NSA and CISA Red and Blue Teams Share Top Ten Cybersecurity Misconfigurations

A plea for network defenders and software manufacturers to fix common problems. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The National Security Agency (NSA) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are releasing this joint cybersecurity advisory (CSA) to highlight the most common cybersecurity misconfigurations in large organizations, and detail the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) actors use to exploit

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