Security and compliance tool; Detect, alert and respond to changes in your IT environment. File Integrity Monitoring #PCIDSS #cybersec #infosec #ITSecurity

Chicago, IL
Joined January 2011
Heading to Muscat this week? Come find us at Booth 4 ✨ Cimcor is joining Insight in Oman for its 7th Annual Info Tech Security Conference, and our team will be on hand both days to talk about compliance, change control, and keeping your systems in a known-good state. If you’re working through audit pressure or just want a clearer view of what’s changing across your environment, we’d like to hear about it! Not yet registered? ➡️ hubs.la/Q04BDRxQ0  #ISTC2026 #Cybersecurity #SystemIntegrity #CimTrak
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Open-source FIM tools can be a solid fit for smaller, simpler environments, and the price point is hard to argue with. But it's worth going in with eyes open. Limited OS coverage, thin logging, upgrade issues, and a lack of enterprise-grade management tend to show up down the line. Free isn't always free once you factor in the maintenance hours: hubs.la/Q04vz8h50
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Connected product security has long been governed by a patchwork of national and industry rules. The EU's Cyber Resilience Act brings them under one standard. If your hardware or software is on the EU market, this post explains what's changing and what it means for your organization. Read the blog: hubs.la/Q04Bh-sb0 #CyberResilienceAct #CRA #ProductSecurity
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Logging in shouldn’t be the last time anyone checks a device. Next Thursday, Justin Chandler (Cimcor) and Bob Smith (@Zscaler Federal) dig into continuous validation, plus real-time enforcement of CIS Benchmarks and DISA STIGs. Register ➡️ hubs.la/Q04Blv220 #ZeroTrust #ComplyToConnect #FederalCybersecurity #Zscaler #CimTrak
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Six of NIST's seven Zero Trust tenets focus on access: who's allowed in, how often, under what conditions. That's where most budget and attention goes too. The tenet that gets left behind is the one about ongoing integrity monitoring, which matters most once someone's already inside. More on the tenet that tends to get skipped: hubs.la/Q04wDN410 #fileintegritymonitoring #cybersecurity #zerotrust
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Nobody enjoys prepping for an audit. It gets a lot less painful when you're not scrambling to prove nothing's changed without permission. That's a big part of what File Integrity Monitoring is for. hubs.la/Q04xQ0x_0
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Your AI model is only as trustworthy as the data it trains on. Ungoverned data means unreliable outputs (and possibly a compliance headache). Here's how strong data governance sets the foundation for safe AI adoption: hubs.la/Q04x9KLT0
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"Zero Trust" gets used so loosely that it's worth asking what it actually requires. Four things, according to the people who defined it: never assume trust, verify continuously, grant minimum access, apply it everywhere. Here's what each one means in practice: hubs.la/Q04sklgl0
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Join Cimcor’s President and CEO, Robert E. Johnson III, at ISASAC 2026 for his technical case study on configuration integrity. Every major OT attack, from Stuxnet to TRITON to this year’s PLC campaigns documented by CISA, eventually shows up as a change. Yet most plants still can’t quickly answer what changed last night, who changed it, and whether they can revert it back. Robert will walk through what to baseline from Level 1.5 upward and how to separate planned from unplanned change, drawing on lessons from NERC CIP mapped to NCA OTCC and IEC 62443. He’ll also explain why an autonomous plant needs a deterministic referee. After the session, continue the conversation with our team at Booth D6. #ISASAC2026 #IndustrialCybersecurity #OTSecurity #IEC62443 #CriticalInfrastructure #CimTrak
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Your incident response plan looks great in a binder. The real test is whether it holds up at 2 am during an actual breach. Our latest blog walks through what happens when a plan meets reality, and why compliance is the foundation, not the paperwork. hubs.la/Q04zGvRH0 #cybersecurity #infosec #incidentresponse
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A laptop gets checked at 8 a.m. and passes. By 2 p.m., an unauthorized change or some configuration drift has quietly undermined that trust. Does anyone notice? In many federal environments that still rely on one-time validation at login or periodic compliance checks, not right away. Justin Chandler, Sr. Solution Engineer at Cimcor, and Bob Smith, Director of US Federal Sales Engineering at Zscaler, are getting together to talk about how agencies can keep validating device integrity throughout the session and automatically restrict or restore access as trust changes. They’ll walk through a workflow demo and real-world federal use cases. You’ll also hear how to enforce CIS Benchmarks and DISA STIGs in real time. Register: hubs.la/Q04zNz3H0 #ZeroTrust #ComplyToConnect #FederalCybersecurity #CimTrak
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Two days in Greenville, SC at the @TDSYNNEX Vendor Summit, and the Cimcor team is leaving energized. Thank you for the hospitality, and special thanks to our Strategic Procurement team for the intros and time alongside us. Until next time, Greenville. #TDSYNNEX #CimTrak #ChannelPartners #Cimcor
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"How long does Zero Trust implementation take?" Short answer: there isn't a fixed timeline... and that's kind of the point. It's ongoing, not a checkbox. We explain why in the full guide: hubs.la/Q04tM6t70
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We get this question a lot: What's the difference between FIM and IDS? An IDS watches your network traffic and system behavior for signs someone's in there. FIM tracks the integrity of your actual files and configs. Most security teams run both since they catch different stages of an attack. We answered a few more common questions here: hubs.la/Q04vzbwY0
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BYOD sounds simple. It rarely is. Employees want flexibility. Security teams need control. Most organizations are stuck trying to balance both. The result? Gaps in visibility, policy enforcement, and device integrity. That's why we put together a practical guide to the top BYOD risks and how to actually mitigate them. Read it here: hubs.la/Q04fxmLQ0
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Manufacturing is now one of the top targets for cyberattacks worldwide. A breach there doesn't just mean fines. It means halted production lines and IP in a competitor's hands. Here's why governance is a manufacturing problem too: hubs.la/Q04x9Fwd0
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Implementing Zero Trust in 5 steps: 1. Establish your protect surface 2. Identify users and access levels 3. Map your architecture 4. Outline your policy 5. Monitor continuously Check out the full breakdown of each step here: hubs.la/Q04tNjgN0
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"Our vendors will handle the post-quantum migration." They'll handle some of it. The encryption in your own systems, applications, and integrations? That part needs a plan of its own. Here's where to start: hubs.la/Q04rpcQT0
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