http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/security/3296294/uk-admins-lack-skills-to-spot-hackers-says-pentest-expert/ By John E Dunn Computerworld UK 10 August 11 Many UK admins lack the skills, resources and time necessary to keep firewalls secure from well-drilled hackers, one of the country’s loading penetration testing experts has claimed while launching a new defence training course. The problems start with expert oversight of the firewall and Intrusion Detection System (IDS) logs, said former head of penetration testing at the Royal Air Airforce, Steve Armstrong, who will lead the new SANS course, 464 Hacker Detection for Systems Administrators. Of the last 20 incidents his SANS team had been called to look at, 95 percent showed clear evidence of trouble once the logs were studied with care. “In many cases, it is often an admin who has a 'gut feeling' that calls us in but when we start digging, the full extent of the breach is normally far worse than initially suspected,” said Armstrong. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Fri Aug 12 2011 - 00:15:09 PDT
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