How do I select a risk assessment solution for my business?
One of the cornerstones of a security leader’s job is to successfully evaluate risk. A risk assessment is a thorough look at everything that can impact the security of …
3 tips to increase speed and minimize risk when making IT decisions
There is nothing like a crisis to create a sense of urgency and spawn actions. This is especially true for enterprise IT teams, who are tasked with new responsibilities and …
State-backed hacking, cyber deterrence, and the need for international norms
As time passes, state-backed hacking is becoming an increasingly bigger problem, with the attackers stealing money, information, credit card data, intellectual property, state …
Expanding attack surfaces leave security teams stretched thin
30% of businesses globally have seen an increase in attacks on their IT systems as a result of the pandemic, HackerOne reveals. This is according to C-Level IT and security …
Securing human resources from cyber attack
As COVID-19 forced organizations to re-imagine how the workplace operates just to maintain basic operations, HR departments and their processes became key players in the game …
The precision of security undermined by a failure to correlate
If Paul Newman’s Cool Hand Luke character were to address the security industry, his opening line would likely be: “What we have here is a failure to correlate.” Today, one of …
Internal investigations are changing in the age of COVID-19
Internal investigations in corporations are typically conducted by the human resources (HR) department, internal compliance teams, and/or the IT department. Some cases may …
DevOps is transforming database development in the healthcare sector
As IT teams across the country struggle with smaller budgets and staffing shortages, every industry has seen a rising demand for standardized process and automation to quickly …
What are the benefits of automated, cloud-native patch management?
Could organizations recoup their share of more than $1 billion per quarter by moving away from legacy solutions to cloud-native patch management and endpoint hardening? A new …
How can security leaders maximize security budgets during a time of budget cuts?
It’s no secret that the current pandemic is causing a major strain on consumers and businesses alike. As the U.S. teeters on the verge of a recession, companies are cutting …
Misconfigured cloud storage services are commonplace in 93% of deployments
Cloud breaches will likely increase in velocity and scale, and highlights steps that can be taken to mitigate them, according to Accurics. “While the adoption of cloud native …
25% of IT workers don’t enforce security policies
14% of IT workers are consumed with Identity and Access Management (IAM), spending at least an hour per day on routine IAM tasks, according to 1Password. IAM continues to be a …