As an IT professional, you know that cybersecurity threats are evolving every day. Hackers are finding new ways to infiltrate networks, steal data and disrupt operations. Bad actors often accomplish their goals by exploiting vulnerabilities, and they’re picking up the pace. The Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report 2024 highlighted a 180% rise in attacks that exploit vulnerabilities. One of the most effective ways to stay ahead of these threats?

When engineering teams move their workloads to the cloud, it’s often possible that sensitive data—such as credit card numbers, login credentials, and personally identifiable information (PII)—unintentionally moves to the cloud with them. To secure this data, avoid costly breaches, and meet GRC requirements, these teams often catalog where this data is stored and establish the right controls to limit access.

Cisco Umbrella is a platform for monitoring and maintaining the DNS-layer security across your network. It monitors network activity and detects behavior like DNS hijacking, spoofing, and other attacks. It can then reroute or block potentially malicious requests before they reach endpoints. However, while Umbrella’s DNS-layer security blocks malicious domains, the sheer volume of DNS and proxy logs it generates can overwhelm security teams.

Healthcare networks are facing increased pressure to not only secure patient data but also sustain critical patient services. Unfortunately, this industry has become a major target for cybercriminals. In one breach, healthcare facilities face costly ransom demands, regulatory fines, and an enormous hit to patient trust.

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions are essential for safeguarding valuable data. They scan traffic to prevent the transmission of sensitive information such as credit card details and personal identifiable information (PII) such as Social Security Numbers (SSNs). However, traditional DLP solutions are often complex to configure, manage, and operate.

‍The evolution of the cyber risk management landscape is constant, and with each passing year, market players find themselves in the position of having to readjust their strategies, whether in brand positioning, cybersecurity, or beyond, to account for these consequent changes. While some of the shifts are welcome, others are less so. Nevertheless, all require careful foresight.

Encryption is widely used for security purposes because it prevents unauthorized third parties from accessing and disseminating private data. Backups are no exception and are often a target of data breaches. As part of a data protection strategy, you can implement encryption as an additional layer of security for your backups.

SCB 10X, the disruptive technology investment and innovation arm of SCBX Group, has launched Rubie Wallet, a digital wallet application designed to facilitate seamless QR payments using USDC and THBX (Thai Baht Stablecoin). Its key activation will be for foreign visitors attending DevCon 2024 in Bangkok. The stablecoin was developed in collaboration with Elliptic, Circle, Base, SCB, and InnovestX, with Fireblocks providing Wallets-as-Service infrastructure for the platform.

SQL injection (SQLi) has a history that is older than Internet Explorer (which according to Gen Z was the start of civilization). There have been thousands of breaches caused by SQL injection and an endless amount of well-documented best practices and tools to help prevent it. So surely, surely we learned our lesson from these breaches and SQLi is no longer an issue.

You can spot Amazon scam emails if you realize the sender’s email address is not from the official Amazon domain, the message contains a generic greeting and your email service provider warns you that the message may be dangerous. According to data collected by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 34,000 reports were made in 2023 about scammers impersonating Amazon, resulting in approximately $19 million in losses.