When I was younger, you could add a second processor to a computer, but it didn’t double the workload it handled. Natural inefficiencies meant that 1+1 was approximately 1.5 or maybe 1.75 times the workload. Today, multiprocessing and multithreading is so common that even the Windows calculator takes advantage of the benefits. So, when I look at the recent acquisition of Tripwire by Fortra, how do I calculate the result of 1 + 1?

Are you aware of the risks involved in doing business with parties sanctioned by the Office of Financial Assets Control (OFAC)? How does this impact your vendor management? OFAC stands for Office of Foreign Assets Control within the Treasury Department. As part of the U.S. government measure to enforce anti-money laundering/counter terrorism financing regulations, OFAC oversees economic and trade sanctions. These sanctions are against countries, individuals, or outfits engaged in disreputable actions.

IoT Device Management (IDM) is a software platform that helps businesses manage their IoT devices, from identifying and tracking assets to automating operations. IDM features a wide range of features to help businesses manage their IoT devices. IoT device management platforms allow you to remotely control, monitor and update your entire fleet of IoT devices at scale.

The New Frontiers of Cybersecurity is a three-part thought-leadership series investigating the big-picture problems within the cybersecurity industry. In the first post, we explored the reasons malicious actors have been able to enhance their ability to execute and profit from attacks. In the second post, we discussed how the massive increase in endpoints and systems online has dramatically increased the attack surface.

So, you (or your friendly neighborhood MSP) have just finished a vulnerability scan as part of a vulnerability management program and/or in preparation for penetration testing. But one ominous question looms: What next? Sorting through hundreds of thousands of vulnerability logs can be daunting, and determining which ones are worth investigating further is even less of a trivial task.

Digital and cloud transformation has unlocked new business opportunities and operational efficiencies for organisations. But migration to the cloud also means our approach to deploying applications and services has radically changed, as enterprises move away from traditional data centres. Likewise, flexible working means users have also moved away from traditional offices and branches.

With so many overlapping and self-serving definitions of XDR (Extended Detection and Response), embracing the innovations in technology first require that we parse the alphabet soup. We agree with several industry analysts covering the space that XDR is a vendor push with no real customer demand, but the problem spaces within XDR are of significant customer interest. Consensus has emerged on a few XDR elements such as: cloud-native/SaaS, improved detection, and improved response.

The first quarter of 2023 was the best quarter we’ve seen for the ransomware industry in a long time, even exceeding Q1 2022. With 831 victims, Q1 2023’s victim count was much higher than the first quarter of 2022, with just 763 victims. Unsurprisingly, LockBit3.0 remained the number one group claiming an average of around 23 victims per week and almost 33% of all ransomware cases this quarter.