Confucius once said famously, “A man who does not plan long ahead will find trouble at his door.” No truer words could be spoken about today’s cyberthreat landscape. According to Cybersecurity Magazine, ransomware attacks are predicted to surge from occurring every 11 seconds now, to every two seconds over the next decade. As such, business continuity planning has never been more significant to individuals and organizations.

There were nearly 29,000 vulnerabilities published in 2023, amounting to over 3,800 more common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) being issued last year than in 2022. More troubling than the sheer volume of vulnerabilities in 2023 is that over half of them were given a CVSS score indicating high or critical severity — an increase of 57% YoY.

Organizational risk management often mentions third-party risk management (TPRM) and vendor risk management (VRM). The cybersecurity industry commonly uses these terms interchangeably, but there is a distinct difference between these two crucial components of an organization's broader risk management strategy.

As Windows organizations migrate toward cloud-based environments, they often lose context of their full stack. In addition to securing their on-premises servers, they now need to deal with virtual servers, managed services, and platform-as-a-service offerings. Cloud-based resources require organizations to relinquish control over physical infrastructure and limit their access to underlying operating systems.

Technically awards season has ended, at least when it comes to Hollywood. There. were some big wins for Oppenheimer, and who wasn’t feeling the Kenergy? 2024 is also shaping up as a big year for 11:11, as we’ve already brought home several awards. And now we have been awarded the 2024 Cloud Computing Product of the Year Award for 11:11 Cloud , presented by presented by Cloud Computing Magazine.

In the ever-evolving landscape of enterprise networks, the traditional approach of relying on a fortified perimeter to secure internal assets faces significant challenges. The dichotomy of a trusted internal network and an untrusted external environment, enforced by perimeter defenses, has been a longstanding strategy.

Privileged Access Management (PAM) protects an organization’s most critical systems and accounts from unauthorized access, making it important to have a good PAM strategy in place. Some of the best practices to develop a good PAM strategy include implementing least privilege access, monitoring privileged accounts, adopting password security best practices, requiring multi-factor authentication and auditing privileges regularly.

Over the last few years, the education industry has increased its dependency on third-party service providers, expanding the average attack surface and escalating the importance of comprehensive risk awareness. Higher education institutions that rely on large vendor ecosystems must develop robust cultures of risk awareness to safeguard their data and daily operations from cyber attacks, data breaches, and other disruptions.

Ever follow an ad featuring limited-time products to a company’s web page only to find they’re selling something else entirely? Or have you added a product to a cart only to discover a laundry list of issues, from poor quality to endless fees? Bait and switch (also called “bait-and-switch” or “B&S”) is a classification of fraudulent activities that most recognize as false advertising.

Top tips is a weekly column where we highlight what’s trending in the tech world today and list ways to explore these trends. This week, we’re looking at four machine learning-related risks to watch out for. Machine learning (ML) is truly mind-blowing tech. The very fact that we’ve been able to develop AI models that are capable of learning and improving over time is remarkable.