
Combating vulnerability fatigue with automated security validation
Security operations teams have been dealing with “alert fatigue” for far too long. The introduction of log monitoring (e.g., SIEM), firewall, and AV technologies over two …

Do you have a plan for your cybersecurity career? Time to skill up!
Gerald Auger is a Managing Partner at Coastal Information Security Group, and Chief Content Creator at Simply Cyber. In this interview with Help Net Security, he talks about …

Ransomware attacks on the rise – How to counter them?
In June 2012, Deloitte conducted an online survey of 50 C-suite and other executives about cyber threat detection and response and found that almost 87% of the pollees …

How to avoid the pitfalls of multi-cloud strategy deployment
Making the decision to implement a multi-cloud strategy is difficult. From the decision to pursue a multi-cloud journey to defining the requirements to laying the foundation …

OWASP Top 10 2021: The most serious web application security risks
The definitive OWASP Top 10 2021 list is out, and it shows that broken access control is currently the most serious web application security risk. How is the list compiled? …

US agricultural co-op hit by ransomware, expects food supply chain disruption
New Cooperative Inc., an agricultural cooperative owned by Iowa corn and soy farmers, has been hit by the BlackMatter ransomware group. The attackers are asking the co-op to …

The complexities of vulnerability remediation and proactive patching
In this interview with Help Net Security, Eran Livne, Director, Product Management, Endpoint Remediation at Qualys, discusses vulnerability remediation complexity, the …

9 tips to avoid cloud configuration conundrums
Configuration-related errors continue to result in avoidable losses of customer data and, consequently, their trust and loyalty, as well as revenue. The recent T-Mobile breach …

Top tips for preventing SQL injection attacks
In the wake of the Colonial Pipeline attack and other high-profile cases, IT teams may be scrabbling to shore up their endpoint protection. But those in the developer …

How do I select a container security solution for my business?
The adoption of container architectures is growing steadily, but security and compliance remain top concerns for enterprises, a recent survey revealed. To select a suitable …

Securing your WordPress website against ransomware attacks
It’s no surprise to anyone who works in security that there’s been an explosion in ransomware incidents over the last two years, costing companies across various industries …

3 ways to protect yourself from cyberattacks in the midst of an IT security skill shortage
With COVID-19 variants on the rise, widespread remote work may be sticking around longer than IT leaders would like, which comes with a heightened risk for cyberattacks that …
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