Directed Analytics – The Future of Data Management
By Simon Rolph, CEO & Founder of Such Sweet Thunder The world as we know it has changed – it’s undisputed. Industries of all kinds face a wholly different landscape […]
5 Reasons Organizations Need Comprehensive AD Security Across Cloud and On-Prem
Why Organizations Need to Secure Directory Services in a Hybrid Deployment from Attack Paths By Justin Kohler, Director of BloodHound Enterprise at SpecterOps Microsoft Active Directory is one of […]
Top 10 Reasons Cyber Defense Firms Should Hire Veterans
Technology expert and former military intelligence officer shares insight on the valuable skills that veterans can bring to the cybersecurity industry By Bryon Kroger, Founder of Rise8 Following the […]
Why the Future of Threat Detection and Prevention is Unified Security and Risk Analytics
Why True AI/ML Capabilities are Essential for Next-Gen Risk Analytics By Sanjay Raja, VP of Product Marketing at Gurucul As cloud adoption continues to grow and remote work becomes the […]
3 Cybersecurity Certainties for 2022
By Bill Moore, XONA As businesses transitioned to hybrid work models in 2021, critical integrations between IT and OT technologies introduced new vulnerabilities that threat actors exploited with shocking frequency […]
Have We Learned from Our Past Mistakes to Prevent Future Cyberattacks?
By Marc Packler, President, CISO Advisory, Silent Quadrant Gartner’s article, “The Top Cybersecurity Predictions for 2021-2022,” contains a quote from philosopher George Santayana: “Those who cannot remember the past are […]
Don’t Become a Horrible Headline: Some Tips on Redesigning Your Threat Posture for The 2022 Threat Landscape
By Omar Zarabi, Founder and CEO, Port53 Technologies As in previous years, the DefCon of the cybersecurity industry is best illustrated by the headlines – each a cautionary tale. The […]
Endpoint Malware and Ransomware Volume Already Exceeded 2020 Totals by the End of Q3 2021
By Corey Nachreiner, CSO, WatchGuard Technologies The cybersecurity landscape of today is constantly evolving and threat actors are not far behind as they target users with increasingly sophisticated and complex […]
The Safest Ways for Bitcoin Trading
By Robert Wilson, Freelancer During the year 2021, we experienced history in the cryptocurrency niche with the 3rd Bitcoin halving event unfolding. There has been unprecedented hype after this news […]
Why Changing Classified Document Status Can Affect Risk Levels and How Proactive Cybersecurity Methods Can Help
By Sam Hutton, SVP, Glasswall As ransomware attacks, insider threats, data breaches and phishing attacks against government agencies continue to skyrocket, organisations are at constant risk. There are many recent […]
Data Security Must Be a Priority as Employees Quit in Record Numbers
By Tim Sadler, Co-founder and CEO, Tessian The massive labor upheaval that dominated headlines in 2021 shows no signs of slowing down. The latest U.S. jobs report showed that 4.5 […]
Understanding Identity Detection and Response
Identity Detection and Response (IDR) is a new enterprise cybersecurity method that relies on the use of identity-related information to identify that a malicious attack campaign such as ransomware might […]
Detect Ransomware Data Exfiltration Immediately
By Randy Reiter CEO of Don’t Be Breached Ransomeware Attacks Have Increased During the COVID-19 Pandemic An off-site workforce has resulted in new security concerns since hackers now have many […]
Combining True MDR & SOC for Robust Cybersecurity
By Jon Murchison, Founder, and CEO, Blackpoint Cyber Assessing the Current Threat Landscape The only constant in the cyberthreat landscape is that it is ever evolving. Amid a global pandemic, […]
Killware is the Next Big Cybersecurity Threat
By Brian Erickson, Vice President or Strategy and Solutions and retired U.S. Navy Captain, Vidoori Today’s battlefield has expanded to a digital landscape, and the impact affects the general population […]
Responding To the Ransomware Pandemic
By Tom McVey, Solution Architect, Menlo Security Last year, Kaseya became the victim of the largest ransomware attack in history when Russian-linked hacker group REvil breached the US software company’s […]
Web Application Penetration Testing Checklist with OWASP Top 10
We’ve gone ahead and compiled this article to shed some light on the top ten web application security risks according to OWASP and how you can use this as a […]
Decision Trees in Case of a Ransomware Attack
Does Your Organization Have a Procedure to Handle a Ransomware? Is It Worth Paying the Attackers? By Zsolt Baranya, Information Security Auditor, Black Cell Ltd. The number of ransomware attacks […]
How To Improve Federal Endpoint Detection and Response Tactics and Gain Network Visibility
By Matt Marsden, Vice President, Technical Account Management, Federal, Tanium Endpoint detection and response (EDR) was put on center-stage when the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a memo requiring that agencies must collaborate […]
Cybercriminals Hunt For Medical Data. Zero Trust As The Only Good Option To Keep The Healthcare System Secure
By Tomasz Kowalski, CEO, Secfense According to a Trustwave report, medical data may cost up to $250 per record on the black market, while stolen payment card data is sold […]
The Top 5 Cloud Security Predictions for 2022
New threats, new apps, new players – but data plays the biggest role in shaping the future. By Amit Shaked, CEO, Laminar 2021 Attacks Set New Records Looking back, 2021 […]
How Criminals Have Migrated Through Identity Theft and Privacy into Cyber Attacks
By P. William Zivanchev, Executive Director, Institute of Consumer Financial Education Introduction At first glance, readers may wonder why an article on identity theft appears in Cyber Defense Magazine, and […]
How to Protect All Five Stages of the IoT Security Lifecycle
Smarter security for smart devices By Mitchell Bezzina, Senior Director, Product Marketing, Cloud-delivered Security Services, Palo Alto Networks The dependency on IoT devices to enable business, capture data, and facilitate […]
Three Key Facts About AI-Driven Network Detection and Response
By Eyal Elyashiv, CEO, Cynamics Most network detection and response solutions and network performance monitoring and diagnostic tools are using the same paradigm that was invented three decades ago. However, networks themselves […]
Protecting Critical Infrastructure Against Cyberattacks
Understanding how attackers get in is the critical first step to mounting an effective defense. By Sean Deuby | Director of Services, Semperis Cyberattacks in any industry cause multiple forms […]
What Are DeFi Flash Loans & How to Prevent Flash Loan Attacks?
Decentralized Finance is changing the way we borrow and invest. Flash loans, a type of uncollateralized lending, have gained in popularity, as well as bad press. Flash loan attacks are […]
Looking Ahead: Five Security Trends For 2022
A look at some of the key security trends for next year By Mark Guntrip, Strategy Leader at Menlo Security. Ransomware and the fight back Ransomware has dominated the […]
Prominent Carding Marketplace UniCC announced it’s shutting down
One of the biggest underground carding marketplaces, UniCC, announced it’s shutting down its operations. UniCC, one of the biggest underground carding marketplaces announced it is shutting down. The site was […]
Russian government claims to have dismantled REvil ransomware gang
Russia’s FSB announced to have dismantled the REvil ransomware gang, the infamous group behind Kaseya and JBS USA. The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced to have shut down the […]
Why Americans Joined Europe in Not Paying Security Ransoms
By Lee Pitman, Global Head of Response Services, BreachQuest As we close out 2021, the biggest trend in the security and insurance space has to be the heightened regulatory scrutiny […]