When you hear “quantify risk,” you might think it’s the buzz-term du jour. You might be right. Risk quantification is a hot topic right now. It seems everyone who touches security – from the C-suite to the board – has this at the forefront of their mind. As a security leader, you’re likely being asked about quantifying risk, perhaps more …
In this age of frequent security and data breaches, the statement “We take our customers’ privacy and security very seriously” has been heard from breached companies so often as to become a point of mockery, anger and frustration. But when Rob Lefferts, CVP of Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance, tells me the same thing …
There’s a new reality to network security, driven by the fact that the perimeter is vanishing. The concept of a network being fully enclosed within a building or virtual organization, and therefore easier to defend, is gone. The concept of a defensible, impermeable perimeter is dead. This is not news to anyone who is in the position to protect …
The day to day practice of cybersecurity is based around asking questions. How do I secure my applications? How do I protect my data’s integrity? How do I manage storage and access? We all know the countless challenges of being on the front lines of cybersecurity. The barrage of new threats, the mundanity of being reactive, and the disconnect …
2018 had the most weaponized vulnerabilities ever (177), which represents a 139% increase …
For organizations, understanding what data they store and analyze is gaining increasing urgency …
There has been a substantial increase of fraudulent PDF files, according to a report by SonicWall Capture Labs threat researchers. This fraud campaign takes advantage of recipients’ trust in PDF files as a “safe” file format that is widely used …
With cybersecurity one of the nation’s top security concerns and billions of people affected by breaches last year, government and businesses are spending more time and money defending against it. Researchers at the U.S. Army Combat …
Bot attack sophistication continues to evolve, as advanced attackers learn to adapt their techniques in order to invalidate existing defense tactics, according to Distil Networks. The report investigates hundreds of billions of bad bot requests …
Members of underserved populations are less likely to know whether they have even been victimized by a cyber attack, and they have lower awareness of cybersecurity risks. Partly as a result, they are also less likely to access vital online …
2018 had the most weaponized vulnerabilities ever (177), which represents a 139% increase compared to 2017, according to the RiskSense latest report. In addition, the rate of exploits discovered in the wild before a patch was available was …
When you hear “quantify risk,” you might think it’s the buzz-term du jour. You might be right. Risk quantification is a hot topic right now. It seems everyone who touches security – from the C-suite to the board – has this at the forefront …
Xerox announced security enhancements to its line of Xerox AltaLink Multifunction Printers (MFPs), providing IT managers, network administrators and chief information security officers with an extra layer of protection and a more proactive …
Visibility into an environment attack surface is the fundamental cornerstone to sound security decision making. However, the standard process of 3rd party threat assessment as practiced today, is both time consuming and expensive. Cynet changes …
