Data privacy is high on the minds of businesses and consumers alike, as society at large is getting wise to the potential dangers that even seemingly innocuous apps (ie. FaceApp) might expose them to. That’s why it’s critical that enterprise IT teams put an emphasis on establishing realistic Internet use and network policies to help curb …
On a global scale, cybersecurity is suffering from a severe shortage of experts. What is to be done? Organizations, government, academia and professional associations need to work together to develop a sustainable cyber skills strategy. To date, strategic thinking has largely focused on what to defend and how to defend, but less on who is …
While there is much discussion about the data security and privacy risks created by third parties, another source of risk can be significant but overlooked: that from fourth parties – those vendors that your vendors use – who may be integral players in your mission fulfillment but who are beyond your direct contractual oversight. Because third …
In this podcast recorded at Black Hat USA 2019, Jimmy Graham, Senior Director of Product Management at Qualys, discusses the importance of a tailored patch management process. Security obviously will have some say in a patch management process because a lot of patching is security driven, but patching is beyond just security, there’s …
Time is running out for California-based businesses to prepare for the California Consumer …
Companies are under constant threat. Opportunistic attackers scan the internet for weak points, …
In this Help Net Security podcast recorded at Black Hat USA 2019, Dave Belt, Technology Evangelist at Irdeto, and Jaco du Plooy, VP Cloakware at Irdeto, discuss the current threat landscape, software security trends, and the importance of …
VLC, the popular cross-platform media player, has reached version 3.0.8, which fixes over a dozen security vulnerabilities, some of which could be exploited by attackers to achieve code execution on victims’ machines. About VLC VLC is an …
Among organizations that engage third parties to provide business services, 83% identified third-party risks after conducting due diligence and before recertification, according to Gartner. Gartner’s survey of more than 250 legal and …
More than one-third of security professionals’ defensive blue teams fail to catch offensive red teams, a study from Exabeam reveals. The survey, conducted at Black Hat USA 2019, also showed that 68% find red team exercises more effective than …
Time is running out for California-based businesses to prepare for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which goes into effect on January 1, 2020. Despite the Act being big news in the information security industry since its passing, many …
Data privacy is high on the minds of businesses and consumers alike, as society at large is getting wise to the potential dangers that even seemingly innocuous apps (ie. FaceApp) might expose them to. That’s why it’s critical that enterprise IT …
The global network attached storage (NAS) market is anticipated to experience lucrative growth in the ensuing years. The increasing popularity of NAS devices among small businesses and enterprises across a plethora of industrial sectors is the …
A SOAR platform represents an evolution in security operations driven by the vast amounts of data that must be processed. Even for the most skilled team, keeping up with the threat landscape, increasingly complex IT environments, changing …
You likely know to avoid suspicious emails to keep hackers from gleaning personal information from your computer. But a new study from SMU (Southern Methodist University) suggests that it’s possible to access your information in a much …
ObserveIT, the leading insider threat management platform with more than 1,900 customers around the world, announced the availability of an Insider Threat Analytics solution powered by crowdsourced industry insight. This release advances …
A SOAR platform represents an evolution in security operations driven by the vast amounts of data that must be processed. Even for the most skilled team, keeping up with the threat landscape, increasingly complex IT environments, changing …
