When we think about privilege access management (PAM), we typically think about it first as preventive control. PAM solutions manage who has privileged access to systems, enforce least-privilege principles and monitor and record privileged user activity. This is crucial for preventing misuse of high-level permissions and ensuring accountability.

A password is compromised when it’s leaked in a data breach and made available on the dark web, allowing others to gain unauthorized access to your online accounts. This risk not only arises from a data breach; your passwords can also be compromised in a phishing attack or if you don’t store your passwords securely. Dealing with multiple compromised passwords can be scary and stressful, but luckily there are steps you can take to protect your online accounts.

SharePoint makes collaboration and sharing exceedingly easy — which can put sensitive and regulated content at risk. Accordingly, administrators need to put guardrails in place that facilitate appropriate sharing and prevent data leakage. In SharePoint Online, the primary way for a user to grant access to resources is to share an access link with other people.

While external cyberattacks often make the headlines, internal security risks (aka insider risks) present a significant danger that is sometimes underestimated. These risks can arise from disgruntled employees, negligent insiders, or malicious actors with privileged access. The repercussions of such breaches can be severe, resulting in data loss, financial harm, legal fines, and harm to reputation.

Back in 1999 Michael Capellas, former CEO of Compaq Computer, once said in a mission statement, “everything to the internet” as at that time every company large or small was trying to gain a presence online or start up an ecommerce site. Social media, smart phones, streaming services and the like were either in their infancy, or just an idea in someone’s brain! Fast forward nearly 25 years we now see this vision become realty. Everybody and everything are connected.

Windows devices are the most popular among organizations and these Windows-based operating systems and applications produce an extensive variety of logs, such as Windows Event logs and Windows Activity logs, making it challenging to effectively monitor these applications and systems. To make contextual sense of Windows Event logs and Windows Activity logs, organizations conduct Windows log management to derive insights from monitoring and analyzing these logs.

As language models (LLMs) in enterprise applications continue to grow, ensuring data privacy while maintaining response accuracy becomes crucial. One of the primary methods for protecting sensitive information is data masking. However, this process can lead to significant information loss, potentially rendering responses from LLMs less accurate. How can this loss be measured?

Top tips is a weekly column where we highlight what’s trending in the tech world today and list ways to explore these trends. This week, we’re going over five steps to building a robust cybersecurity mesh. The last few years have seen computing models and network infrastructure become increasingly fragmented and distributed.