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Fix your IT weak spots to guarantee compliance

As the number of regulations grow each day, and are different depending on the sector, the consequence of not adhering to them has come more and more severe. It can massively …

CIS Hardened Images
Easily migrate to the cloud with CIS Hardened Images

CIS offers virtual images hardened in accordance with the CIS Benchmarks, a set of vendor agnostic, internationally recognized secure configuration guidelines. CIS Hardened …

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Mastering microsegmentation for enterprise applications

Network segmentation is one of the defensive practices used by many enterprises to stop the spread of malware in the ecosystem. Servers and databases are grouped together by …

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The most insecure and easily hackable passwords

No matter how annoying juggling too many passwords can be, for better or worse they are one thing end users have control over. But while choosing a password is easy, choosing …

The state of mental health in the cybersecurity community

A report from Tines revealed the state of mental health among cybersecurity professionals. The past few years have been particularly challenging. Remote work, talent shortage, …

DDoS
Why are DDoS attacks so easy to launch and so hard to defend against?

DDoS attacks are an underappreciated residual risk for most organizations today. While most people are concerned about ransomware, it typically takes a ransomware attacks …

Secure your CMS-based websites against pervasive attacks

Sucuri Security’s 2021 Website Threat Research Report has revealed that payment card skimmers are becoming more common in exploit kits affecting WordPress websites, and …

medical devices
Shrinking healthcare cybersecurity gaps between hospitals and manufacturers

The relationship between medical device manufacturers (MDMs) and healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) has always been challenged by a lack of good communication, mostly to …

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Ransomware works fast, you need to be faster to counter it

Since the pandemic hit and organizations had to quickly adjust to widespread remote work and stand up hybrid environments, ransomware gangs have been having a field day. In …

Threats to hardware security are growing

Hardware attacks are becoming more and more sophisticated. There are several reasons this could be happening: Security increasingly supported in hardware – Mistakes can …

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Funding women-led cybersecurity startups: Where are we at?

In 2020, cybersecurity companies raised $8.9 billion globally, and in 2021 the amount jumped (significantly) to over $21 billion. While the data is very exciting and promising …

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Smart government agencies are opting for multicloud environments

In recent years, there had been more cyberattacks, ransomware events, and an ongoing discovery of potential vulnerabilities within an IT infrastructure. In addition, the …

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