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Andy Green
Andy blogs about data privacy and security regulations. He also loves writing about malware threats and what it means for IT security.
Inside Out Security Blog
Sysmon Threat Analysis Guide
Over the course of my pen testing experiments for the IOS blog, I’ll often “go to the video” — that is take a peek into the Windows Event logs —...
Beyond Privacy and DSARs: Public Data Requests (FOI) Are the Law in 50 States
Happy 2020! The New Year brings Californians under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). CA consumers can ask state-based companies for all relevant data, and to request that companies delete...
Complete Guide to Privacy Laws in the US
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the US does indeed have data privacy laws. True, there isn’t a central federal level privacy law, like the EU’s GDPR. There are instead several vertically-focused...
Insider Threats: Living With WMI Permanent Events
At the end of the previous post in this series, I suggested WMI permanent events, though somewhat complicated, is a more effective way for insiders to conduct surveillance on their...
Active Directory Has a Privacy Problem
Back when I was pen testing with the wonderful PowerView, I was using it to pull user information from Active Directory. At the time I was more interested in gathering...
What is DNS Tunneling? A Detection Guide
DNS Tunneling turns DNS or Domain Name System into a hacking weapon. As we know, DNS is a giant White Pages or phone directory for the Internet. DNS also has...
What the H**L Does Reasonable Data Security Really Mean?
For anyone who’s spent time looking at data security laws and regulations, you can’t help but come across the words “reasonable security”, or its close cousin “appropriate security”. You can...
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Compliance Guide
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is “the first consumer privacy act in the country,” as one California legislator put it. No other US state has provided its citizens with GDPR-like...
Insider Threats: Hard Lessons From WMI Eventing and Surveillance
Last time, we explored how a hypothetical insider could use the Windows Management Interface (WMI) and its eventing system to surveil other employees. No, I’m not the first person to...
A Practical Software Approach to Insider Threats
Insider data theft presents multiple challenges for traditional IT security. Insiders are employees who are entitled to be in the network unlike hackers. Standard perimeter security measures won’t work. But...