Infosec Conferences and Training It's been a busy few months! We've had a lot going on with training and infosec conferences. Back in February I attended CPX 360 which is Check Point's conference. I was also a presenter at CPX 360 and talked about Check Point Endpoint, which is their endpoint [...]
Network Security Defense in Depth is Failing Network security and defense in depth seem to be all I hear about lately. We use that term "defense in depth", but do we really know what it means? We discuss the layers of security such as appliances, software, processes, and procedures, but we miss what[...]
SANS SEC504 Course Oklahoma City Our very own Joe Sullivan will be mentoring the SANS SEC504 Hacker Tools, Techniques, Exploits, and Incident Handling course here in Oklahoma City.This course contains elements of both offense and defense. You will learn how to hack into systems, attack [...]
Crossroads Information Security Crossroads Information Security is an information security company. You may be asking yourself: What does Crossroads Information Security do?The answer can be found in: Why does Crossroads Information Security perform information security services?Crossroads [...]
Updated for 2021 Gifts for Information Security Geeks are hard to find according to my wife. If you are looking for a gift for an information security geek this holiday season, I've put together some ideas for you. Raspberry Pi - Coming in at around $99.00 the Raspberry Pi 4 will provide lots of [...]
Password Complexity Password Complexity is a debate that comes up at almost every penetration test. As part of our penetration tests we capture and crack password hashes. When we do this we are looking at two things:How easy are the hashes to obtain How long does it take to crack them so [...]
Cyber Insurance Coverage Cyber Insurance seems to be the hot discussion topic for the past few months. I'm sure all the breaches, ransomware, and government hacking tools that have been released are the main fuel for these discussions taking place. Without getting into a post on doing a risk [...]
Network Security in Today's World Network security is all over the news and even television shows lately. You may be wondering how to secure your personal data, or if you own a company, how to secure your corporate network. All the marketing targeting information security professionals is laughable[...]
Crossroads Information security is an information security consulting company that specializes in penetration testing, security maturity assessments, incident response, forensics, and virtual CISO services. We have offices in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Fort Collins, Colorado.