Is this the year SIEM goes over the cliff?

While this may not be the year that Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions fall off of the cliff of relevancy into obsolete software land, they are slowly moving closer to the edge. Initially, SIEM solutions sought to solve the collection, monitoring, analyzing, and identification of threats in the cybersecurity environment. Bogged by time intensive needs and requiring large data infrastructure to house massive amounts of information, the downward spiral of SIEM may be … More Continue reading Is this the year SIEM goes over the cliff?

New infosec products of the week​: May 5, 2017

Inside threat detection and alerting from Code42 Code42 introducted Inside Threat Detection to its enterprise data protection and security platform. By generating proactive alerts when data use patterns associated with inside threats emerge, IT and InfoSec teams can identify what specific files were moved from a device, by whom, when and where. Code42 Inside Threat can be used by IT and Security teams to conduct analysis to determine data movement. Crossmatch introduces Nomad biometric fingerprint … More Continue reading New infosec products of the week​: May 5, 2017

Key cloud adoption trends and challenges for government entities

Cloud computing has become a trending topic for federal CIOs in the last few years, according to Netwrix. In response to the Obama administration’s cloud-first initiative announced in 2011, organizations have reduced the number of applications (such as email) hosted in government-owned data centers in favor of using cloud-based services. However, cloud adoption can be challenging for agencies, since hackers are constantly improving their techniques to compromise cloud environments. This problem is more relevant than … More Continue reading Key cloud adoption trends and challenges for government entities

SysAdmin Magazine: Best of 2016

In the last issue of SysAdmin Magazine you’ll find the best articles of 2016. From data security to ransomware and cloud adoption – the hottest topics of this year collected in one edition. Content in this issue: AD and Exchange security best practices Research lab: 2016 cloud security report Defending against crypto-ransomware guide Top security freeware tools for sysadmins. Continue reading SysAdmin Magazine: Best of 2016

Research: 2016 Netwrix Cloud Security Report

Security and privacy of data and systems in the cloud remains a top worry for 70% of IT professionals worldwide, up from 63% in 2015, according to a new Cloud Security Survey by Netwrix. Even though cloud service providers make security a top priority, cloud computing is still associated with a number of risks, including potential for unauthorized access by employees and third parties, sophisticated attacks, and lack of visibility into what is happening across … More Continue reading Research: 2016 Netwrix Cloud Security Report