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Why the atomized network is growing, and how to protect it
Security teams struggle to defend their dispersed networks because the technologies responsible for network security are being pushed towards obsolescence by evolutionary …

6 oversights that enable data breaches
Personal employee or customer data accounted for nearly 45% of all data stolen between July 2021 and June 2022, while companies’ source code and proprietary information …

4 key shifts in the breach and attack simulation (BAS) market
The increase in the number of attack surfaces along with the rise in cybercriminal sophistication is generating technical debt for security operations centers (SOCs), many of …

The most significant DDoS attacks in the past year
DDoS attacks are getting larger and more complex moving towards mobile networks and IoT, which are now used in cyberwarfare. In this Help Net Security video, Steve Winterfeld, …

Attackers abuse business-critical cloud apps to deliver malware
Over 400 distinct cloud applications delivered malware in 2022, nearly triple the amount seen in the prior year, and 30% of all cloud malware downloads in 2022 originated from …

Organizations are adopting SSE technology to secure hybrid work
With 88% of organizations supporting a hybrid or remote work model, it’s clear that the way people work has changed. Organizations are realizing that the means in which secure …

4 identity security trends to watch in 2023
While many of the tried and true best security hygiene practices remain, we’ll face new and complex business challenges related to how we work, the systems we use, threats and …

How to gain security consciousness through cost
In this Help Net Security video, Karthik Kannan, CEO at Anvilogic, talks about predictions for the cybersecurity world in 2023 and how to gain security consciousness through cost.

Guide: How virtual CISOs can efficiently extend their services into compliance readiness
Compliance services are emerging as one of the hottest areas of cybersecurity. While compliance used to be mainly the province of large enterprises, times have changed, and it …

It’s official: Digital trust really matters to everyone online
The new trust Business has always relied upon a foundation of trust. Before we did business we looked our potential business partner in the eye, shook their hand and got a …

How to improve your incident response plan for 2023
You may already have an IR plan but regardless of how thorough you might feel it is at this moment, the evolving cyber threat landscape and shifting circumstances within your …

Why FIDO and passwordless authentication is the future
In this Help Net Security video, Jason Kent, Director at Open Seas, explains why FIDO and passwordless authentication is the future. He dives deep into the technical reasons …
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