SCYTHE CTO Jorge Orchilles, sat down with Ricardo Encinosa, VP of Managed Security Services U.S. at CIPHER, to discuss their partnership experience with SCYTHE. Jorge and Ricardo discussed the different ways that CIPHER has used SCYTHE to test their controls and answer some of their top questions.

The movement to “shift security left” focuses on mitigating risk as early as possible within the development cycle by engaging in open source code reviews and monitoring for reachable vulnerabilities. However, as part of this shift left movement, organizations are also changing their approach to post-implementation security monitoring. By taking an assumed breach approach to security, organizations shift security from reactive to proactive.

SCYTHE is thrilled to announce that we have been chosen as a 2021 Timmy Awards Best Tech Startup Finalist! Thank you to everyone who voted and made this possible. SCYTHE is continuously honored and grateful for the recognition that has been granted to us.

SCYTHE was recently selected as one of SINET’s companies to watch for 2021, along with Corsha and DEEPFACTOR. SINET recognizes companies to watch by the value they bring in the beginning stage as a startup company. SCYTHE is continuously honored and grateful for the recognition that has been granted to us.

SCYTHE is honored to be named one of the 101 Leading Virginia Risk Management Firms and Startups by Daily Finance.

The Yanluowang ransomware group has been around since at least late 2021, but many people had never heard their name prior to their involvement in the Cisco incident in August 2022. SCYTHE posting this threat in no way should be construed as victim blaming. On the contrary, there is sufficient data in the public domain to discuss at least in part because of the great work by Talos. 

Living Off the Land Binaries and Scripts (LOLBAS) is a technique used by adversaries and red teamers alike to abuse, misuse and execute malicious payloads on target. This is a great open source project of known binaries which provide resources to adversaries.

On September 14, 2022, OMB released memorandum M-22-18, detailing requirements for federal agencies procuring software from producers.