Data theft is a growing concern for companies and users alike. More and more attacks are being launched with the aim of gaining access to third-party data, and the number of people affected is on the rise. The unease organizations are experiencing over these threats is backed by the statistics. According to one report, 422 million people were victims of data theft in 2022.

It’s that time of year again: The 2024 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report is back with the top trends in security breaches over the past year. Read on for an at-a-glance look of some of the report’s most interesting—and actionable—findings.

Picture this: a critical security breach has exposed your company’s data. Your IT team scrambles to identify the compromised device but needs a clear picture of all the laptops, servers, and mobile devices connected to your network. Without one, your systems and reputation are at risk.

Today’s businesses are building their future in the cloud. They rely on cloud infrastructure and services to operate, develop new products and deliver greater value to their customers. The cloud is the catalyst for digital transformation among organizations of all sizes and industries. But while the cloud powers immeasurable speed, growth and innovation, it also presents risk.

The Sysdig Threat Research Team (TRT) recently observed a new attack that leveraged stolen cloud credentials in order to target ten cloud-hosted large language model (LLM) services, known as LLMjacking. The credentials were obtained from a popular target, a system running a vulnerable version of Laravel (CVE-2021-3129). Attacks against LLM-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems have been discussed often, but mostly around prompt abuse and altering training data.

Amazon Bedrock and Elastic’s Attack Discovery automate security analyst workflows As cyber threats grow increasingly sophisticated, the need for highly effective security measures becomes imperative. Traditional SIEMs aren’t equipped to address threats fast enough because they rely on too many manual and labor-intensive tasks. AI-driven security analytics from Elastic’s Search AI platform solves these challenges.

Many organizations are migrating to cloud infrastructures. The cloud presents new levels of flexibility and scalability in the way organizations operate. But as with any new opportunity, it also creates new forms of risk. How can organizations succeed at identifying and remediating these security risks?

Choosing the right identity and access management (IAM) solution is an important task. Organizations need to properly manage user accounts and other identities and ensure they have exactly the appropriate access to data, applications and other resources. After all, if users do not have all the rights they need, they cannot do their jobs and business processes suffer.

In the fast-paced world of cybersecurity, staying ahead of threats is not just a goal—it’s a necessity. We have once again proved this to be true by clinching the prestigious, first-ever Next Gen Intelligence Powered Security award from Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM) at the RSA Conference 2024 in San Francisco. This first-of-its kind award, marks a pioneering step into this new frontier of cybersecurity.