In a blog post published in February 2021, Microsoft noted that web shell attacks had been steadily increasing since mid-2020. There were 140,000 monthly web shell attacks from August 2020 to January 2021, more than twice the average from 2020. The increasing prevalence of these attacks has a simple reason: web shell attacks are easy to author and launch. So, what are web shell attacks? Why should organizations be more aware of them?
Every business has a set of rules and regulations that it must uphold. To maintain compliance, businesses must adhere to the regulations and laws specific to their industry. The problem is, these regulations are constantly changing, and failure to stay up-to-date can lead to serious financial strains and damage to company reputation. Let’s explore how effective compliance management can ensure the continuity and security of your organization.
Reciprocity® Risk Intellect is a new risk-analysis tool that, when used with the Reciprocity ZenGRC® platform, provides insight on the impact your compliance programs have on your cyber risk posture. By mapping your current compliance control assessments to cyber risks, it provides immediate context and visibility into which cyber risks and controls offer the greatest opportunity for reducing risk.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reinventing the trajectory of cybersecurity and fighting with a double-edged sword. If harnessed correctly, AI can automatically generate alerts for emerging threats, detect new types of malware, and protect sensitive data. While it has advanced us into a plethora of new technologies -- think Siri, facial recognition, and Google’s search engine -- it has also probed us with significant threats from cybercriminals.
In this blog post, ProcessUnity, the leading provider of Vendor Risk Management software and Cybersecurity Program Management software, covers key strategies for addressing third-party cyber risk. Modern cybersecurity programs need to evolve rapidly to navigate new challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and high-profile cyber attacks.
Risks are a part of everyday life. No matter what decision we take, we always weigh the pros and cons. This core element of our daily lives is risk assessment. When it comes to cybersecurity, risks are omnipresent. Whether it is a bank dealing with financial transactions or medical providers handling the personal data of patients, cybersecurity threats are unavoidable. The only way to efficiently combat these threats is to understand them.
Risk management is the process of identifying, monitoring, and managing potential risks and their negative impacts on a business. These risks can range from data loss, cyberattacks, and security breaches, to system failures and even natural disasters.
The modern threat landscape has evolved enormously in the past few years. Cybercriminals launch increasingly sophisticated attacks, and these attacks have only gotten worse since the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic and the move to remote work.
In today’s unpredictable business environment, it’s more important than ever that your organization is protected against cybercrime. One of the best ways to ensure that your data is safe is to enforce identity and access management (IAM) — a method for defining the roles and privileges of individual users within your network.
Cybersecurity threats evolve constantly, and it’s difficult for any organization to stay ahead of emerging risks. A company’s best defense against security breaches is to understand the tactics that hackers use, and then plan accordingly. In this post we’ll examine one of the common kinds of cyber attacks — a DDoS attack — and discuss how best to protect your network infrastructure.
