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How Just-in-Time privilege elevation prevents data breaches and lateral movement
Are inadequate security policies for privileged access making you highly vulnerable to security breaches and ransomware attacks? In the weeks that followed the high-profile …
Does your cybercrime prevention program work?
KELA surveyed 400 security team members in the US who were responsible for gathering cybercrime threat intelligence daily to better understand if they’re proactively scanning …
Companies struggle to govern their new cloud environments
Organizations are struggling to sufficiently secure new cloud environments implemented during the pandemic, while maintaining legacy equipment and trying to adapt their …
Organizations security: Highlighting the importance of compliant data
Protecting an organization’s digital infrastructure is certainly no easy task. From cloud assets to online devices, customers and websites, to servers, the list goes on and …
5 open-source vulnerability assessment tools to try out
A vulnerability assessment is a methodical examination of network infrastructure, computer systems, and software with the goal of identifying and addressing known security …
1 in 3 organizations don’t know if their public cloud data was exfiltrated
Laminar released findings from its 2022 Security Professional Insight Survey conducted at AWS re:Inforce in July 2022 and Black Hat in August 2022. The research revealed gaps …
Ransomware gangs’ favorite targets
Barracuda released its fourth-annual threat research report which looks at ransomware attack patterns that occurred between August 2021 and July 2022. A closer look at …
DDoS activity launched by patriotic hacktivists is on the rise
Radware released a report revealing that the number of malicious DDoS attacks climbed by 203% compared to the first six months of 2021. This Help Net Security video provides …
Can your passwords withstand threat actors’ dirty tricks?
Password security hinges on the answer to that seemingly simple question. Unfortunately, you can’t know the answer until you’ve engaged a ruthless penetration tester to find …
How BEC attacks on human capital management systems are increasing
In this Help Net Security video, Jon Hencinski, VP of Security Operations at Expel, talks about how their SOC team has recently observed Business Email Compromise (BEC) …
Product showcase: The Stellar Cyber Open XDR platform
As enterprises find themselves dealing with ever-increasing threats and the boundaries of their organization disappearing, security teams are more challenged than ever to …
How automation can solve application development challenges
Security Compass has published the results of a research study examining developer views on application security, including the challenges and opportunities they face in their …
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