The 5 Critical Steps to Endpoint Security enable a
comprehensive, preventative approach to protecting all
of the endpoints in your organization, whether officebased
or remote. Enabling least privilege and allowing
pragmatic application control are often overlooked but are
crucial to achieving complete endpoint...
With ransomware continuing to fuel a massive surge in illicit profits, some experts have been calling on governments to launch offensive hacking teams to target cybercrime cartels. They're also calling for a review of cyber insurance payouts being used to fund ransoms.
Threat hunting and incident response are critical roles of security operations center (SOC) analysts. With the ever-rising sophistication of new and emerging attacks, analysts need an edge to stay ahead of adversaries.
This paper describes the MITRE ATT&CK framework including:
What the model offers to SOC...
Attacks have become increasingly sophisticated, and often are invisible and undetectable by legacy security solutions. You read about these successful data breaches almost on a daily basis. Security analysts do what they can with legacy tools, but these tend to swamp analysts with alerts that are difficult to...
The new year has kicked off with a flurry of data security company acquisition activity; five deals have already been announced. Companies making acquisitions are striving to improve their secure access service edge - or SASE - posture, enter new markets or bolster their technology portfolios.
After the occupation of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump rioters Wednesday, an emergency response plan to ensure federal computers were locked down apparently was not activated, some experts say. As a result, federal security teams are likely scrambling to detect and repair any damage done.
An investigation at the U.S. Treasury Department has found that it suffered a "significant" breach as a result of the SolarWinds Orion supply chain attack, a top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee reports. Meanwhile President-elect Joe Biden said of the attack: "I promise you, there will be a response."
An ongoing spear-phishing campaign is spoofing the official Microsoft.com domain name and targeting users of the company's Office 365 suite, according to security firm Ironscales. Fraudsters are likely using these attacks to harvest credentials.
Are insurers getting cold feet over covering losses to ransomware? With claims due to ransomware skyrocketing, some insurers have reportedly been revising offerings to make it tougher for companies to claim for some types of cybercrime, including extortion.
Heading into 2021, enterprises have more endpoints to secure than ever. And fortified by its acquisition of Panda Security, WatchGuard Technologies now has a stronger endpoint security strategy. Corey Nachreiner and Marc Laliberte discuss the dual evolution of targeted attacks and endpoint security solutions.
In technology, buzzwords come and go, but one of the more common terms in security these days is "next-generation (or next-gen) endpoint protection."
But what does that really mean? Solutions from all origins are now deemed "next-gen" with seemingly little basis for comparison. Is it nothing more than spin, or is...
Users are increasingly working from remote locations and applications are moving to the cloud. The internet is the new corporate network. Traditional security models, built for the on-premises, data center era, can no longer keep up.
The Zscaler Cloud Security Platform integrates with the CrowdStrike Falcon...
In the three years since Equifax suffered a massive data breach, the consumer credit reporting firm says it has worked tirelessly to overhaul the security shortcomings that allowed the breach to happen. Equifax CISO Jamil Farshchi and other security experts weigh in on important lessons learned.
BREAKING DOWN THE NEW TRENDS IN ONLINE EXTORTION THREATS
Ransomware is one of the fastest-growing threats in cybersecurity, with damages predicted to crest $20 billion globally by 2021, up from "only" $345 million* in 2015.
This paper explains the evolution of ransomware by breaking down the new trends in online...
The Guide to AV Replacement provides in-depth information from leading security experts that will guide you through each phase of your decision-making process. From the critical elements you need to consider, to how to evaluate and review solutions, you'll get expert advice that can help you choose a security solution...
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