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How Data Security Improves When You Engage Employees in the Process
When it comes to protecting information, we can all do better. But encouraging a can-do attitude goes a long way toward discouraging users' risky behaviors.
How to Keep Up Security in a Bug-Infested World
Good digital hygiene will lower your risk, and these six tips can help.
Managing Data the Way We Manage Money
In the data-driven enterprise, myriad types of data have become a new form and flow of currency. Why, then, hasn't the CISO achieved parity with the CFO?
A 'Cyber Resilience' Report Card for the Public Sector
Government agencies are making great strides in defending themselves against cyberattacks, according to new research from Accenture. But technology alone won't solve the problem.
Owning Security in the Industrial Internet of Things
Why IIoT leaders from both information technology and line-of-business operations need to join forces to develop robust cybersecurity techniques that go beyond reflexive patching.
The Cloud Security Conundrum: Assets vs. Infrastructure
The issue for cloud adopters is no longer where your data sits in AWS, on-premises, Azure, Salesforce, or what have you. The important questions are: Who has access to it, and how is it protected?
The Human Factor in Social Media Risk
Your employees need help recognizing the warning signs and understanding how to protect themselves online.
Hacking Back: Simply a Bad Idea
While the concept may sound appealing, it's rife with drawbacks and dangers.
Data Manipulation: How Security Pros Can Respond to an Emerging Threat
Industry leaders are scrambling to address the issue, which will take new thinking to overcome.
3 Drivers Behind the Increasing Frequency of DDoS Attacks
What's causing the uptick? Motivation, opportunity, and new capabilities.
Turn the NIST Cybersecurity Framework into Reality: 5 Steps
Actionable advice for tailoring the National Institute of Standards and Technology's security road map to your company's business needs.
WebAuthn, FIDO2 Infuse Browsers, Platforms with Strong Authentication
New standards offer protection against hacking, credential theft, phishing attacks, and hope for the end of an era of passwords as a security construct.
5 Steps to Success for New CISOs
You've been hired to make an impact. These tips can help set you up for continued success.
The Top 5 Security Threats & Mitigations for Industrial Networks
While vastly different than their IT counterparts, operational technology environments share common risks and best practices.
Overhauling the 3 Pillars of Security Operations
Modern apps and the cloud mean that organizations must now rethink older security practices.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Security Teams
Security requires smart people, processes, and technology. Too often, the "people" portion of the PPT equation is neglected.
Cybersecurity Is Only 1 Part of Election Security
Protecting the 2018 election cycle means fixing the information infrastructure.
Enterprise Security Needs an Open Data Solution
What would it look like if more than a tiny fraction of enterprises had access to all the signals hidden in their big data today?
The Increasingly Vulnerable Software Supply Chain
Nation-state adversaries from Iran to Russia have leveraged the supply chain as a vehicle to compromise infrastructure and disrupt businesses.
4 Trends Giving CISOs Sleepless Nights
IoT attacks, budget shortfalls, and the skills gap are among the problems keeping security pros up at night.
Foreshadow, SGX & the Failure of Trusted Execution
Trusted execution environments are said to provide a hardware-protected enclave that runs software and cannot be accessed externally, but recent developments show they fall far short.
4 Practical Measures to Improve Election Security Now
It's more critical than ever for states to protect our democratic system and voting infrastructure from foreign cyber espionage.
DevOps Demystified: A Primer for Security Practitioners
Key starting points for those still struggling to understand the concept.
TLS 1.3 Won't Break Everything
The newest version of TLS won't break everything in your security infrastructure, but you do need to be prepared for the changes it brings.
The Role of Incident Response in ICS Security Compliance
The data-driven nature of IR can provide many of the reporting requirements governing industrial control system safety, finance, consumer privacy, and notifications.
Why a Healthy Data Diet Is the Secret to Healthy Security
In the same way that food is fuel to our bodies, data is the fuel on which our security programs run. Here are 10 action items to put on your cybersecurity menu.
Understanding & Solving the Information-Sharing Challenge
Why cybersecurity threat feeds from intel-sharing groups diminish in value and become just another source of noise. (And what to do about it.)
The Weakest Security Links in the (Block)Chain
Despite the technology's promise to transform how business is done, there are significant limitations and potential risks at the intersection of the digital and physical worlds.
Thoughts on the Latest Apache Struts Vulnerability
CVE-2018-11776 operates at a far deeper level within the code than all prior Struts vulnerabilities. This requires a greater understanding of the Struts code itself as well as the various libraries used by Struts.
Lean, Mean & Agile Hacking Machine
Hackers are thinking more like developers to evade detection and are becoming more precise in their targeting.
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Everything You Need to Know About DNS AttacksIt's important to understand DNS, potential attacks against it, and the tools and techniques required to defend DNS infrastructure. This report answers all the questions you were afraid to ask.
Domain Name Service (DNS) is a critical part of any organization's digital infrastructure, but it's also one of the least understood. DNS is designed to be invisible to business professionals, IT stakeholders, and many security professionals, but DNS's threat surface is large and widely targeted.
Attackers are causing a great deal of damage with an array of attacks such as denial of service, DNS cache poisoning, DNS hijackin, DNS tunneling, and DNS dangling. They are using DNS infrastructure to take control of inbound and outbound communications and preventing users from accessing the applications they are looking for. To stop attacks on DNS, security teams need to shore up the organization's security hygiene around DNS infrastructure, implement controls such as DNSSEC, and monitor DNS traffic
Incident Readiness and Building Response Playbook
In this special report, learn the Xs and Os of any good security incident readiness and response playbook.
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