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The Crucial Role of Service-Level Agreements in Third-Party Risk Assessments

In today's interconnected business environment, third-party risk management has become a pivotal concern for organizations. As businesses increasingly rely on external vendors for essential services, managing the risks associated with these third-party relationships is critical. A key tool in mitigating these risks is the Service-Level Agreement (SLA).

How to Prevent SEO Poisoning: Phishing's New Partner in Crime

Like the speed of light, phishing remains a reliable constant in the cybercrime universe, never going out of fashion with fraudsters, always reinventing itself to stay relevant. As part of that reinvention, phishing-related scams increasingly use search engine optimization (SEO) to drive malicious websites higher in search results, outranking legitimate sites whose brands they often impersonate.

Egnyte for Google Workspace: A Secure and Seamless Collaboration Environment

Google Workspace is a popular suite of cloud-based productivity and collaboration tools that enables users to create, co-edit, and share documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and more. While Google Workspace has many benefits, more than the platform is needed to meet the needs of businesses looking for more control, security, and governance over their critical content. They need a partner solution that integrates seamlessly with Google and prioritizes secure content collaboration - in comes Egnyte.

Industry Analysts Call Trustwave Security Colony a Vital Tool for Enhanced Cybersecurity

Security Colony may not have the name recognition of some of Trustwave’s other security products and services, but when experts discuss and measure Trustwave's strengths, this repository of knowledge is almost inevitably brought up in the conversation. For example, over the last several years, the industry analyst firms IDC, Frost & Sullivan, and ISG have all called out Security Colony as a primary reason why each selected Trustwave for various accolades.

Infostealers: An Early Indicator of Ransomware Attacks

Cybersecurity experts are beginning to notice a recurring pattern: many companies that fall victim to ransomware attacks first experience infections from infostealers. These malicious tools are designed to siphon sensitive information from systems, but they might also serve as an early warning for defenders, providing the opportunity to act before a full-scale ransomware attack occurs.

Directory Traversal Cheat Sheet for 2024 [PDF Download]

If you give attackers an inch, they will take a mile. That’s essentially what happens when there are minor flaws in your web applications – these flaws leave one inch of your system’s doors open. Before you know it, sophisticated threats like directory traversal come crawling. Currently, there are 55 different directory traversal vulnerabilities in CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

From Theory to Practice: How Portugal's Cybersecurity Centre Is Tackling NIS2 Compliance

In their capacity as a regulator, the Portuguese National Cybersecurity Centre (CNCS) is at the forefront of adapting to NIS2 requirements and ensuring that entities under their purview are compliant. They provide strategic oversight and support for organisations navigating the complexities of the new directive, which introduces stricter standards for risk management, incident response, and supply chain security.

Snort Rules 101: Examples & Use Cases for Snort Network Defense

Imagine you're responsible for the security of a bustling network, constantly under threat from bad actors looking to exploit any vulnerability. How do you keep up? Enter Snort, a powerful open-source tool that acts as your network’s watchdog, scanning for potential threats and alerting you when something seems off. In this guide, we'll break down how Snort works, focusing on the critical rules that make this tool effective at protecting your network.

Is Character AI Safe? Artificial Intelligence and Privacy - Issues and Challenges

Since the technological “birth” of Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT, many people are wondering what on earth they would do without AI in their lives. Since July 2024 ChatGPT has had 200 million weekly active users worldwide and attracted nearly 2.5 billion site visitors. However, ChatGPT is not the only AI out there.