Backdoor Deployment and Ransomware: Top Threats Identified in X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2023

Deployment of backdoors was the number one action on objective taken by threat actors last year, according to the 2023 IBM Security X-Force Threat Intelligence Index — a comprehensive analysis of our research data collected throughout the year. Backdoor access is now among the hottest commodities on the dark web and can sell for thousands […]

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It’s Not Too Late: Take Back Control of Your Cybersecurity Now

“Take Back Control of Your Cybersecurity Now,” the new e-book by Paul Ferrillo and Chris Veltsos, is an invaluable resource for nontechnical professionals.

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Don’t Rely on Castles and Moats to Protect Your Data — Build a Healthy Immune System Instead

Organizations need to rely on an immune system approach to preventing and remediating threats — not the castles-and-moats defense of decades ago.

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Stanford University IT Department Makes the Grade With IBM BigFix

At InterConnect 2016, the IT team from Stanford University detailed how IBM BigFix helped them lock down data without sacrificing the user experience.

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