Intelligence & Analytics May 30, 2023

BlackCat (ALPHV) Ransomware Levels Up for Stealth, Speed and Exfiltration

9 min read - This blog was made possible through contributions from Kat Metrick, Kevin Henson, Agnes Ramos-Beauchamp, Thanassis Diogos, Diego Matos Martins and Joseph Spero. BlackCat ransomware, which was among the top ransomware families observed by IBM Security X-Force in 2022, according to…

Cloud Security March 15, 2023

The Importance of Modern-Day Data Security Platforms

4 min read - Data is the backbone of businesses and companies everywhere. Data can range from intellectual property to critical business plans to personal health information or even money itself. At the end of the day, businesses are looking to grow revenue, innovate,…

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…

Data Protection September 20, 2022

Getting Lost in an Encryption Maze? Try a Key Management System

2 min read - Encryption is an essential part of any data security strategy. A key management system (KMS) can make encryption easier by enabling you to transform data to indecipherable cyphertext and control who can access it in clear text. That helps keep…

CISO January 28, 2022

What You Need to Know About Data Encryption Right Now

5 min read - You might feel like you’ve heard these imperatives a million times: “You need to encrypt your data.” “Your information isn’t secure unless you encrypt it.” “You need to eat your fruits and vegetables.” But if you’re like a lot of…

Data Protection January 3, 2022

Data Protection: What Needs to Be Protected?

4 min read - Where is your organization’s data? From global data centers to PCs to mobile apps, data is strewn all over the place. So how do you protect it all? You can’t encrypt everything, right? It’s too expensive and time-consuming. Even the…

Cloud Security August 13, 2021

Ransomware Attacks: How to Protect your Data With Encryption

3 min read - Cybercriminals are making headlines using ransomware to block organizations from accessing their own critical business data to extort ransoms. In 2021, ransomware has become a pervasive, newsworthy topic that competes as a major national security issue. In the last year…

Data Protection August 13, 2021

Data Encryption: Simplifying Enterprise Key Management

3 min read - Data encryption can help prevent malicious users and rogue processes from taking control of sensitive data. According to the 2021 Cost of a Data Breach report, the use of encryption is a top factor in reducing the average data breach cost. But,…

Artificial Intelligence June 24, 2021

Data Security Along Every Stage of the Journey

3 min read - Let’s say you’re planning a train robbery in the Old West. Your posse can jump on board at the station, on the route or at the last stop. The same is true of today’s data robbers. There are three main states…

Cloud Security June 2, 2021

Cloud Security: Why Being Intentional in Encryption Matters

3 min read - Cloud security and web application security demand technology and practices that protect applications and data hosted remotely. Good old-fashioned data encryption is chief among these. The reasons for encrypting cloud data, of course, are privacy, security and regulatory compliance —…