The confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA) triad is a critical concept in cybersecurity, including three fundamental principles that help protect information. Organizations seeking a starting point for developing an information security framework would benefit from the triad model.

Hashing transforms a key or set of characters into a unique value from the original input, all for cybersecurity data validation and integrity checking. Hashing is a one-way process based on creating a value to associate with a specific data set. Security solutions providers like IDStrong use the highest level of hashing and encryption to protect their users' information. Organizations like IDStrong understand how critical safeguarding their consumer’s credentials is.

A new strain of the HardBit ransomware has emerged in the wild. It contains a protection mechanism in an attempt to prevent analysis from security researchers.

A career in cybersecurity can be rewarding, challenging, and, frankly, lucrative. But it's not the easiest industry to break into: the skills required for a cybersecurity role are both niche and specific, the bar for entry is relatively high, and there are very few entry-level jobs available. But don't be disheartened. The cybersecurity industry is crying out for fresh talent. With hard work, a little luck, and the right advice, you can set yourself up for a long and satisfying career in cybersecurity.

We’re excited to share that ChannelVision Magazine has recognized WatchGuard Technologies with a 2024 Visionary Spotlight Award for Cybersecurity in the program’s Business Technology category! The annual award program honors top industry players that have significantly advanced their channel and technological investments over the last year.

Guiding employees' digital behaviors is key to avoiding potential cybersecurity breaches. However, remote work during summer weeks may disrupt normal routines and change the location of digital assets, leaving companies open to vulnerabilities. According to our latest Internet Security Report, malware detections on endpoints increased by more than 75% during the first months of the year.

Do you have secrets sprawled across your tech stack? The recent Disney breach is as good a reminder as any to check, because it’s likely that you do. But first, let’s take a closer look at the Disney breach to understand what may have gone wrong, and how you can prevent a similar breach from happening to your business.

Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs), desperate to automate repetitive tasks, initially turned to SOAR to reduce their workload and improve threat response times. Unfortunately, legacy SOAR tools still face scalability, flexibility, and integration challenges. As the complexity and volume of cyber threats continue to grow, the limitations of legacy SOAR have become more apparent, necessitating the move towards more advanced automation technologies like Torq Hyperautomation.

There are several steps your organization must take to protect itself from potentially exploitable packages. First, you’ll need to carefully review and triage the package vulnerabilities that present risk to your organization, then you’ll need to patch each one. Patching a package may sound easy, but doing so without breaking your product can be tricky. ‍ Before patching, you may review the changelog between versions. Opening the changelog, however, could further the patch dread.

An Internet Protocol (IP) address is the digital equivalent of your home address. Your home has a unique identification number that gives information about your physical geographic location, like road, city, state, and country. An IP address provides similar information about the people and devices connected to a network.