Tenable Blog

At Tenable, we’re huge fans of USA’s cable series, Mr. Robot. The show follows Elliot Alderson, a talented, yet troubled, security engineer at Allsafe Cybersecurity who connects with people by “hacking” them. He becomes involved with a hacktivist group, fsociety, whose goal is to cancel all debts by taking down the largest company in the world, Evil Corp. In this blog, we will discuss several of the attacks demonstrated in the show, as well as how Tenable’s products can serve as a method to detect the attacks before or as soon as they happen.

The IT architectures of many organizations are changing as BYOD, cloud and social media continue to affect the way businesses exchange information. As the control over their data and applications decreases, organizations must adjust the way they approach security, which has become a business differentiator rather than a standalone IT activity.

The next phase of IT security is here, and it starts with ACAS. ACAS—Assured Compliance Assessment Solution—is an integrated security solution that is scalable to an unlimited number of locations. In 2012, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) established ACAS to efficiently and effectively assess the Department of Defense’s (DoD) enterprise networks and satisfy FISMA’s information security requirements.

“Flying blind” is simply not acceptable in today’s high-stakes cybersecurity environment.

When executives come to you for information about your organization’s security posture, saying “I don’t know” is not an option. In Real-Time Situational Awareness: Never Say “I Don’t Know”, Craig Shumard proposes that keeping updated on cybersecurity requires near real-time situational awareness so you can immediately respond to questions with accurate data.