Category: Security Tip of the Week

🔒 Security Tip of the Week: Document The “Why”

When reviewing alerts, don’t stop at “true positive” or “false positive.”

🔒 Security Tip of the Week: Basics Checklist

If you’re feeling overwhelmed, revisit your “basics checklist.” Identity protections, backups, patching, and user awareness may not be glamorous, but they quietly prevent more incidents than any shiny new tool. Sometimes the smartest move is asking the obvious question — kindly, early, and without assumption. Here’s to starting the year with clarity, a little lightness, […]

🔒 Security Tip of the Week: Automate Repetative Tasks

Pick one repetitive task you dealt with last year — log review, alert enrichment, account checks — and script or automate a small piece of it.

🔒 Security Tip of the Week: Clean It Up!

As you close out the year, take time to clean up something small but meaningful — outdated accounts, unused integrations, old scripts, forgotten policies.

🔒 Security Tip of the Week: Fresh Eyes

Take one control you think is “fine” — patching cadence, MFA configuration, email protections, whatever comes to mind — and verify it with fresh eyes.

🔒 Security Tip of the Week: Review The Clues

When reviewing alerts, trace activity across context, not just single events.

🔒 Security Tip of the Week: Endpoint Activity

If you’re digging into endpoint activity, look for processes that should trigger child processes but don’t.

🔒 Security Tip of the Week: Access Settings

Before sharing a document or link—especially during the busy holiday season—double-check access settings. Holidays tend to bring fast-moving messages and quick handoffs, and a simple verification step ensures your information ends up exactly where it should. A little intentionality goes a long way. Join us at the next Cyber Sips on December 2nd at The Prov Coffee […]

🔒 Security Tip of the Week: Quick Normalization

If you’re parsing logs or alerts with custom scripts, build in a quick normalization step at the beginning.