Intelligence & Analytics November 2, 2021

Taking Threat Detection and Response to the Next Level with Open XDR

6 min read - The challenges facing today’s security industry can easily be described as a perfect storm: increasingly sophisticated cyber attackers combined with the proliferation of security tools to cover an expanding attack surface driven by remote work and cloud adoption. These dynamics…

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…

Application Security September 27, 2021

What Is a Botnet Attack? A Guide for Security Professionals

5 min read - What is a botnet attack, and how do you stop one? A botnet (derived from ‘robot network’) is a large group of malware-infected internet-connected devices and computers controlled by a single operator. Attackers use these compromised devices to launch large-scale…

Zero Trust August 19, 2021

Critical Infrastructure Attack Trends: What Business Leaders Should Know

4 min read - Amateur threat actors have been able to compromise critical infrastructure like industrial control systems (ICS) and other operational technology (OT) assets more often lately. Compromises of exposed OT assets rose over the past 18 months, according to threat researchers at…

Artificial Intelligence July 23, 2021

How AI Will Transform Data Security

3 min read - I’ve often wondered whether artificial intelligence (AI) in cybersecurity is a good thing or a bad thing for data security. Yes, I love the convenience of online stores suggesting the perfect items for me based on my search history, but…

Artificial Intelligence May 15, 2021

AI Security Threats: The Real Risk Behind Science Fiction Scenarios

5 min read - We often hear about the positive aspects of artificial intelligence (AI) security — the way it can predict what customers need through data and deliver a custom result. When the darker side of AI is discussed, the conversation often centers on…

Intelligence & Analytics May 6, 2021

Zero Trust and Insider Threats: Was Brutus the Original Bad Actor?

2 min read - Insider threats have been a problem for as long as there have been insiders. What’s changed over time? Well, for one, Brutus and his conspirators didn’t exactly leave a trail of logs and flows when they plotted against Julius Caesar…

Banking & Finance April 25, 2021

Self-Assessment: How Can You Improve Financial Services Cybersecurity?

6 min read - It’s common knowledge that threat actors target banks. Not only might these attackers want to directly steal money, by doing this they’re also hitting the customers and the trust in the bank. If a financial institution suffers a loss, even insurance…

Intelligence & Analytics April 20, 2021

‘Inbox Zero’ Your Threat Reports: How to Combat Security Alert Fatigue

3 min read - At best, a new cybersecurity alert should trigger immediate action. But we all know in practice that work is not always clear cut. A new alert can find itself as just the latest un-addressed number in the inbox. In an…

Intelligence & Analytics April 16, 2021

Combating Sleeper Threats With MTTD

6 min read - During the SolarWinds Orion supply chain compromise, threat actors lurked in the victim’s network for more than a year. Discovered by FireEye in December 2020, the earliest traces of a modified SolarWinds Orion go back as early as October 2019.…