News May 31, 2023

HHS Releases Hospital Cyber Resiliency Landscape Analysis

4 min read - On April 17, 2023, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 405(d) Program announced the release of its Hospital Cyber Resiliency Initiative Landscape Analysis. This landmark analysis reports on domestic hospitals’ current state of cybersecurity preparedness. The scope…

Risk Management February 24, 2023

With 40% of Log4j Downloads Still Vulnerable, Security Retrofitting Needs to Be a Full-Time Job

4 min read - Vulnerabilities like Log4j remain responsible for security breaches a full year after the discovery of the flaw. In the months after widespread reporting about the vulnerability, 40% of Log4j downloads remained vulnerable to exploitation. Rapid Response — by Both Security…

Risk Management December 21, 2022

Don’t Wait to Embrace CISA’s Vulnerability Management Rules

4 min read - Vulnerability management is the time-consuming process of finding and patching a seemingly unlimited number of potential risks. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reports more than 23,000 new vulnerabilities for 2022, where more than 17,000 are classified as…

Data Protection November 29, 2021

What the SEC Requires From Businesses After a Data Breach

4 min read - Consumers have become wary of data breaches and the decreased safety of their personal information. However, the cost of a data breach is no longer only a matter of money and your company’s good name. There is now a third…

Software Vulnerabilities November 16, 2021

Call to Patch: Zero Day Discovered in Enterprise Help Desk Platform

4 min read - In an age where organizations have established a direct dependence on software to run critical business operations, it’s fundamental that they are evaluating their software development lifecycles and that of their extended environment — third-party partners — against the same…

Software Vulnerabilities August 17, 2020

New Ponemon Report: A Programmatic Approach to Vulnerability Management for Hybrid Multicloud

4 min read - X-Force Red is unveiling a new research study, conducted by the Ponemon Institute, that highlights vulnerability management challenges for on-premises and cloud environments: in other words, hybrid multicloud. The report, “The State of Vulnerability Management in the Cloud and On-Premises,”…

Software Vulnerabilities August 6, 2020

Shellshock In-Depth: Why This Old Vulnerability Won’t Go Away

5 min read - Shellshock is a bug in the Bash command-line interface shell that has existed for 30 years and was discovered as a significant threat in 2014. Today, Shellshock still remains a threat to enterprise.   The threat is certainly less risky…

June 1, 2020

Weekly Security News Roundup: Average Ransomware Demand Grew 14 Times in One Year

3 min read - Researchers revealed that the average ransomware demand grew 14 times over a one-year period from 2018 to 2019. Read on to learn what else happened last week in security news.

May 18, 2020

Weekly Security News Roundup: WannaCry Dominated Ransomware Detections in Q1 2020

3 min read - Security researchers revealed that WannaCry dominated their ransomware detections in the first quarter of 2020. Read on to learn what else happened last week in security news.

Software Vulnerabilities February 20, 2020

To Rank or Not to Rank Should Never Be a Question

3 min read - Scanning is an important part of any vulnerability management program, but it should always be accompanied by vulnerability ranking to ensure teams are patching the most impactful issues first.