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Founder, Foreground Security
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David Amsler is founder of Foreground Security, which was recently acquired by Raytheon Company. Given his level of expertise and knowledge, Amsler has taught more than 350 information security courses to top government organizations, including the Internal Revenue Service, National Security Agency, Department of Defense, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Defense Information Systems Agency and National Aeronautics and Space Administration. In addition, he has developed policies and procedures that are now documented and recognized as key, operational standards for numerous government agencies. As a result, he remains a distinguished leader and strategic consultant to high-level executives throughout the globe especially within the information security auditing and testing arena.
Articles by David Amsler
High Stress Levels Impacting CISOs Physically, Mentally
Jai Vijayan, Freelance writer,  2/14/2019
Valentine's Emails Laced with Gandcrab Ransomware
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark Reading,  2/14/2019
New Free Tool Scans for Chrome Extension Safety
Dark Reading Staff 2/21/2019
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CVE-2018-1944
PUBLISHED: 2019-02-21
IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence 5.2 through 5.2.4.1 Virtual Appliance contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. IBM X-For...
CVE-2018-1945
PUBLISHED: 2019-02-21
IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence 5.2 through 5.2.4.1 Virtual Appliance could allow a remote attacker to hijack the clicking action of the victim. By persuading a victim to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to hijack the victim's click act...
CVE-2018-1946
PUBLISHED: 2019-02-21
IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence 5.2 through 5.2.4.1 Virtual Appliance supports interaction between multiple actors and allows those actors to negotiate which algorithm should be used as a protection mechanism such as encryption or authentication, but it does not select the stronges...
CVE-2018-1947
PUBLISHED: 2019-02-21
IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence 5.2 through 5.2.4.1 Virtual Appliance is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure withi...
CVE-2018-1948
PUBLISHED: 2019-02-21
IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence 5.2 through 5.2.4.1 Virtual Appliance does not set the secure attribute on authorization tokens or session cookies. Attackers may be able to get the cookie values by sending a http:// link to a user or by planting this link in a site the user goes to...