Attacks and intrusions on our nation’s vital infrastructure — our electrical grid, water systems, ports and oil supply — are on the rise. For example, as reported by the Pew Charitable Trust in March 2021, hackers changed the chemical mixture of the water supply in Oldsmar, Fla., increasing by 100 times the level of sodium hydroxide (lye) in the water supply.
We have most certainly been adding fuel to the fire, this is easily the biggest update we have had all year! We continue to add team members and our engineering capability is growing. The list of improvements and new capabitliite is too much to try and summarize, you will have to read the release notes below.
The internet of things (IoT) is a system of interconnected computers, devices, digital machines, and objects, all marked with unique identifiers (UIDs) and enabled to transfer and share data over a network. It was first coined by Kevin Ashton in 1999 when he envisioned a future where things communicated with each other, apart from human interaction With the evolution of web-enabled smart homes and smart devices in nearly every corner of life, IoT attack surfaces begin to emerge.
Oftentimes, three-letter acronyms trend and become buzzwords. At other times, they act as catalysts by influencing the business environment in which an organization operates. Such acronyms include CSR (corporate social responsibility), GRC (governance, risk, and compliance), and the most recent one, ESG (environmental, social, and governance). These are important business concepts that drive investment considerations and organizations’ cybersecurity commitments to customers.
Small and medium-sized enterprises are increasingly turning to managed service providers (MSPs) to take charge of their cybersecurity. This trend was highlighted in a Pulse survey last year, where 88% of the businesses surveyed had contracted cybersecurity tools from external providers and 55% had opted directly for an outsourcing model with MSPs. But as the demand for MSPs grows, so does the competition among them.
With how much of our personal and professional lives take place online, it becomes more important each day for us to understand our vulnerability to cyberattacks. Cybercriminals target emails, domains, and accounts in order to impersonate identities and scam consumers and businesses alike. In 2021 alone, email spoofing and phishing increased by 220% and caused $44 million in losses. It is crucial to employ defenses to protect against these attacks.
A recent survey of nearly 2,000 IT professionals found that while most (85%) enterprises believe cloud technologies are critical to innovation, only 40% actually have a security policy in place. On top of this, almost half of the respondents using cloud infrastructure reported their engineers and developers circumvent or ignore cloud security and compliance policies, demonstrating the importance of automation and monitoring technology.
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.
