News May 24, 2023

Zombie APIs are a Top Security Concern as API Attacks Surge 400%

4 min read - Organizations of all sizes rely on application programming interfaces (APIs). The API explosion has been driven by several factors, including cloud computing, demand for mobile/web applications, microservices architecture and the API economy as a business model. APIs enable developers to…

Risk Management May 19, 2023

Educating Your Board of Directors on Cybersecurity

4 min read - Many, if not the majority of, big decisions at organizations come from the boardroom. Typically, the board of directors focuses on driving the direction of the company. Because most boards approve yearly budgets, they have significant oversight of resources and…

Zero Trust April 27, 2023

Zero Trust Data Security: It’s Time To Make the Shift

4 min read - How do you secure something that no longer exists? With the rapid expansion of hybrid-remote work, IoT, APIs and applications, any notion of a network perimeter has effectively been eliminated. Plus, any risk inherent to your tech stack components becomes…

Zero Trust April 17, 2023

How Zero Trust Changed the Course of Cybersecurity

4 min read - For decades, the IT industry relied on perimeter security to safeguard critical digital assets. Firewalls and other network-based tools monitored and validated network access. However, the shift towards digital transformation and hybrid cloud infrastructure has made these traditional security methods…

Intelligence & Analytics March 30, 2023

And Stay Out! Blocking Backdoor Break-Ins

4 min read - Backdoor access was the most common threat vector in 2022. According to the 2023 IBM Security X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, 21% of incidents saw the use of backdoors, outpacing perennial compromise favorite ransomware, which came in at just 17%. The…

Data Protection March 23, 2023

Six Ways to Secure Your Organization on a Smaller Budget

4 min read - My LinkedIn feed has been filled with connections announcing they have been laid off and are looking for work. While it seems that no industry has been spared from uncertainty, my feed suggests tech has been hit the hardest. Headlines…

Security Services March 17, 2023

The One Place IT Budget Cuts Can’t Touch: Cybersecurity

4 min read - If IT spending is slowing, will business leaders follow a similar approach for cybersecurity budgets? Probably not. Gartner predicts that end-user spending on both security technology and services will see an annual growth rate of 11% over the next four…

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…

CISO March 10, 2023

How to Solve the People Problem in Cybersecurity

4 min read - You may think this article is going to discuss how users are one of the biggest challenges to cybersecurity. After all, employees are known to click on unverified links, download malicious files and neglect to change their passwords. And then…

Zero Trust March 7, 2023

SOAR, SIEM, SASE and Zero Trust: How They All Fit Together

4 min read - Cybersecurity in today’s climate is not a linear process. Organizations can’t simply implement a single tool or strategy to be protected from all threats and challenges. Instead, they must implement the right strategies and technologies for the organization’s specific needs…