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The Rise of Cyber-Overconfidence in C-Suites

A RedSeal-72Point study of 200 CEOs about their perceptions of cybersecurity posture discovered that many are dangerously unrealistic about how vulnerable they are. In fact, more than 80 percent displayed "cyber naiveté," allowing their organizations to be exposed to cyber-attack. This study reveals the...

How to Avoid Falling Victim to Ransomware and Phishing

The best approach to building a security policy is by using a comprehensive, layered approach that covers all threats (both new and known). This policy needs to leverage real-time threat intelligence by addressing all threat vectors and all platform types as workloads migrate from physical to virtual to...

The Rise of Ransomware

The drop in value of stolen payment cards caused cyber criminals to adopt new tools, foremost among them ransomware. Having already caused a financial drain of $209,000,000 in just one quarter, organizations of all sizes are at risk. Download this infographic to see: Why ransomware-as-a-service is a new risk; The...

Implementing Practical Security Assessments; A How-to Guide

Organizations are scrambling to identify security weaknesses before their adversaries do. Having a consistent, systematic, and scalable methodology to properly assess your environment is essential. To begin you need a solid understanding of the organization, its components, what it relies on, and what could cause it...

2017 State of IBM i Security Study; Don't Leave Your Data Vulnerable

Another day, another data breach in the news. Ransomware at a hospital, the latest IRS breach, a phishing scam at Snapchat . . . you tune out the details. For every breach that makes headlines, dozens of other organizations have had data stolen or corrupted by hackers...or even their own users. Cyberthreats become...

Best Practices for the Alignment of Hybrid Cloud Security Initiatives

Hybrid clouds represent the new normal for data centers, which, in turn, warrants a new security model that needs to be grounded in an understanding about what is different about cloud infrastructure. IT and security professionals are well aware of the need to retool for this new normal. Given strong adoption of...

Find Your Way Out of the PCI DSS Compliance Maze

Any organization that deals with credit card information must secure payment card data in accordance with PCI standards. Merchants and service providers are required to validate compliance by assessing their environment against 12 major control categories applicable to applications and data in the data center and the...

The Top 5 Myths About Hybrid Cloud Security

Hybrid cloud security is a hot topic, especially with the massive growth of public cloud providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft® Azure�� and Google Cloud. With the emergence of the hybrid cloud, where workloads are deployed across physical, virtual, and cloud, security professionals are constantly being...

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Cerber Reigns as King of Ransomware; Where did Locky Go?

In 2016, there were two contenders for king of ransomware: Locky and Cerber. So far in 2017, we've seen a massive shift in the battle between these two families, with Locky basically dropping out entirely and Cerber expanding its market share by a significant amount. New families such as Spora are emerging as well,...

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It's a Scam! Social Media and Tech Support Cybercriminals are NOT Friending You in 2017

March saw the arrival of a new, so-called "Fappening/ Celebgate" scandal, where leaked images and videos of naked celebrities found their way onto the web...prime real estate for scammers who started peddling numerous links across sites like Reddit and all social networks. Likewise in February, Fortune reported a tech...

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What You Should Expect From Malware in 2017

Ransomware grabbed headlines in 2016, becoming the favorite attack used against businesses. However, ad fraud malware and botnets infecting Internet of Things (IoT) devices to launch massive DDoS attacks also became serious threats. So what should you expect from malware in 2017? Download the 2017 State of Malware...

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Top Cybercrime Tactics and Techniques; Attention-grabbing Threats in Q1 2017

The first quarter of 2017 brought with it some significant changes to the threat landscape, and we aren't talking about heavy ransomware distribution either. New threats and infection techniques have forced the security community to reconsider collection and analysis efforts. This report takes a deep look at which...

The Future of AI and Machine Learning; A New Beginning for Endpoint Security Testing

Cyberattacks are evolving at a much faster pace than the traditional security solutions can adapt to...so we must run to catch up. Machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) assist a behavioral model of threat detection in an industry-leading alternative to traditional methods of endpoint security test suites....

10 Impossible Things You Can Do with Metadata

Historically, the only way organizations could come close to capturing high-fidelity data about what's happening on their network was to invest in a packet capture system. That's so yesterday. Full packet capture systems were never designed to facilitate the detection or investigation of advanced threat actors....

A New Approach to Endpoint Security Software Testing

Security product testers have architectured their test suites to adhere to the technologies of the past 10 years. However, as endpoint security and the threat landscape continue to evolve, so must testing suites evolve as well. Advanced methodologies and a more robust testing criteria are essential to keep...