What is Configuration Drift?

In a previous post my colleague spoke about how ensuring devices on your network is a great way to minimize the attack surface of your infrastructure. Organizations like the Center for Internet Security (CIS) provide guidelines on how to best configure operating systems to minimize the attack surface. The CIS calls these “benchmarks.” Many security […]

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Why Security Configuration Management (SCM) Matters

In the Godfather Part II, Michael Corleone says, “There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.” This lesson Vito Corleone taught his son Michael is just as applicable to IT security configuration management (SCM). Faster breach detection Today’s cyber threat […]

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¿QUÉ ES FIM (FILE INTEGRITY MONITORING)?

El cambio es prolífico en los entornos de TI de las organizaciones. Los activos de hardware cambian. Los programas de software cambian. Los estados de configuración cambian. Algunas de estas modificaciones están autorizadas en la medida en que se producen durante el ciclo regular de aplicación de parches de una organización, mientras que otras causan […]

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Upgrade From Whitelist Profiler to Tripwire State Analyzer

If you’re a Tripwire® Whitelist Profiler customer, then you know that the software does an excellent job of executing its core functionalities. These include comparing the running state of a machine to the approved and expected configurations in your environment to stay in compliance with audit and internal policies. Although Whitelist Profiler is proficient in […]

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User Created Content with Tripwire Configuration Manager

Tripwire Configuration Manager allows for user created configuration and compliance management content via a new Policy Management capability. Custom user content can be used alongside existing cloud service provider and third-party SaaS policies, providing multiple new use cases for data gathering and expanding policy compliance support into new services. This blog will describe some of […]

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Zoom Monitoring with Tripwire Configuration Manager

Last month, we covered how Tripwire Configuration Manager can audit your cloud service provider accounts like AWS, Azure, GCP, and other cloud-based services such as Salesforce. In this blog, we will continue our dive into cloud services and show how Tripwire Configuration Manager can monitor your Zoom environments. Zoom is a popular video telecommunications platform that […]

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