by Charles Herring | Nov 10, 2017 | blog, InfoSec Craft, Inside WitFoo
We started WitFoo because we were moved by the pain we were seeing on the faces of our customers in previous endeavors. We knew that there had to be fundamental changes to how security software supported the craft. We decided we would study, listen and follow the...
by Charles Herring | Nov 9, 2017 | In The News, InfoSec Craft
I am looking forward to speaking at the Georgia Annual ISSA Meeting on 11/15. The blog series that the talk is based on is below. Part One: History Part Two: Algorithms & Machine Learning Part Three: Cognition vs AI Part Four: Playbook Automation Part Five: Humans...
by Charles Herring | Oct 30, 2017 | blog, InfoSec Craft, InfoSec How-To, Inside WitFoo
One of the areas we research heavily at WitFoo is how to reduce the number of investigations our customers have to perform each day. Internally, we call this the “n” problem. Another area of focus is how to reduce the amount of time our customers spend on...
by Reese Zomar | Sep 15, 2017 | blog, InfoSec Craft, InfoSec How-To, Inside WitFoo
In a previous entry, I spoke about the difference between a mature craft (like aviation) and information security, or the latest sexy title “Cybersecurity”. Reflecting on what I just said… the mere fact that the name of this discipline keeps changing is indicative of...
by Charles Herring | Sep 13, 2017 | blog, InfoSec Craft, Inside WitFoo
Human Success via Tools Better detection mechanisms through algorithms (code) & machine learning (pattern recognition) are valuable tools to the human responders. Playbook Automation can reduce the routine and certain tasks an analyst must perform so she can focus...
by Charles Herring | Sep 11, 2017 | blog, InfoSec Craft, Inside WitFoo
Playbook Automation in Incident Response An emerging concept in 2017 is “Playbook Automation.” What is Playbook Automation? Playbook automation collects data from different security and logging tools and makes decisions on behalf of the incident responder. Data...
