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Sagan Technology Latest Release Includes Malware Detonation

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sep 05, 2017 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Quadrant Information Security announces the next release of their Sagan Technology, which will include a new Malware Detonation component. This release will allow Sagan sensors the ability to extract files traversing the customer infrastructure, and detonate these files in a secure off-premise cloud environment.

“Adversaries are getting smarter and it...
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A DAY IN THE LIFE IN THE QUADRANT SOC - WITH SENIOR ANALYST, STEVE RAWL

Q: What makes a Quadrant SOC analyst different?

STEVE: The fact that we specialize in being an analyst as our primary function.  This is not part time monitoring, it’s a full time 24/7/365 analyst job, and requires a unique skill set of information security acumen.

Q: What makes Sagan unique as a SIEM?<...
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UPDATED Easing the Compliance Burden :: Sagan & PCI Compliance (version 2 - new requirements)

Article published/updated by: Drew Brunson, Senior Information Security Consultant, Quadrant Information Security

Difficulty achieving compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, the PCI DSS, sometimes can seem to spring from parts of the standard that seem fairly simple at first reading.

The requirement to track and...
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What the Sagan Log Analysis Engine Is…and What It Is Not.

Article by Champ Clark III.

With so many log analysis tools out there, we sometimes see strange comparisons between the Sagan log analysis engine and unrelated tools. For example, people often ask how Sagan compares to Splunk.  In our opinion, these are two different tools with two different jobs.

For one, the...
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Release of the APT Deflector (Patent Pending): True Quality Context, Threat Intelligence Advancement

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jul 08, 2016 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Quadrant Information Security announced at an exclusive event in Jacksonville, Florida last night, the release of the APT Deflector (patent pending). This intelligent threat intelligence process is a component to our overall Sagan Solution, and our threat intelligence engine, BlueDot.

“We have to stay creative and continue to...
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EVENT :: THE RELEASE OF OUR APT DEFLECTOR (patent pending) Thursday, July 7, 2016 from 5-8p

An Evening of Cocktails & Cutting Edge Threat Intelligence Technology

WHAT: The release of our APT Deflector (patent pending) and how it will become a cutting edge component to our overall Sagan Solution and our intelligent threat intelligence, BlueDot!  This presentation will encompass the need for context and data quality in threat intelligence processes, and how the...
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This article should scare the S#!+$ out of you :: Hack Back DIY

All the more reason for 24/7/365 monitoring.  Read the full article: Hack Back DIY.

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Easing the Compliance Burden :: Sagan Technology & PCI Compliance

Article published by: Drew Brunson, Senior Information Security Consultant, Quadrant Information Security

For anyone tasked to ensure compliance with the 12 requirements contained in the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), one requirement often causes unexpected difficulty, if only because of the variety of systems involved.

Requirement 10 of the...
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JunOS/ScreenOS Vulnerability Helps to Emphasize the Importance of Remote Log Storage

Article written by: Adam Hall - 

2015-12-17 09:00:00 system warn 00515 Admin user username1 has logged on via SSH from

2015-12-17 09:00:00 system warn 00528 SSH: Password authentication successful for admin user ‘username1’ at host

According to the above log, user ‘username1’ has logged into a...
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Playing the Wrong Game – External Cyber Intelligence Feeds

Article by: Robert Nunley, Senior Security Analyst

Pawn moves.  Pawn moves.  Knight moves.  Bishop takes knight.

OR

White pawn to king’s bishop 3.  Black pawn to king’s 3.  White knight to queen’s rook 3.  King’s bishop takes white knight at...
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