Wednesday, 30 November 2011 11:28 No Comments

Security Week Excerpt: Compromise Full Disclosure: Collective Knowledge Brings Stronger Defenses

Chris Poulin, CSO Q1 Labs“… there are other ways to move from a position of constant and reactive defense to a state of preparedness: sharing our individual experiences. The bad guys are already organized and collaborating effectively on how to compromise our systems; we need to start sharing, and sharing openly.”

How do we beat the bad guys at their game?  That’s the question Chris Poulin is asking in this new article for part of his ongoing series at SecurityWeek.  The answer?  Thinking like your adversary.  Well, at least that’s part of it.

In his latest article, “Compromise Full Disclosure: Collective Knowledge Brings Stronger Defense,” Poulin explains how, in order to fight organized cyber attacks, security professionals need to be more organized themselves.  This means more collaboration, knowledge sharing and, of course, the adoption of security intelligence.  The end goal is to create an environment where breaches and the details of the attack (and not the vulnerability) are shared among professionals so that others can learn from these attack strategies and prevent their own breaches.

Click here to read the full article and share your thoughts about Poulin’s call for more full disclosure.