Post 006 – CYBR 650

Week 2 Blog Assignment Description:
one of the first steps in your process should be to identify credible sources of information for threats, vulnerabilities, updates, and security news in general. As you are identifying these sources, you might start considering what should be done if sources provide conflicting information. In your blog post this week, include a list of sources you consider to be credible, and why.

My research shows that these are the most credible IT Threat Sources:

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Internet Storm Center by SANS

https://isc.sans.edu/

Why is this a credible source?

1.        It’s one of the oldest threat sources on the Internet

2.       It’s run by career security professionals who have excellent reputations.

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Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures by Mitre

http://cve.mitre.org/

Why is this a credible source?

1.        It’s one of the oldest threat sources on the Internet

2.       It’s run by career security professionals who have excellent reputations.

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National Vulnerabilities Database

http://nvd.nist.gov/

Why is this a credible source?

1.        It’s one of the oldest threat sources on the Internet

2.       It’s run by career security professionals who have excellent reputations.

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Symantec Threat Center

http://www.symantec.com/security_response/

Why is this a credible source?

1.     It’s one of the oldest threat sources on the Internet

It’s run by career security professionals who have excellent reputations.

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HoneyNet Cyberattacks Project

http://map.honeynet.org/

Why is this a credible source?

1.        It’s run by career security professionals who have excellent reputations.

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    William Favre Slater, III
MBA, M.S., PMP, CISSP, SSCP, CISA, ISO 27002, ISO 20000, ITIL v3, Cloud Computing Foundation
Project Manager / Program Manager
CYBR 650 Blog: http://cybr650.blogspot.com
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