Infosec products of the month: October 2024

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from: Action1, Balbix, BreachLock, Commvault, Dashlane, Data Theorem, Edgio, ExtraHop, Fastly, Frontegg, GitGuardian, IBM, Ivanti, Jumio, Kusari, Legit Security, Met… Continue reading Infosec products of the month: October 2024

New infosec products of the week: October 4, 2024

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Balbix, Halcyon, Metomic, Red Sift, SAFE Security, Veeam Software, and Legit Security. SAFE X equips CISOs with integrated data from all their existing cybersecu… Continue reading New infosec products of the week: October 4, 2024

Balbix introduced a new capability that automates CIS Benchmark requirements

With Balbix, compliance teams can not only access current and up-to-date CIS Benchmarks reports but also understand their most significant and critical assets and take steps to mitigate security risks. With Balbix, security and compliance teams can ali… Continue reading Balbix introduced a new capability that automates CIS Benchmark requirements

The cybersecurity metrics required to make Biden’s Executive Order impactful

For too long, both the private and public sectors have not prioritized cybersecurity efforts enough and only acted in “good faith” – an inadequate effort to improve cybersecurity. Recently, President Biden issued the Executive Order on Improving … Continue reading The cybersecurity metrics required to make Biden’s Executive Order impactful

Cybersecurity teams are struggling with a lack of visibility into key security controls

89% of security professionals are most concerned about phishing, web and ransomware attacks. This is especially alarming, considering that only 48% confirm that they have continuous visibility into the risk area of phishing, web and ransomware, a Balbi… Continue reading Cybersecurity teams are struggling with a lack of visibility into key security controls

Leveraging automation to maximize security budgets

With the economic impact of COVID-19 increasingly looking like an imminent recession and the way we do work altered perhaps forever, CIOs and CISOs will most likely be managing reduced budgets and a vastly different threat landscape. With the average c… Continue reading Leveraging automation to maximize security budgets

99% of enterprise users reuse passwords across accounts

Very few users take appropriate action to significantly reduce the risk of password compromise, according to a Balbix report. The study found that more than 99% of enterprise users reuse passwords, either across work accounts, or between work and perso… Continue reading 99% of enterprise users reuse passwords across accounts