Government August 29, 2022

How Cybersecurity Policy Has Changed Since the SolarWinds Attack

3 min read - Major cyberattacks since 2019 jolted the U.S. government and software industry into action. The succeeding years have seen executive orders, new funding, two summits and a newfound resolve. Because of those attacks, the federal government aims to fix the open-source…

News August 17, 2022

64% of Security Leaders Can’t Stop a Supply Chain-Related Attack

2 min read - Over the past two years, businesses have focused on changing how they work. However, these pandemic changes required a high level of IT support and resources. This often causes deficits in other areas, such as the strength to stop a…

Risk Management May 12, 2022

62% of Surveyed Organizations Hit By Supply Chain Attacks in 2021

4 min read - You’ve heard more about the supply chain in the past two years than you ever expected, or likely wanted. But, as a cybersecurity professional, you now have even more reason to pay attention besides not being able to get your…

Zero Trust February 23, 2022

Ransomware Resilience Tops Findings in X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2022

7 min read - For the third year in a row, ransomware was the top attack type globally in 2021, despite some successes last year by law enforcement to take down ransomware groups. This was among the top findings of IBM Security’s latest research…

Incident Response January 6, 2022

Cyber Awareness 2022: Consider Deepfakes, NFTs and More

4 min read - From deepfakes to crypto crime to in-flight drone-based data theft, cyber awareness in 2022 will look a bit different. Good cyber awareness means knowing these risks, even if some of them sound stranger than science fiction. Cyber Awareness and Deepfake…

Software Vulnerabilities November 9, 2021

A New Cybersecurity Executive Order Puts the Heat on Critical Infrastructure Suppliers

3 min read - Ransomware. Five years ago, the cybersecurity community knew that term well, although among others it was far from dinner table conversation. Times have changed. Since early 2020, ransomware has hit a slew of headlines. People inside and outside of the…

Incident Response September 30, 2021

Using Vendor Management to Defend Against Supply Chain Attacks

2 min read - Supply chain attacks are growing more common. According to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), there were just 19 supply chain attacks in the final quarter of 2020. In the following quarter, that volume grew to 27 attacks — an…

Banking & Finance September 28, 2021

Supply Chain Attack: What It Is (and What to Do About It)

4 min read - The past two years have delivered major disruptions for supply chains. The pandemic pushed supply chain attack issues front-and-center, with disruptions up 67% in 2020 and problems expected to persist as global markets adjust to ‘new normal’ operations. Increasing reliance…

Software Vulnerabilities August 23, 2021

SSDF: The Key to Defending Against Supply Chain Cyberattacks

4 min read - For reasons we all know, software supply chain attacks took on new meaning near the end of 2020. This hasn’t changed over this year. One of the best modern ways to combat these cyberattacks is to integrate a secure software…