Turf Battles and Silo Skirmishes Are Killing SOC Effectiveness: Survey
Despite the Importance of Security Operations Centers, Performance is Poor
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Author Archives: Kevin Townsend
Salesforce Ventures Investment Values Tanium at $9 Billion
Tanium and Salesforce have come together in a strategic relationship to help solve one of today’s most compelling and urgent problems: how does security manage a workforce that has migrated from in-house company desktops to remote personal devices. It … Continue reading Salesforce Ventures Investment Values Tanium at $9 Billion
Bug Hunters Confident They Will Continue to Outperform AI: Study
Cyber security is described as a form of asymmetric warfare. One side, the defenders, have limited numbers — just the security team. The other side includes every blackhat hacker in the world — that is, many, many thousands. The blackhats only need t… Continue reading Bug Hunters Confident They Will Continue to Outperform AI: Study
Companies Say Strong Authentication Important But Still Over-Rely on Passwords
The need for improved access control is proven by empirical observation — it keeps failing. But improving access control beyond passwords suffers from a fundamental contradiction: while 98% of companies believe strong authentication is necessary for s… Continue reading Companies Say Strong Authentication Important But Still Over-Rely on Passwords
COVID-19 Fuels Phishing and Scams While BEC Attacks Evolve and Increase
Between the second and third weeks of March 2020, email scams and phishing attacks spiked by an unprecedented 436%. Such was the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, business email compromise (BEC) attacks have been less affected by the pandemic… Continue reading COVID-19 Fuels Phishing and Scams While BEC Attacks Evolve and Increase
Micro-Segmentation for Endpoints Shows Promising Defense Against Lateral Movement
Micro-segmentation combined with zero-trust access control between the segments is recommended as one of the best approaches to breach containment. This principle is now extended from the network infrastructure to the endpoint, whether that device is l… Continue reading Micro-Segmentation for Endpoints Shows Promising Defense Against Lateral Movement
Plugging the Discrepancy Between Cyber Insurance Coverage and Actual Risk
One of six ‘best practices’ highlighted by ESI ThoughtLab in a new report on Driving Cybersecurity Performance is simple: “Make more use of cybersecurity insurance to transfer risk.” Use of cyberinsurance is growing, but the insurance industry believes… Continue reading Plugging the Discrepancy Between Cyber Insurance Coverage and Actual Risk
API Protection Firm Salt Security Raises $20 Million
API security startup Salt Security has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Tenaya Capital. With the increasing rate of business transformation, cloud adoption, and remote working, APIs are rapidly becoming the heartbeat of online busi… Continue reading API Protection Firm Salt Security Raises $20 Million
Honda Ransomware Confirms Findings of Industrial Honeypot Research
Multistage targeted ransomware attacks against critical infrastructure, designed to maximize damage and recovery costs, are increasingly common. An analysis of a honeypot-captured attack demonstrates the three basic stages of intrusion, persistence and… Continue reading Honda Ransomware Confirms Findings of Industrial Honeypot Research
Misconfigured Public Cloud Databases Attacked Within Hours of Deployment
More Data May be Lost Through Misconfigured Public Cloud Databases Than We Are Led to Believe
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