So, you’re looking for SAST and DAST. Or, you’re looking to understand what SAST and DAST tools are: What are the key differences? How do you use them together? Do you need them? You’re in the right place. Let’s dive in.

For companies looking to get SOC 1 or 2 compliant, it can be hard to find out where to start, so we’re providing a straightforward guide to the ins and outs of SOC audits.

The effectiveness of your entire Vendor Risk Management program is contingent on your vendor risk monitoring capabilities. Insufficient vendor security monitoring that fails to detect cyber risks during onboarding or any new cybersecurity risks throughout the vendor lifecycle will inevitably emerge later on as a major breach risk. To help you choose a vendor risk monitoring solution that will maximize your VRM investment, this post ranks the top eight vendor monitoring platforms on the market in 2024.

File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) is a cybersecurity process that involves continuously monitoring files and systems to identify any unauthorized changes. FIM solutions maintain file integrity by comparing a file or system's current state to a known, trusted baseline and flagging any discrepancies. It is key for identifying security breaches, preventing data tampering, and maintaining compliance.

Vendor risk monitoring is the process of continuously identifying, assessing, and managing security risks associated with third-party vendors. This effort is crucial to a successful Vendor Risk Management program as it ensures an organization’s third-party risk exposures remain within acceptable levels throughout each vendor's lifecycle.

Hacktivism is by its very nature reactive, as it involves the use of computer-based techniques as a form of civil disobedience to promote a political agenda or social change. Groups conduct attacks in response to the actions of others, both to encourage or discourage these actions. With the emergence and developments of the Russia-Ukraine war and the Israel-Palestine conflict escalations, there has been a resurgence in hacktivism over the past few years.

Today’s blog installment brings us to the end of our 30-week journey that covered 30 cybersecurity topics that I felt would be of interest to a wide variety of security practitioners, such as Security Architects, Security Admins, and Security Auditors. I hope everyone found it as helpful as I found it to write. So, let’s move on with our last topic.

The Internet can feel like magic. When you load a webpage in your browser, many simultaneous requests for data fly back and forth to remote servers. Then, often in less than one second, a website appears. Many people know that DNS is used to look up a hostname, and resolve it to an IP address, but fewer understand how data flows from your home network to the network that controls the IP address of the web server.

Explore highlights from DevOpsDays Birmingham 2024, featuring workshops, sessions, and community-driven discussions on empowering teams and doing it securely.

Selecting the right SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) vendor requires a solid project management tool that fosters collaboration between network and IT security teams. This collaboration, or team unity, will ensure alignment with an organization’s strategic goals while leveraging the respective expertise of stakeholders. Consequently, the selected SASE solution will meet network design, configuration, and security needs – essential for project success.