Network June 23, 2023

Easy configuration fixes can protect your server from attack

4 min read - In March 2023, data on more than 56,000 people — including Social Security numbers and other personal information — was stolen in the D.C. Health Benefit Exchange Authority breach. The online health insurance marketplace hack exposed the personal details of Congress…

Intelligence & Analytics June 16, 2023

How do some companies get compromised again and again?

3 min read - Hack me once, shame on thee. Hack me twice, shame on me. The popular email marketing company, MailChimp, suffered a data breach last year after cyberattackers exploited an internal company tool to gain access to customer accounts. The criminals were…

Data Protection March 23, 2023

Cybersecurity 101: What is attack surface management?

3 min read - There were over 4,100 publicly disclosed data breaches in 2022, exposing about 22 billion records. Criminals can use stolen data for identity theft, financial fraud or to launch ransomware attacks. While these threats loom large on the horizon, attack surface…

Data Protection March 23, 2023

Six ways to secure your organization on a smaller budget

4 min read - My LinkedIn feed has been filled with connections announcing they have been laid off and are looking for work. While it seems that no industry has been spared from uncertainty, my feed suggests tech has been hit the hardest. Headlines…

Incident Response February 27, 2023

How breached companies become the face of change

4 min read - I’ve always told my kids that everyone makes mistakes. What really matters is how you handle them and that you learn from what happened. SolarWinds followed the same thinking in how it handled its 2020 breach. Not only did the…

News January 16, 2023

Third-party risk contributes to healthcare data breaches

4 min read - Since 2009, the number of individuals affected by health data breaches in the U.S. has exceeded the country’s population of 331.9 million. As per federal statistics, this means many people have been victims of more than one incident. Unfortunately, the…

Retail December 16, 2022

5 ways to improve holiday retail and wholesale cybersecurity

4 min read - It’s the most wonderful time of the year for retailers and wholesalers since the holidays help boost year-end profits. The National Retail Federation (NRF) predicts 2022 holiday sales will come in 6% to 8% higher than in 2021. But rising…

CISO December 2, 2022

Who carries the weight of a cyberattack?

3 min read - Almost immediately after a company discovers a data breach, the finger-pointing begins. Who is to blame? Most often, it is the chief information security officer (CISO) or chief security officer (CSO) because protecting the network infrastructure is their job. Heck,…

News November 30, 2022

Abuse of privilege enabled long-term DIB organization hack

2 min read - From November 2021 through January 2022, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) responded to an advanced cyberattack on a Defense Industrial Base (DIB) organization’s enterprise network. During that time frame, advanced persistent threat (APT) adversaries used an open-source toolkit…

Data Protection November 8, 2022

Millions lost in minutes — mitigating public-facing attacks

4 min read - In recent years, many high-profile companies have suffered destructive cybersecurity breaches. These public-facing assaults cost organizations millions of dollars in minutes, from stock prices to media partnerships. Fast Company, Rockstar, Uber, Apple and more have all been victims of these…