Q&A: NIST’s new ‘Enterprise Risk Management’ guidelines push cyber risks to board level

Enterprise risk management (ERM) is a comparatively new corporate discipline. The basic notion is that in today’s complex operating environment, it is important for businesses to proactively identify operational hazards and have a plan in place t… Continue reading Q&A: NIST’s new ‘Enterprise Risk Management’ guidelines push cyber risks to board level

NEW TECH: Silverfort helps companies carry out smarter human and machine authentications

Doing authentication well is vital for any company in the throes of digital transformation.
Digital commerce would fly apart if businesses could not reliably affirm the identities of all humans and all machines, that is, computing instances, that are c… Continue reading NEW TECH: Silverfort helps companies carry out smarter human and machine authentications

New Drupal Website Security Best Practices Guide

When it comes to content management systems (CMS) for websites, Drupal is a highly flexible and extendible open-source solution. It is often preferred by technical developers and large government and educational websites. Because of this, the Drupal c… Continue reading New Drupal Website Security Best Practices Guide

BEST PRACTICES: How testing for known memory vulnerabilities can strengthen DevSecOps

DevOps wrought Uber and Netflix. In the very near future DevOps will help make driverless vehicles commonplace.
Related: What’s driving  ‘memory attacks’
Yet a funny thing has happened as DevOps – the philosophy of designin… Continue reading BEST PRACTICES: How testing for known memory vulnerabilities can strengthen DevSecOps

BEST PRACTICES: Mock attacks help local agencies, schools prepare for targeted cyber scams

Cyber criminals who specialize in plundering local governments and school districts are in their heyday.
Related: How ransomware became a scourge
Ransomware attacks and email fraud have spiked to record levels across the U.S. in each of the past &#8230… Continue reading BEST PRACTICES: Mock attacks help local agencies, schools prepare for targeted cyber scams

Beyond Zoom: How Safe Are Slack and Other Collaboration Apps?

COVID-19’s effect on work footprints has created an unprecedented challenge for IT and security staff. Many departments are scrambling to enable collaboration apps for all — but without proper security they can be a big risk. Continue reading Beyond Zoom: How Safe Are Slack and Other Collaboration Apps?