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Bridging the security automation gap

Security management has gotten out of hand, according to our recent State of Automation in Security Report. 48% of survey respondents had an application outage as a result of …

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CryptXXX 2.0 foils decryption tool, locks PCs

CryptXXX ransomware, first spotted in mid-April, has reached version 2.0, and a new level of nastiness. It’s also on its way to become one of the top ransomware families …

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It’s time to get serious about ICS cybersecurity

As recently reported by The Register, a proof-of-concept PLC worm could spell disaster for the critical infrastructure by making attacks exponentially more difficult to detect …

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GDPR challenges all organizations to mask EU data by default

Organizations need to re-architect operations and adopt a secure, data-first approach ahead of the introduction of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The …

DDoS Response Playbook
Playbook: Prepare your business for DDoS attacks

Like any business initiative, good preparation and planning can go a long way toward making the DDoS response process as manageable, painless, and inexpensive as possible. …

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How small businesses approach risk mitigation and response

CSID released the findings of a survey recently conducted for small businesses (under 10 employees) to determine sentiment and concerns from small business owners around cyber …

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Build security design principles into cyber-physical systems

We are immersed in a cyber-physical world. Information technology is deeply embedded in traditionally non-IT systems, including automobiles, the electric grid and emergency …

Imperva Incapsula DDoS whitepaper
Whitepaper: Protecting financial institutions from DDoS attacks

In response to the growing DDoS threat, the FFIEC issued a statement requiring banks and financial institutions to monitor their networks for DDoS attacks and proactively …

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State of security: Human error and remembering the essentials

It seems that in a sea of complex digital ploys, companies are trying so hard to guard against the next big threat that they have forgotten the basics. From years of extensive …

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Hidden in plain sight: Four signs your network might be under attack

It’s a well-documented fact that an organization may be under attack and not even know it, with malware spreading undetected across the network for days, weeks or even …

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What a Security Evangelist does, and why you need one

Here is a simple truth: You can create the most revolutionary product ever, but if you can’t get word about it out, you’ll fail. Information security vendors …

The Information Systems Security Officer's Guide, Third Edition
Review: The Information Systems Security Officer’s Guide, Third Edition

About the author Dr. Gerald Kovacich has over 40 years of security, criminal and civil investigations, anti-fraud, information warfare, and information systems security …

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