For everybody that is an entrepreneur and has their own
business, the bottom line of course is to make a profit. So, the natural tendency is to prospect those
customers that meet those goals. But
what about those group of prospects that may not bring you loads of cash
immediately, but could serve as long term clients that will bring you in a
steady stream on a monthly or annual basis?
This is one of the other questions that has gripped the
Cybersecurity industry, and such is the case with the SMB market. There are many vendors, especially the MSPs
that will not touch them, because there is not enough margin to be had with
them the first time around. And in turn,
the SMBs feel that their services are too expensive.
Seeing that there is a bridge to be gapped here, there is
now a spurt of Cyber companies (just like myself) that see a great opportunity here
and want to be partners with the SMBs.
So that is why a couple of months ago, I started a new firm called
Technosoft Cyber, LLC.
The goal here is to serve affordable, enterprise grade Cyber
solutions to even the smallest of the small businesses out there.
This is still a work in process, and like all good things,
it will take time for this to take fruition.
But in today’s blog, I am going to take some first steps and post about
some of the affordable tools that SMBs
can get on their own, so let’s get started:
*Scrapesy:
This is deemed to be one of the better tools out there that
will allow you to determine if any of your confidential datasets has been
leaked, whether intentionally or not. In
particular, it probes both the Public Internet and even the Dark Web for any
signs of Personal Identifiable Information (PII) datasets that could have made
their way down there and are now available for sale.
*Blue Pigeon:
This is actually a Penetration Testing Tool, that is used
primarily by Red Teams. As an SMB owner,
it is not recommended that you actually take on this kind of exercise on your
own; rather you need to engage a company that specializes in this kind of
endeavor. But if you do this, you can
always ask the company that you hire if they are using this particular kind of
tool. It has a number of key advantages
such as:
*You can physically scan a target at a very close range, you
do not have to be remote;
*It makes use of the Bluetooth File Sharing Protocol in
order to allow a flow of network communications that is covert in nature.
*Mushikago:
Attacks on Critical Infrastructure are going to be the norm
in the near future. If you are SMB owner
that provides services to a Critical Infrastructure, then you will want to know
more about this specific tool. It makes use of both AI and ML tools that will
let you extrapolate further what a post attack scenario could like, say for
example, if an oil and natural gas pipeline were to be hit.
*Package DNA:
Source code that is poorly written for a Web application is
often used as a backdoor by the Cyberattacker in which to launch attacks such
as SQL Injection, Cross Site Scripting (XSS), etc. Very often, open-source APIs are also used,
compounding this problem even more. But
with this particular tool, you can test for such vulnerabilities as the source
code is being developed, on a modular basis. It can even be used to check for
weaknesses found in other third-party libraries that your software development
might be using as well.
*Purple Sharp:
Windows has always been a huge target for the Cyberattacker,
and with Azure in full swing now, it ahs even become a more prized possession,
especially when it comes to heisting the Azure Active Directory. But with this
specific tool, you can now defend all of the information and data that you have
in Active Directory by making use of what are known as “Playbooks”. With this, you can get into the mind of the
Cyberattacker, and launch simulated attacks in a controlled environment to
determine any weaknesses and vulnerabilities.
*Git Wild Hunt:
In an effort to further streamline the coding process,
software developers are turning to Cloud based resources in which to store,
sandbox, and test their source code before it is released into the production
environment. One such of example of this
is the repository known as “Git Hub”. Because of all of the source code that is
available on it, this too has become a popular prey for the Cyberattacker. With this particular tool, you can quickly
scan your Git Hub repository to see if it has been hacked into, or if there are
any leakages from it.
*Simple Risk:
Are you an SMB owner that is subject to the tenets and
provisions of data privacy laws such as that of the GDPR and the CCPA? No doubt that this can be a very daunting
task, but when you use this tool, it will help you greatly simplify (thus its
name) all the things that you need to do in order to come into compliance such
as the management of control frameworks, NIST based policies, pass audits, and
perform other risk prioritization and mitigation tasks.
*Cloud Sniper:
Pretty much all businesses today are moving their On
Premises infrastructures to a Cloud based platform, such as the AWS or
Microsoft Azure. Although both of them
provide great tools to further enhance your security posture, but the ultimate
security responsible is still yours. The
good news is that with this tool, you can not only scan all of the digital
assets that you have in the Cloud, but you can trigger automatic responses as
well in order to mitigate the risks of any future hacks from happening.
My Thoughts On This:
So, here are some of the top tools that can SMB owner can
use at a very affordable price, and in fact, some of them are even free. But the caveat here is that these are new
ones that have just come out into the marketplace, so you may want to test
drive them first with a free trial before you decide to use one.
In the end, remember that Cybersecurity does not have to
expensive. Don’t let the vendors trick
you into getting something that is way too overpriced and bloated. Always conduct a search on Google to get more
information about any new Cyber related products that you want to use,
especially in the way of reviews.
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