Monthly Archives: August 2020
HIPAA Compliance and The Protection of Cyber Security
By Andrew Mikhailov, CTO at Zfort Group Businesses face the risk of severe cyber-attacks – the present-day cyberspace criminals are well-organized, thoughtful, and marketable. And one of the most sensitive […]
ANALYSIS: Forensics for the Next Generation – Infocyte
Having spent a couple of months recovering from an illness (not corona), I’ve had plenty of time to look over the latest release of this unusual product. I have been […]
Is API Usage Putting Your Organization Out of Compliance?
By Matt Keil, Director of Product Marketing, Cequence Security APIs (“Application Programming Interfaces”) are increasingly being used as the conduit for data exchange between applications, infrastructure, and IoT devices. The […]
Why Academic Openness and A Rise in Online Classes Should Invoke A Renewed Focus on Security
By Anthony Bettini, CTO, WhiteHat Security For decades, researchers and students from around the world have come to study and collaborate, research, and innovate at American universities and colleges under […]
Build Your AI Incident Response Plan… Before It’s Too Late
By Patrick Hall* and Andrew Burt** * Patrick Hall is a principal scientist at bnh.ai, a boutique law firm focused on AI and analytics, and an adjunct professor in the […]
NIST Launches Zero Trust Architecture
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) launched the final version of the Special Publication (SP) 800-207 Zero Trust Architecture on August 11, 2020. Zero trust (ZT) is the […]
TLS/ SSL Decryption – One of the Main Pillars of Zero Trust Model
By Adil Baghir, Technology Consultant Lead, Middle East & Africa at A10 Networks In a world where everything and everyone is connected to the internet, in one way or another, […]
Google fixed email spoofing flaw 7 hours after public disclosure
Google addressed an email spoofing vulnerability affecting Gmail and G Suite a few hours after it was publicly disclosed. Google addressed an email spoofing vulnerability affecting its Gmail and G […]
Looks Like Russian Hackers Are on An Email Scam Spree
By Tim Sadler, CEO, Tessian In 2019, businesses lost a staggering $1.8bn because of Business Email Compromise (BEC). These types of attacks, whereby a trusted relationship is compromised through email […]
Why Are Fully Staffed Cybersecurity Teams Unable to Keep Up with Hacks?
By Steve Salinas, Head of Product Marketing, Deep Instinct Faced with mounting cyber threats, large enterprises are devoting more resources than ever to improving their cybersecurity posture. According to a […]
Security in The New Normal Requires an Agile Approach
By Danny Presten, Chief Methodologist at Digital.ai Phishing attacks are up 600%, ransomware attacks have increased 148%, and the FBI has reported a 300% increase in cybercrimes. Cybercriminals are stepping […]
Getting Employees Back to the New Normal
Work will never be quite the same once the pandemic has passed By Brendan O’Connor, CEO, and Co-founder, AppOmni There are encouraging signs that the Covid-19 pandemic – arguably the […]
Ritz hotel diners were victims of a sophisticated scam
Guests at the luxury Ritz hotel in London have been victims of “extremely convincing” scammers who posed as hotel staff to steal payment card details. Clients having dinner at the […]
Ransomware, Risk, And Recovery
Why You Need to Take A Hard Look At Your Corporate Recovery Plan By Mickey Bresman, CEO, Semperis What we as IT and security professionals worry about when planning […]
4 Simple Ways to Repel Ransomware as The Rise in Remote Work Continues
By Kris Lahiri, Co-founder and Chief Security Officer of Egnyte Ransomware attacks are now the most common security incident taking place today. According to a recent report from TrustWave, ransomware […]
CERT Warns Bad Actors Are Targeting Remote Access – How Security Operations Find and Route These “Below the Radar” Attacks
New Ransomware/Exfiltration Campaign Targeting Remote Access Resists Resolution Through Data Restoration By Saryu Nayyar, CEO, Gurucul Remote access tools, such as VPNs, RDP, VNC, Citrix, and others, have always been […]
Can We Better Leverage Our – Already Scarce – Cyber Security Human Resources?
By Douglas Ferguson, Founder & CTO, Pharos Security It is accepted that there is a significant cybersecurity skills deficit. The result, it is argued, is that cybersecurity teams do not […]
Conducting Risk Prioritization and Remediation to Combat Challenges in The Distributed Workforce
By Egon Rinderer, Global Vice President of Technology and Federal CTO, Tanium Most agencies have successfully met initial telework surge requirements – putting the basics in place to continue essential […]
Cyber Warfare and its impact on businesses
By Kumar Ritesh, Founder and CEO, CYFIRMA Over the past two decades, businesses, governments, and the public have all witnessed unprecedented growth in the digital economy. From the design of […]
WireGuard – Separating Fact from Fiction
By Tomislav Čohar, co-founder, hide.me VPN Offering high speeds, excellent levels of security and a low footprint, WireGuard has rightly caused ripples within the VPN industry. WireGuard is an open-source […]
Network Security Is Not Data Security
Data is an organization’s most valuable asset, yet data loss is one of the biggest repercussions of a cyber-attack. By Matt Cable, VP Solutions Architects & MD Europe, Certes Networks […]
Qualcomm and MediaTek Wi-Fi chips impacted by Kr00k-Like attacks
Wi-Fi chips manufactured by Qualcomm and MediaTek are impacted by vulnerabilities similar to the Kr00k issue disclosed early this year. Earlier this year, experts from ESET disclosed the Kr00k, a […]
Cybersecurity Challenges When Working from Home
By Renuka Sahane, Sr. Content Writer, Scalefusion Maintaining the security of corporate data when employees work remotely in the new normal. IT governance and cybersecurity have gained much-needed attention in […]
COVID-19 And Security Team Cuts Are Costing Businesses in Cyber and Financial Risks
By Samantha Humphries, security strategist, Exabeam With 71% of cyber professionals reporting increased threats since the COVID-19 pandemic started, are SOCs prepared to mitigate these threats? The Exabeam 2020 State […]
Cyber Security Market to Reach USD 400 Billion by 2026
The cybersecurity market will be driven by rising demand for cyber protection as well as advanced network infrastructure security across enterprises. By Saloni Walimbe, Content Writer at Global Market Insights, […]
Is What’s Lurking in Your Network About to Come Out?
The COVID-19 crisis was an unprecedented opportunity for attackers. Now, many may be ready to strike. By Carolyn Crandall, Chief Deception Officer, Attivo Networks The COVID-19 pandemic has forced countless […]
How To Grow Your Cyber Expertise During A Pandemic
By Bradley Hayes, Chief Technology Officer at Circadence IT pros can still learn new skills despite perceived barriers to progressing professionally during the pandemic. While working circumstances and environmental factors […]
Reading the 2020 Cost of a Data Breach Report
2020 Cost of a Data Breach Report: the global total cost of a data breach averaged $3.86 million in 2020, down about 1.5% from the 2019 study. Every year, I […]
Security by Design: How to Protect the Future of Business
By Jim Zuffoletti, CEO & co-founder of SafeGuard Cyber Estimates suggest that by 2021, cybercrime will cost the world $6 trillion every year. This will constitute “the greatest transfer of […]
The Black Unicorn Report for 2020 – A MUST READ!
In the venture capital industry, a unicorn refers to any tech startup company that reaches a $1 billion-dollar market value as determined by private or public investment. The term was […]