The Data You’re Ignoring Is Helping Attackers | Cybersecurity 101

Описание: They may already know your environment better than you do. And they haven’t breached a thing yet.

Most cyberattacks don’t start with malware. They start with observation. This episode of Cybersecurity 101 breaks down “Digital Exhaust” — the passive data your systems, users, cloud tools, and operational environments generate every single day. No mistake required. No phishing click needed.

Digital exhaust is the trail of logs, timestamps, metadata, authentication activity, usage patterns, and telemetry your organization produces just by functioning normally. On its own, it seems harmless. But when aggregated, it reveals operational rhythms — shift changes, maintenance windows, authentication habits, vendor relationships, and system dependencies.

Attackers study this exhaust to map environments quietly, identify low-monitoring windows, target privileged users, craft believable social engineering campaigns, and blend into normal behavior once inside. In critical infrastructure and OT environments, behavioral patterns can expose more than credentials ever could.

You can’t eliminate digital exhaust — but you can reduce how much intelligence it provides. This episode walks through practical controls like least-privilege access, intentional logging strategies, behavioral baselining, SaaS visibility, and improving human awareness.

If you’re responsible for cybersecurity, compliance, OT security, or risk management, this isn’t theoretical. It’s happening in every environment — including yours.

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• Cybersecurity for IT & OT environments
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