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3 Ways to Get Endpoint Security Back Under Control in the New Remote World of Work

May 11, 2020

The massive, overnight shift to a fully remote work environment during the COVID-19 crisis has amplified both the urgency and the obstacles around endpoint security. Not only were many machines not designed to work outside the corporate environment, leaving many companies woefully unprepared, but cybercriminals have already sprung to the occasion, preying on COVID-19 fears.

Decision Automation in Security Operations Brings Transparency and Trust to AI

Chris Triolo

May 8, 2020

Like many other industry buzzwords, there’s a lot of hype around security automation. Yet, for the first line of defense in an enterprise environment, the analysts working in the security operations center (SOC), the notion of automation is more headline than reality. Many basic tasks – logging, fault isolation, reporting, and incident troubleshooting – are still very much manual.

4 Cybersecurity Lessons from the Front Lines of Pandemic Preparation

Gary Symes

May 8, 2020

Ten years ago, I helped create a national pandemic plan outlining how the U.K. would respond to a potential outbreak. While the exercise was largely theoretical, we are now seeing the need for these preparations in real time. Here are four key lessons from my time preparing for a pandemic.

Keeping Employees Cyber-Aware Keeps the Enterprise Cyber-Secure

Best Practices to Help Teams Stay Safe Online

Emmanuel Schalit

May 8, 2020

The best way to protect accounts and data from credential stuffing and online phishing attacks is to stop reusing the same passwords on multiple accounts. All accounts—but especially accounts related to work, retail, finance, and government—should be protected with strong, unique passwords. What are a few best practices to ensure employees are safer online?

Identity-Based Attacks Proliferate as Exposed Credentials Become More Intimate

Claire Umeda

May 8, 2020

Preventing identity-based attacks such as account takeover (ATO) fraud and Business Email Compromise (BEC) begins with securing your personally identifiable information (PII), but this seems to be increasingly difficult as cybercriminals continue to evolve.

Are you Ready for These 26 Different Types of DDoS Attacks?

David Balaban

May 7, 2020

Although distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) is an old school attack vector, it continues to be a serious threat to organizations. The monthly number of such attacks exceeds 400,000. To top it off, cybercriminals keep adding new DDoS mechanisms to their repertoire and security providers aren’t always prepared to tackle them. Here are 26 different types of DDoS attacks your security team needs to be ready for.

The Building of a Cyber Resilient Financial Services Sector

Jason Harrell

May 7, 2020

As we enter the new decade, we stand reminded that technological innovation and cybersecurity threats continue to develop and evolve at an incredible pace. Firms must therefore continue to build the proper defenses to protect consumer confidential data and financial market integrity. Cyber threats have become one of the top threats to the financial services sector and the ability of firms to be resilient in the face of these threats is paramount.

Online Privacy During a Pandemic: New Challenges in a New World

Five steps to hasten compliance with California Consumer Privacy Act, and safely use data as an asset

Tomas Honzak

May 7, 2020

More companies are doing more business online to survive the pandemic, and that’ll create even more data privacy concerns going forward. At the same time, new privacy regulations have taken hold, most notably the California Consumer Privacy Act. What are 5 steps to achieve compliance?

The Human Strategy is the Best Cyber Defense to Combat COVID-19

The pandemic has highlighted the critical need to cultivate the workforce to ensure there are highly skilled professionals to meet the new demands

Kurt John

May 7, 2020

COVID-19 has impacted every facet of life and business. Millions of people around the world have been working from home to collectively slow the spread of the coronavirus. However, as the global workforce migrates from physical corporate locations to less-secure home offices, this new reality creates increased cyber threats, as employees exchange what can be sensitive data in order to prevent business operations from coming to a standstill.

Biometric Data: Increased Security and Risks

Lenildo Morais

May 6, 2020

Biometrics has the potential to make authentication faster, easier and more secure, as long as it is handled with due care. Based on this, what can companies and governments do to offer a safer digital environment for consumers?