A top cybersecurity imperative for organizations is to "take proactive mitigation before an event even occurs" by tracking attack trends and mitigating against emerging types of attacks, says Akamai's Jay Coley.
The threat landscape continues to evolve, says Chester Wisniewski of Sophos. "The more professional, the more skilled criminals out there are moving, seemingly, away from this 'spray and pray' mass exploitation approach and getting more targeted. It's what I call a blended threat."
In response to large data breaches, the retail and hospitality industry formed the RH-ISAC to serve as a central hub for sharing sector-specific cybersecurity information and intelligence, says Tommy McDowell, vice president, who explains how ISACs' roles are changing.
Private equity firm Insight Partners has announced it's acquiring threat intelligence specialist Recorded Future in a $780 million all-cash deal, capping a week of significant deal-making activity in the global information security vendor market. Find out what other deals were announced.
Overwhelmed by the number of vulnerabilities your team faces? Uncertain which cyber threats pose the greatest risk to your business? You're not alone. Cybersecurity leaders have been grappling with these challenges for years - and the problem keeps getting worse.
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In 2017, 15,038 new CVEs were published, up from 9,837 in 2016. Last year, 16,500 new CVEs were disclosed. With vulnerabilities growing year after year, patching every potential threat to your business is a futile exercise. The need to prioritize is clear, but where to start, especially when CVSS categorizes the...
In 2017 the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) added Election Infrastructure as a cyber-resiliency Critical Infrastructure Subsector under the Presidential Policy Directive/PPD 21 (2013) and raised the profile of elections security substantially. By doing this, DHS empowered states to integrate elections...
Most organizations face a constantly changing compliance landscape, and often must adhere to multiple regulatory compliance standards, each with their own set of requirements. Tenable.sc can help these organizations fulfill multiple standards' requirements for meeting and demonstrating compliance, can help save time...
In this solution approach guide, we'll discuss how using an IBM i2® solution to investigate fraud and financial crimes can help an organization achieve an asymmetrical advantage by removing the fraudsters greatest weapon, their ability to remain concealed. IBM i2's industry-leading, multidimensional intelligence...
Protecting an enterprise environment can sometimes feel like an uphill battle. Information security teams are often stuck in cyclical patterns where it feels as if the alerts never end and the attackers are constantly successful.
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As a result, law-enforcement...
Estimating potential cyber intruder activities and what attack path they may take to access our critical assets is important in understanding how we prioritize our security measures.
This whitepaper focuses on an optimized method for automatically assessing those attack routes taking into account the challenges found...
Cyber incident reporting in SCADA systems gives us invaluable insight into the burgeoning threat landscape and helps the security community understand what threats we face, thus enabling teams to establish a robust defense strategy. However, the increase in the number of reports, each with different analysis...
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