The current state of endpoint security is a "good news / bad news" situation. The good news is that in recent years there has been a modest trend towards fewer vulnerability disclosures, meaning slightly fewer potential ways for computing infrastructures to be exploited. The bad news is that an increasing percentage...
If 2017 was the year of ransomware innovation, 2018 is well on its way to being known as the year of cryptocurrency mining malware. Numerous studies have found that the most seen malware attacks today are designed for cryptojacking. But while ransomware campaigns may be down, they're far from out.
The kill chain's evolution, geopolitical tensions, and the digitization of industries have all contributed to the staggering rise of the cybercrime economy.
Tom Kellermann, current chief cybersecurity officer at Carbon Black and former World Bank Treasury deputy CISO, surveyed 40 of the world's top financial...
Building your organization's cybersecurity maturity doesn't happen overnight. It takes time and thought to adequately assess all the factors that go into creating and implementing an effective security strategy, particularly what steps to take after you've made an initial investment in security.
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Employees at Mesa Systems, a residential, commercial and logistics-based transportation solutions provider, were being tricked with highly sophisticated spear phishing emails causing much confusion in the workplace and a ton of overhead for the IT Department. So what did they do?
This case study reviews how Mesa...
In today's dynamic healthcare environments, new cyber vulnerabilities and risks open as fast as older ones get remedied. As attackers become more sophisticated, and as IT innovation continues to pick up pace, the escalation of cyber risk can easily overwhelm organizations with limited resources.
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The most costly attacks on ATMs are likely to be executed through the bank's corporate network. Although from inside the network, attackers cannot execute financial transactions on the ATM machines themselves, they can potentially gain access to the entire network of ATMs, as well as the related patch management...
Incident response is a critical pillar of an effective endpoint security program, one that will gain importance as GDPR enforcement comes into play on May 25. Organizations must be ready to react if and when an incident occurs in order to meet the stringent requirements that apply during an incident.
The U.S. Federal Government wants its agencies to modernize their IT systems, primarily by maximizing the use of cloud platforms. But IT teams are finding this transformation challenging. Investing in IT modernization can lead to more agility, improved resilience and security and, in the long term, better citizen...
The technologies and processes that businesses deploy today are so tightly linked to their customers and markets that the
boundary between the company's internal operations and external
ecosystem (i.e., customers, markets, competitors, partners,
regulators) is rapidly disappearing. Business leaders are
...
Modernizing IT infrastructures by simplifying and automating workflows and processes can unlock capabilities that deliver on the digital transformation goals of your organization. Infrastructure modernization efforts across government, telecommunications, retail and the financial sector are a logical step toward...
With the explosion of laptops, IoT, tablets, smartphones and other smart technologies, endpoints are the single largest group of devices inside your network today. Managing all of your assets and their software requires three foundational steps.
An effective endpoint security strategy can be as layered as you want it to be. But you'll have a strong foundation if you build off of these four key steps.
As of Q1 2018, the global cybersecurity community finds themselves inundated with both internal and external advanced threat actors who are stealthier, more resilient and sadly, more effective than they have ever been before. Many organizations are coming to terms with deciding whether their security posture is...
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