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The State of Security: SIEM in 2022

The world of enterprise cybersecurity is exceedingly dynamic. In a landscape that is ever-changing, security professionals need to combat a class of evolving threat actors by deploying increasingly sophisticated tools and techniques. Today with enterprises operating in an environment that is more challenging than ever, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platforms play an indispensable role.

CISOs Need to Speak the Language of Board Members

"I understand the pitfalls of cyber security, but my boss just won't support me with the budget I need.” Does this sound familiar to you as a CISO? I have 3 pieces of advice for you: Speak their language I like to say that CISOs are from Mars, while CEOs and board members are from Venus. It’s because they don't speak the same language. You might go to your board and say, “I installed Akamai Prolexic.1.4.4.3.1./24 subnet to mitigate an SYN flood attack.”

How Integrated Risk Management Solutions Protect Organizations

Risk awareness, mitigation, and management are integral to solid cybersecurity and business performance in the modern business climate. Organizations need an active approach that supports risk-informed decision-making at every level to succeed at risk management. This is where integrated risk management comes into action.

Coffee Talk with SURGe: Signal Numbers Exposed, FTC Data Privacy Rules, Conti Ransomware, E2EE

Grab a cup of coffee and join Ryan Kovar, Mick Baccio, and Audra Streetman for another episode of Coffee Talk with SURGe. This week they discussed Signal's response to the Twilio breach, the FTC's effort to create new data privacy rules, and a $10 million reward for information about a suspected Conti ransomware operator.

Veracode Unveils Velocity Partner Program

Veracode announces the launch of the Veracode Velocity Partner Program. The objective of the program is to enable partners to grow their security practice quickly and profitably around Veracode's cloud-native Continuous Software Security Platform, offering opportunities to accelerate deal closure, expand market share, and grow revenue.
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The Top 5 Most Dangerous Cyber Attacks of all Time

Cyber attacks are on the rise, and they show no signs of slowing down. In fact, many experts believe that we are only seeing the tip of the iceberg when it comes to cybercrime. As businesses continue to move their operations online, they become increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks. In this blog post, we will take a look at the five most dangerous cyberattacks in history. These attacks have caused billions of dollars in damage and affected millions.

Avoid These Employee Monitoring Blunders

In September 2021, 45% of full-time employees were still working remotely, and the trend is hard to reverse. People like the freedom of working from home. Without a commute, they save time. Without a boss looming in the background, they can multi-task at home. And, without an office full of colleagues, they don’t have to worry about dressing up or having water cooler chit-chat. While employees see these changes as positives, businesses see remote workers as a bit of a risk.

OPA for All: Policy as Code in 10 Minutes

Open Policy Agent, or OPA, has emerged as an industry standard for cloud-native authorization and policy as code. From 2018 to now, it has grown from being a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) sandbox project into a fully mature, graduated CNCF project, deployed by many of the largest organizations in the world. (For just the tip of the iceberg, here is a list of users who have made their adoption of OPA public).

Snyk finds PyPi malware that steals Discord and Roblox credential and payment info

Snyk security researchers continually monitor open source ecosystems for malicious packages, utilizing static analysis techniques to identify and flag suspicious packages. Each malicious package is identified upon publication to the package manager and swiftly added to the Snyk Vulnerability Database. During recent research, the team found 12 unique pieces of malware belonging to the same actor.

Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS): the evolution of Penetration Testing at AT&T

Let us start by defining Penetration Testing as a Service (also known as PTaaS) because there are several different definitions and variations being used throughout the industry. Some of the similarities include: This is where AT&T starts to differentiate itself from competitors. This next part we believe to be critical: There is a misconception about Penetration Testing as a Service, that it devalues the quality of testing.