Risk Management September 20, 2023

How IBM secures the U.S. Open

2 min read - More than 15 million tennis fans around the world visited the US Open app and website this year, checking scores, poring over statistics and watching highlights from hundreds of matches over the two weeks of the tournament. To help develop…

Zero Trust February 1, 2023

Contain breaches and gain visibility with microsegmentation

4 min read - Organizations must grapple with challenges from various market forces. Digital transformation, cloud adoption, hybrid work environments and geopolitical and economic challenges all have a part to play. These forces have especially manifested in more significant security threats to expanding IT…

Mobile Security December 17, 2021

It’s Not Too Soon to Start Talking About 6G

3 min read - We may be only a short time into 5G deployments, but discussions of the impact 6G technology will have on our lives have already started. In late 2020, the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions created a new group called the…

Incident Response December 3, 2021

What the Internet Bug Bounty Teaches About Open-Source Software Security

4 min read - The security platform HackerOne recently announced the latest version of their Internet Bug Bounty (IBB) program. The IBB strives to enhance open-source software security by pooling resources and encouraging security experts (they call themselves hackers) to find flaws in open-source…

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 June 28, 2021

The OSI Model and You Part 6: Stopping Threats at the OSI Presentation Layer

2 min read - Our travels through the OSI seven layers of networking have shown that each layer has specific weaknesses and angles of attack. In turn, each has its best defenses. Now, we’ve come to the OSI presentation layer. Here translation, encryption and compression…

Intelligence & Analytics June 10, 2021

What is Network Detection and Response and Why is it So Important?

4 min read - Networks are the foundation of today’s connected world. They allow millions of people, devices, apps and systems to talk with one another every minute of the day. Without networks, modern communication as we know it would cease to exist. Today’s…

Zero Trust May 7, 2021

How a Firewall Can Foster Zero Trust

2 min read - Older perimeter-based firewalls aren’t up to the task of safeguarding today’s more distributed networks. But that doesn’t mean the end of the firewall is in sight. On the contrary, businesses and other groups are turning to next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) hosted…

Cloud Security March 5, 2021

Cloud Clarity: Adding Security and Control to the AWS Shared Responsibility Model

3 min read - Have your security team members ever made a mistake in the cloud? Human error happens and it can take on many forms. But, none are as serious as failing to understand the way cloud defenses work.  If a mistake does…

Network February 15, 2021

Network Segmentation Series: What is It?

2 min read - This is the first in a series of three blog posts about network segmentation.  Many businesses are looking to augment their defenses by changing their approach to network security. Take the heightened awareness around building zero trust networks, for instance. Embracing…