in cybersecurity. Awards are decided based on the strength of the nomination and by popular vote from members. This year, Expanse is honored to have received seven awards. Our awards included: For Expanse: GOLD: Best… Continue reading…
By Kelsey Henry, Technical Account Manager at Expanse - February 20, 2020
Prior to working at Expanse, I worked in different consulting and advisory roles at PwC and Protiviti, largely focused on risk and compliance. My first encounter with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was working at PwC in London, and some of the largest projects I’ve worked on in my career were centered on achieving… Continue reading…