Cyberattacks have become an unavoidable part of the technology landscape in recent years with attacks like ransomware, phishing, and whaling reaching an all-time high. According to IBM’s Cost of Data Breach Report 2022, the average cost of a ransomware attack is $4.54 million and the average cost of a breach in the US alone is $9.44 million. Cyber insurance is important in these instances, because it helps cover the financial losses incurred.

Security teams are often overwhelmed with alerts daily, including false positives, and actions that require attention but might be placed on the back burner. But when alerts start stacking up and aren’t addressed promptly, important security concerns might go unnoticed and these can spiral into a data breach. The time to detect and respond to security incidents should be as short as possible to limit the time an attacker can carry out an attack.

Since the advent of the internet, personal data has been collected by internet companies in exchange for free services or content. This barter was also intended to provide personalized services to users. However, these data harvesters started selling data to advertising agencies for huge profits, which resulted in predatory marketing efforts towards internet users.

A checksum is small code of computed information that deals with data integrity and security. It is vital for huge data files (in gigabytes) being downloaded from any online site. It checks whether the downloaded file is missing any bytes and is downloaded correctly. The checksum value changes even if there is a small change in the downloaded file or data.

Cybersecurity compliance became prominent in the last decade. From being a trivial part of an organization’s business strategy in the early years to being a core objective now, cybersecurity compliance has come a long way. Today, organizations have dedicated teams and personnel, such as chief compliance officers, to ensure that they stay compliant with the relevant standards pertaining to their industry and location. It is essential for organizations to stay updated to avoid sanctions.

Have you looked into some of the most well-known Active Directory (AD) attacks from around the world? Do you understand the nuances of these popular attacks and can you put the AD fundamentals you learned in the earlier parts of this blog series to good use?

We are excited to announce that ManageEngine has been recognized in three different categories by the Business Intelligence Group in its 2022 Fortress Cyber Security Awards. It is a moment of pride for us to see two of our solutions, AD360 and Log360, win more awards. AD360 was declared a winner in the Authentication and Identity category, and Log360 won awards in both the Threat Detection and the Incident Response categories.

How and why do attackers target an organization’s Active Directory (AD)? This blog, which is part 8 of the series A Practical approach to Active Directory Domain Services, will provide you with the answers. In this part, we will examine what attackers gain by compromising the AD setup. We will also look at some of the most noted means by which AD is compromised. There are two main sections to this blog.

ManageEngine is the proud winner in seven categories of the Information Technology World Awards, the IT industry’s premiere excellence award program. We are honored to be recognized by the only complete IT recognition and achievement award program that covers all the facets of the IT industry. More than 170 judges consisting of industry experts in IT and cybersecurity from around the world were a part of the jury.

At the RSA Conference in San Francisco on June 6, Cyber Defense Magazine celebrated the 10th Annual Cyber Defense Global InfoSec Awards. A prestigious honor in the information security space, the award recognizes businesses that have pioneered cutting-edge solutions to combat current as well as future cyberthreat trends. Of the more than 4,000 reputable information security organizations that took part in this prestigious award, three of our solutions were recognized.