Incident Response March 14, 2023

Breaking down a cyberattack, one kill chain step at a time

4 min read - In today’s wildly unpredictable threat landscape, the modern enterprise should be familiar with the cyber kill chain concept. A cyber kill chain describes the various stages of a cyberattack pertaining to network security. Lockheed Martin developed the cyber kill chain…

Cloud Security March 3, 2023

Cybersecurity in the next-generation space age, pt. 4: New space future development and challenges

4 min read - View Part 1, Introduction to New Space, Part 2, Cybersecurity Threats in New Space, and Part 3, Securing the New Space, in this series. After the previous three parts of this series, we ascertain that the technological evolution of New Space…

Risk Management July 14, 2022

6 ways SASE helps protect your data

4 min read - You start to log in to work from the home office you’ve occupied for the last two years only to sit and wait patiently as your virtual private network (VPN) dials up. After a few minutes, it validates your credentials.…

Intelligence & Analytics December 16, 2021

Zero trust and DNS security: Better together

4 min read - How many times have you heard the popular information security joke: “It’s always DNS”? It means that every time there’s a problem you can’t figure out, you will dig until you reach the conclusion that it’s always DNS. But DNS…

X-Force December 12, 2021

How Log4j Vulnerability Could Impact You

4 min read - Get the latest on the vulnerability dubbed "Log4Shell," a remote code execution vulnerability.

CISO December 7, 2021

Understanding the Cyber Risk Exposures Within the Health Care Industry

4 min read - The health care industry is one of the most popular and lucrative targets for cyberattacks and malicious activity. Health care organizations always present as an attractive proposition to hackers as they possess high volumes of sensitive information about patients and…

Cloud Security September 8, 2021

Building Blocks: How to Create a Privileged Access Management (PAM) Strategy

4 min read - Privileged access management (PAM) has long been central to a good enterprise cybersecurity strategy. However, its nature is changing. The pace of digital change is speeding up and reliance on the cloud increasing. So, businesses and agencies must develop new…

Cloud Security August 27, 2021

Why Privileged Access Management Is So Hard in the Cloud

4 min read - Privileged access management (PAM) is in a bizarre place right now. On the one hand, organizations mostly understand the value of PAM. In a July 2019 study cited by Forbes, for instance, just 1% of respondents said that they don’t…

Mobile Security August 24, 2021

Threat Modeling: The Key to Dealing With 5G Security Challenges

2 min read - With 5G reshaping the smartphone market, 5G security needs to keep up. Almost one in three smartphones sold in the first quarter of 2021 can connect to a 5G network. That’s just one year after the world’s first commercial 5G…

Mobile Security July 5, 2021

The OSI Model and You Part 7: Stopping Threats at the Application Layer

2 min read - A lot has changed since the creation of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model. The OSI model dates back to the mid-1970s, designed to serve as a common basis for system interconnection and networking. It has been very useful in…