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Home » Authors » Joseph Carson

Joseph Carson

Joseph Carson is a cybersecurity professional with more than 25 years' experience in enterprise security and infrastructure. Currently, Carson is the Chief Security Scientist & Advisory CISO at Thycotic. He is an active member of the cybersecurity community and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). Carson is a cybersecurity adviser to several governments, critical infrastructure organizations, and financial and transportation industries, and speaks at conferences globally.

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Protecting against Windows privilege escalation tactics and techniques

Joseph Carson
July 15, 2022

Let's explore common privilege escalation attack techniques and tactics used by attackers and how organizations can implement six security strategies to protect against these cyberattacks.


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Securing cloud access when everyone is now a privileged user

Joseph Carson
September 14, 2020
Organizations may consider adopting an adaptive risk-based trust approach to securing their privileged access. This approach uses least-privilege, zero-trust as a baseline for how organizations build trust scores which will then be used to determine the level of security which is required to gain access to the cloud, and specific applications and systems.
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Understanding the needs of IoT security

Joseph Carson
June 29, 2020
From a security perspective, we also tend to look at IoT in the wrong way. With every new device, we assume the technology will be vulnerable with a very high risk of compromise. The reality is that most IoT devices have a very low risk individually, but their functionality is what leaves them susceptible.
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5 Security Risks Professionals Face While Working on Vacation

Joseph Carson
July 14, 2017

Many of those with demanding jobs know that even when on vacation they must remain connected to the world in more ways than one to answer emails and handle important business matters. With the increased use, online services by these traveling professionals, especially in unknown territory, those traveling can quickly become a target of cyber criminals and hackers. 


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Debunking the 5 Myths of Sophisticated Cyber Attacks

Stop Blaming China & Russia for All Your Cyber Attacks
Joseph Carson Amar Singh
April 6, 2017

It might be a more exciting story to claim a nation-state pilfered your data, but the more likely scenario is that your enterprise failed at some of the most basic tenets of cybersecurity hygiene, leaving the door open to script kiddies and opportunitistic hackers to run rampant in your system. Join us as we debunk 5 major data breach myths. 


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Cybersecurity Tips for the Break Room and Boardroom

Joseph Carson
January 5, 2017
Every day we are updated about the latest cybersecurity breaches – whether it's Yahoo, Dropbox or LinkedIn, how many records have been stolen, or how much companies have paid in result from ransomware or financial fraud.
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