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How UpGuard Monitors Linux Systems for Meltdown and Spectre

Meltdown and Spectre are critical vulnerabilities affecting a large swathe of processors: “effectively every [Intel] processor since 1995 (except Intel Itanium and Intel Atom before 2013),” as meltdownattack.com puts it. ARM and AMD processors are susceptible to portions of Meltdown, though much less at risk than the affected Intel hardware. Exploiting Meltdown allows attackers to access data from other programs, effectively allowing them to steal whatever data they want.

Securing GitHub Permissions with UpGuard

GitHub is a popular online code repository used by over 26 million people across the world for personal and enterprise uses. GitHub offers a way for people to collaborate on a distributed code base with powerful versioning, merging, and branching features. GitHub has become a common way to outsource the logistics of managing a code base repository so that teams can focus on the coding itself.

Check your Amazon S3 permissions. Someone will.

Nearly all large enterprises use the cloud to host servers, services, or data. Cloud hosted storage, like Amazon's S3, provides operational advantages over traditional computing that allow resources to be automatically distributed across robust and geographically varied servers. However, the cloud is part of the internet, and without proper care, the line separating the two disappears completely in cloud leaks— a major problem when it comes to sensitive information.

Egnyte Integrations Now Available on Your Desktop

If you’ve tried any of the business tools tightly integrated with Egnyte Connect, you probably enjoy added simplicity and more powerful workflows. A single right click enables teams to co-edit in Office Online or Google Docs and get signatures in DocuSign or AdobeSign. Once signed, files are automatically saved to their original Egnyte folders.

Ten Cool Things Your SIEM Should Do

A Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) is a security solution usedto identify, record, monitor, and analyze security events and incidents within a real-time IT environment. SIEM also centralize all the data. In addition, an effective SIEM solution must have certain capabilities to prevent colossal Data Breaches. The following sections delve into ten things that your SIEM solution should do.

Cyber Threat Intelligence: Who's Using it and How?

Understanding your adversaries and collecting information about them can strengthen your defences and deliver a proactive approach against threats. Cyber threats are one of the most emerging and dynamic kind of threats that are causing damages in billions and putting companies out of businesses.

Employee Monitoring Ethics | Ethically Monitoring Employees

All employers want to create a workplace where employees feel safe, valued, and trusted. We know that work satisfaction breeds life satisfaction, and generates more productivity and engagement among employees. As leaders, we naturally question the ethicality of any system involving data and privacy, because we want to make sure our workforce feels protected and trusted. When it comes to employee monitoring, the practice can sound much more sinister than it actually is.

The Benefits of Starting A User Activity Monitoring System

If you’re on the fence about starting a user activity monitoring system across devices or networks, you’re probably wondering if it’s worth the investment, or if you should just be more trusting of your employees. After all, you don’t want them to feel like they’re being micro-managed or taint their opinion of management.