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Field Signals
Cisco ASA/FTD zero-days, CISA directive
Live exploits force patch, triage, and proof.
Snowflake Hybrid Tables, Query Insights GA
Cleaner Azure demos, faster PoC tuning with guidance.
Security Hub retires Redshift controls
Scores changed; explain metric shape, update decks.
🔒 Also Inside
— Playbook Drop: 12-minute ASA/FTD risk call
— Benchmark: Exposed ASA/FTD on 30 Sep
— Tool in Focus: Snowflake Query Insights (GA)
— Role Intel: Security Hub score-change framing
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Field Signals
Cisco ASA/FTD zero-days + CISA ED-25-03
Impact: Live exploitation on edge firewalls. Security sign-off now requires proof of patch + triage, not intent.
Action: Inventory ASA/FTD, patch to Cisco fixed releases, follow ED-25-03 imaging/rebuild steps if compromise is suspected. Brief approvers with before/after exposure.
🔗 Cisco Security Advisory →
Snowflake: Hybrid Tables (Azure GA) + Query Insights (GA)
Impact: Cleaner OLTP-adjacent demos on Azure; built-in guidance to cut PoC latency.
Action: Run a 30-min vignette: write to Hybrid Table, join analytics data, open Query History → Profile → Insights, apply suggestion, show delta.
🔗 Hybrid table support for Microsoft Azure →
AWS Security Hub retires two Redshift controls
Impact: Compliance scores shifted in late Sep; audits will ask why.
Action: Update mappings, annotate QBR decks with retired IDs Redshift.9 and RedshiftServerless.7 and re-baseline FSBP/NIST dashboards.
🔗 AWS Documentation →
Playbook Drop
Script: 12-minute ASA/FTD risk call (SE → customer security owner)
Establish scope (2:00): “How many ASA/FTD in scope? WebVPN enabled anywhere? Any devices lacking Secure Boot/Trust Anchor or approaching end-of-support?” Note models/versions/HA.
State requirement (1:00): “CISA’s ED-25-03 requires inventory, forensic collection if compromise suspected, patch or rebuild on timeline.”
Decide path (4:00):
No indicators: Patch now to fixed version; restrict management plane; disable WebVPN if unused.
Indicators present: Remove from network, capture images, rebuild per ED-25-03. Log ticket IDs and timestamps.
Evidence (2:00): “We’ll share before/after exposure counts and patch evidence. Expect one update today, one at T+48h.”
Close (2:30): Confirm owners, deadlines, and escalation route.
Benchmark Snap
48,800–50,000 internet-exposed ASA/FTD still vulnerable as of 30 Sep 2025
(Shadowserver scans reported via BleepingComputer/Cybersecurity Dive).
SE implication: Treat as a live objection killer, bring the stat and your customer’s asset list to the sign-off call.
🔗 Bleeping Computer →
Tool in Focus
Snowflake Query Insights (GA)
What it does: Surfaces per-query performance findings in Snowsight (e.g. skew, missing stats), with plain-language recommendations.
Where it fits: PoC tuning and demo defence. Use it to turn a slow join into a measured improvement during the session.
15-minute test:
Run a representative query; open Query History → Query Profile → Insights.
Capture the top insight message; apply the suggested change (e.g. stats, distribution, filter rewrite).
Re-run and record runtime delta for the slide.
Role Intel
SE, compliance review (AWS Security Hub)
When the score moves without config change, lead with: “AWS retired Redshift.9 and RedshiftServerless.7 in September. This is a metric shape change, not drift.” Show the change-log excerpt and your before/after control counts. Then propose a replacement detective control if the check mattered to their risk story.
🔗 AWS Documentation →
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