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.

Did it ever cross your mind to ask if your password can defend your sensitive info on the web all by itself? In the digital world of today, where cyber threats are rapidly developing, the traditional way of protecting the system with single password has become more and more insecure. Therefore, it is the user who is more exposed to such cyberattacks. Just to mention, more than 81% of data breaches are associated with weak or stolen passwords.

Email remains a critical communication channel for businesses of all sizes, but it also presents significant data security risks. Data loss prevention (DLP) for email is an essential component of any robust cybersecurity strategy that can help your organization safeguard sensitive information from accidental leaks, malicious insiders, and external threats.

As offensive security specialists for over 10 years, we have tested countless organisations who believe their SIEM, EDR or MDR provider offers them comprehensive defense, only to find them lacking in fundamental areas. From our experience, some “traditional” in-house, yet adequately resourced, Security Operations Centres (SOCs) can still provide a robust defense, while others struggle to stay on top of emerging threats.

As companies handle increasingly sensitive information, securing data in motion—the data actively transferred across networks or between devices—has become an important priority. Whether moving through corporate networks, across mobile devices, or stored in the cloud, this data is particularly vulnerable to threats from malicious actors, insider threats, and unauthorized users.

AI-driven security analytics reduces analyst burnout Most SIEM technologies in today’s market have not kept up with the pace of innovation and place a heavy burden on security analysts to perform manual, labor-intensive tasks in order to maintain defenses. Generative AI is helping security professionals address today’s dynamic threat landscape and prepare for future threats.

The business mantra "employees are our number one asset" is true for many reasons. Including helping protect an organization from cyber threats. An organization can have the finest security technology stack available, employ offensive security measures such as penetration tests, and have a cybersecurity vendor on speed dial in case an incident occurs. However, if its workers are not cybersecurity conscious, all that effort and financial outlay will be wasted.