The notion that cybersecurity defenders are at an inherent disadvantage — the so-called defender’s dilemma — is incorrect and counterproductive. Instead of focusing solely on how we respond to attackers’ tactics, we can identify and use the advantages inherent in our position as defenders. This article explains what a defender-oriented mindset entails and how it ..
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While remote working offers many benefits to employees, it can be a real headache for employers trying to secure their digital assets. After all, remote employees are accessing corporate resources from various locations and using a broad range devices, which makes safeguarding against unauthorized access even more tricky that what it already was. Fortunately, most ..
These days, everyone knows the importance of backing up their data. Everything needs to be backed up — from a laptop to the cloud platform on which many businesses rely. It feels fairly simple. Unfortunately, with bad actors finding new ways to attack businesses every day, nothing is ever that easy. Threat actors know good ..
Despite the joy younger generations derive from poking fun at the older cohorts of the population, the inevitable retirement of these veteran professionals — particularly in technical roles like network engineers, IT, cybersecurity, etc. — will create serious security implications. A 2023 study of this impending wave of retirements (aptly dubbed the Great Resignation) surveyed ..
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is working on protections against artificial intelligence (AI) based fraud. The FTC outlined the agency’s efforts to use all the tools at its disposal to address the rapid emergence of new technologies powered by AI and their potential risks to consumers and businesses. As part of the agency’s law enforcement ..
What is security convergence? Security convergence is the merging of the two previously distinct practices of physical and cyber security to create a more cohesive and effective security defense against all types of crime. Only 20% of all businesses have fully converged physical and cyber security measures together. This is despite a rapidly growing rate ..
Ago 13, 2024 Marina Londei In evidenza, News, RSS, Vulnerabilità 0 Microsoft ha individuato diverse vulnerabilità in OpenVPN, noto software VPN open source usato da centinaia di compagnie in tutte il mondo. Il team di ricercatori ha spiegato che un attaccante può sfruttare alcune di queste vulnerabilità a catena per eseguire attacchi di esecuzione di ..
The workforce issues plaguing the cybersecurity sector are no longer a trend — they’re an urgent call to action that leaders need to take steps to answer. Cyber teams are already overwhelmed by the challenges in the modern risk ecosystem. Cyberattacks are growing faster than positions. Employees are underequipped and under-skilled, trying to keep pace ..
McLaren Health Care, a healthcare organization operating predominantly in the Midwestern United States, experienced a criminal cyberattack. The organization announced the incident on August 7, 2024, and as of then, it has been unable to confirm if patient or employee information was compromised. Erich Kron, security awareness advocate at cybersecurity company KnowBe4, commented, “Healthcare organizations continue ..
Friday, July 19th, 2024, was an unforgettable day, albeit for all the wrong reasons. A global technical outage linked to the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike grounded flights, crashed enterprise Windows-based systems, and underscored the fact that the dependencies within the world’s IT infrastructure are so fragile and critical that a small bug can bring it to ..
