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Poor incident detection can cost your organization a fortune

Michael Paye
Michael Paye

No matter how much the economic situation changes, prompt detection and response to cyber threats must remain a core priority for your organization. The ability to spot and address incidents in their early stages will help you avoid data breaches and their unpleasant consequences, including business downtime, lost revenue, costly security investigations and fines from regulatory bodies. As a result, you can save your budget for mission-critical tasks that will bring your organization value in the long run. 


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Addressing the cyber metrics challenge

Dr. Leila Powell
Dr. Leila Powell
Why are CISOs constrained from delivering metrics at scale and why is producing good security metrics so difficult? Here, find out what the five stages of security metrics maturity are, and how you can achieve a mature security metrics program.
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The five biggest threat trends in the first half of 2020

Derek Manky
Derek Manky
The year 2020 isn’t over yet, but so far, it’s been unprecedented from a threat landscape point of view – including the impact of the global pandemic and social movements on the cybersecurity landscape. The threat researchers at FortiGuard Labs have taken a good hard look at what was happening over the first six months of 2020 from a cybersecurity perspective, and we’ve identified some key trends that the industry needs to be aware of.
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Reexamining data privacy and protection amid COVID-19

As proposed legislation unfolds, security and privacy professionals should prepare to face the implications of greater responsibility and risk when it comes to data privacy.
Ed Holmes
Ed Holmes
What are four aspects that security and privacy professionals need to consider to ensure the balance of privacy and safety in data regulations?
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How to mitigate critical cyber risks in a post-COVID-19 environment

Gidi Cohen
Gidi Cohen
The novel coronavirus has forever changed how and where we work. As many organizations adopt new solutions and collaboration tools (e.g., Microsoft Teams, Slack or Zoom) to accommodate employees and customers during this critical period, such fast-paced digital transformation has also exposed several shortcomings associated with our remote workforce’s home networks and routers.
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The Five Rings: Understanding the importance of physical security of colocation data centers as a fundamental service during COVID-19

Ruben Castaneda
Ruben Castaneda
Data Center Security is far more just implementing Access Control Lists (ACL) on a router and firewalls. Physical colocation requires a minimum of “five rings of security.” These five security features are a must for all colocation providers and cover public spaces from the perimeter all the way to the individual server housings.
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Balancing customer relationships and security

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matt tengwall
Matt Tengwall
To meet modern day challenges and address the evolving retail bank landscape, Origin Bank embraces innovative technology and solutions that boost efficiencies, reduce fraud and enhance service. The organization considers the protection of its clients’ assets to be paramount and strives to deliver a safe banking experience.
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Compliance regulators don’t stop working when companies go remote

Jeff Sizemore
Jeff Sizemore
Compliance regulators don’t take days off – not even in a pandemic. Faced with steep penalties for non-compliance and potential reputational damage, organizations are being forced to rethink their compliance strategies to account for new and emerging risks. For digital businesses today, the best place to start is by assessing how systems should be good enough, understand how data integrity is currently being managed, identifying any compliance hazards or gaps, and considering how automation can help address them.
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Can the voting process be hacked? Yes it can.

Can the voting process be hacked?

Carnell Council
Carnell Council CISSP

The term "Kill Chain Methodology" or "Cyber Kill Chain" has been widely used in the world of cybersecurity to interpret the different stages involved in a cyberattack. In a nutshell, from a hacker's perspective, a kill chain is a way to illegally gain access to a network or network device via a series of progressive steps. Consequently, from a defender's perspective, every stage of this process presents an opportunity to prevent intrusions. So, what kind of systems, networks or devices can hackers exploit by employing this methodology? Let's talk about the election.


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