Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

March 2024

Nightfall was built on AI. Here's how we're advancing our mission to scale data protection in the enterprise.

Back in 2018, Rohan and I founded Nightfall on the belief that AI could make data leak prevention (DLP) better, faster, and more accessible to every enterprise. At the time, Rohan was a founding engineer at Uber Eats, and I was an investor at Venrock specializing in SaaS and security. From these respective vantage points, we could see that legacy solutions weren’t working, and could never keep up with the evolving threat landscape.

Elevating a Housing Association's Security Posture with Managed XDR for Microsoft

Learn about careers with us and search open job opportunities here. As one of the largest housing associations in the UK, Southern Housing was concerned about being targeted due to a sharp increase in cyberattacks on its industry. The organization also needed to broaden its defenses in response to the shift to remote and hybrid working.

5 Best Practices to Secure Azure Resources

Cloud computing has become the backbone for modern businesses due to its scalability, flexibility and cost-efficiency. As organizations choose cloud service providers to power their technological transformations, they must also properly secure their cloud environments to protect sensitive data, maintain privacy and comply with stringent regulatory requirements.

Exploring the risks of eye-tracking technology in VR security

Virtual reality (VR) offers profound benefits across industries, particularly in education and training, thanks to its immersive nature. Through derivatives, such as 3D learning environments, VR enables learners to gain a deeper understanding of theoretical concepts more quickly and efficiently.

Understanding Denial of Service Attacks: Prevention and Response Strategies

Denial of service attacks pose a significant threat to online services, with the power to disrupt and disable critical operations. This guide uncovers the numerous tactics attackers use, the motivations behind their malicious activities, and provides actionable strategies to fortify your network against these insidious threats.

Bipartisan AI Task Force and More - This Month in AI

In a significant move to address the complexities of regulating artificial intelligence (AI), Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) declared the formation of a bipartisan task force dedicated to exploring AI innovation and devising safeguards against potential threats. This initiative comes as lawmakers grapple with the rapid evolution of AI technology and its implications for various sectors.

Security Debt: A Growing Threat to Application Security

Security debt is a major and growing problem in software development with significant implications for application security, according to Veracode's State of Software Security 2024 Report. Let’s delve a bit deeper into the scope and risk of security debt, and gain some insights for application security managers to effectively address this challenge. Security debt refers to software flaws that remain unfixed for a year or more.

Firmware Monitoring is Just a Snapshot Away

Any time the television news presents a story about cybersecurity, there is always a video of a large data center with thousands of blinking lights. Even most cybersecurity blogs will include an image of many lights on the front panels of servers, routers, and other hardware. However, most people don’t notice that the lights are usually green or some shade of blue. Rarely are those lights yellow or red, signaling a problem.

Federated Learning for Cybersecurity: Collaborative Intelligence for Threat Detection

The demand for innovative threat detection and intelligence approaches is more pressing than ever. One such paradigm-shifting technology gaining prominence is Federated Learning (FL). This emerging concept harnesses the power of collaborative intelligence, allowing disparate entities to pool their insights without compromising sensitive data.

What is OSCAL and Why Does It Matter for NIST and FedRAMP?

What is OSCAL and Why Does It Matter for NIST and FedRAMP? Complying with federal cybersecurity guidelines is a difficult task. Unfortunately, many contractors and cloud service providers take a rather lax view of compliance, and it’s an all-too-common scenario for a company to build up standards and practices for audit time and let them slip immediately thereafter until the lead-up to the next audit. Part of this is simply the immense complexity of cybersecurity.

ConMon: FedRAMP Continuous Monitoring and How It Works

ConMon: FedRAMP Continuous Monitoring and How It Works Obtaining a software approval with the federal government and its agencies as a contractor and obtaining an Authority to Operate (ATO) is not a one-time process. We’re not just referring to the need to recertify annually and pass occasional audits. We’re talking about an additional part of the process, the final part of the NIST Risk Management Framework: Monitoring.