Moving beyond vulnerability scanning to strengthen your attack surface

Staying one step ahead of potential breaches is a top priority for security teams within organizations of all sizes. Vulnerability scanning has long been a foundation of these efforts, allowing businesses to identify weaknesses in their security posture. However, as cyberattacks grow in sophistication and scale and with a large number of Common Vulnerabilities and […]

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How to Manage Cyber Risk During Mergers and Acquisitions

By attracting attention from threat actors, merger and acquisition (M&A) events are a significant source of cyber crime risk. So much so that, according to a 2020 IBM Institute of Business Value study, more than one in three executives said they experienced data breaches that can be attributed to M&A activity during integration. Security ratings, […]

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HEAT and EASM: What to Know About the Top Acronyms at RSA

The cybersecurity industry is littered with acronyms. SIEM. EDR. APT. CISO. CISA. The list goes on and on. So it wasn’t surprising that there were a lot of acronyms in RSAC 2023’s sessions and keynotes, as well as in the dozens of news items and studies released during the conference. The hottest acronym, by far, […]

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Four Ways to Harden Your Network Perimeter

With the threat of cyberattacks on the rise worldwide, hardening your organization’s network perimeter has never been more critical. Many organizations have begun to focus more on actively securing and monitoring their externally facing assets to fend off cyberattacks from enemy nation-state actors and cyber criminals. By implementing the four best practices listed below, you […]

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Cybersecurity 101: What is Attack Surface Management?

There were over 4,100 publicly disclosed data breaches in 2022, exposing about 22 billion records. Criminals can use stolen data for identity theft, financial fraud or to launch ransomware attacks. While these threats loom large on the horizon, attack surface management (ASM) seeks to combat them. ASM is a cybersecurity approach that continuously monitors an […]

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Continuous Threat Exposure Management Stops Modern Threats

The modern threat landscape presents serious challenges to businesses struggling to build their security programs.  While these businesses modernize IT and security programs, the attack surface is proliferating. Security leaders must realize that perimeter defenses no longer cope with the expanded attack surface, leaving gaps in security programs. Only by implementing a new systemic approach […]

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What is the Future of Cyberattacks in 2030 (and Beyond)?

The year is 2030. The world is full of smart mega cities, digital surveillance is openly ubiquitous, cash transactions no longer exist, wired connections remain for only the most demanding data flows, the “Internet of Things” age is over and the “Everything is Internet” age is here, and we churn out data with every heartbeat […]

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Cyber Insights 2023: Attack Surface Management

Attack surface management is nothing short of a complete methodology for providing effective cybersecurity. It doesn’t seek to protect everything, but concentrates on areas of IT infrastructure that can be attacked.

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