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In this Help Net Security interview, Randy Marchany, CISO at Virginia Tech, discusses the challenges and strategies associated with implementing CIS Controls in organizations of varying sizes. Marchany explores the importance of securing top-level mana… Continue reading Prioritizing CIS Controls for effective cybersecurity across organizations
Think you’re too small to experience a cyber attack? That’s not the case. In fact, cyber threat actors (CTAs) are increasingly setting their sights on small businesses. If successful, their attack attempts can be devastating. Fortunately, t… Continue reading Accelerate essential cyber hygiene for your small business
Crunchy Data in collaboration with the Center for Internet Security, announced the publication of the PostgreSQL CIS Benchmark for PostgreSQL 16. Crunchy Data worked with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to make PostgreSQL the first open s… Continue reading Crunchy Data and Center for Internet Security help businesses secure Postgres deployments
Cloud computing carries many benefits for your business… as long as you can ensure the performance and availability of your cloud environments. Let’s take the following three cloud computing benefits as examples. Rapidly scale cloud services: In … Continue reading Uphold Linux systems’ performance and availability in Azure
Strengthening your cyber defenses can be a daunting task. Where do you start? Which tools do you use? How much will it cost? And, what do you risk losing if you do nothing? It’s not always easy to answer these questions, but in the absence of def… Continue reading Essential cyber hygiene: Making cyber defense cost effective
Cloud security is important to you, but that doesn’t mean you’re willing to trade security for functionality. You need security to work for you. Whatever cloud security resources you’re using must be compatible with the services you use to power your e… Continue reading Cloud security and functionality: Don’t settle for just one
Whether you’re facing a security audit or interested in configuring systems securely, CIS SecureSuite Membership is here to help. CIS SecureSuite provides thousands of organizations with access to an effective and comprehensive set of cybersecuri… Continue reading CIS SecureSuite membership: Leverage best practices to improve cybersecurity
Have you ever wondered how technology hardening guidelines are developed? Some are determined by a particular vendor or driven by a bottom-line perspective. That’s not the case with the CIS Benchmarks. They’re the only consensus-developed security conf… Continue reading CIS Benchmarks Communities: Where configurations meet consensus
There’s an old adage in business: if you’re not measuring something, you can’t manage it. These days, information technology (IT) and information security professionals know this all too well, especially when it comes to configuration… Continue reading How to get started with ongoing configuration assessments
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