Frank Herbert’s Dune says fear is the mind-killer, and that is the truest thing ever written about incident response. In the first hour of a breach, a rehearsed one-page plan beats a clever improvisation.
Tag: small business security
What Severance Gets Right About Least Privilege
Severance makes walled-off access look like a nightmare. In security it is one of our best protections: give every account only what it needs, so one bad click cannot light up your whole company.
The Email That Looks Like It Came From You
Spoofing lets criminals send email that appears to come from your own domain, with no breach required. Here is how SPF, DKIM, and DMARC stop it, and why getting it wrong now also lands your own invoices in spam.
Your Website Is Talking to Attackers Behind Your Back
Your public website and email domain broadcast a surprising amount about how to attack you, and automated scanners find the easy targets first. Here is what is visible to anyone, and the cheap fixes you can make this afternoon.