The increasing prevalence of data breaches was discussed often in 2021 as enterprises such as LinkedIn, Colonial Pipeline, and Volkswagen were breached, exposing massive volumes of personal information and causing damage worth millions of dollars.

We are excited to announce that Gartner has awarded ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer with the Peer Insights Customers’ Choice award for SIEM for 2021. We are humbled and thank all of our customers who have taken the time to review us on Gartner.

Most people are fairly good at reading, but not enough are good at reading between the lines. More often than not, there are certain things hidden in plain sight that may not catch your attention. The eyes of a system administrator are often glued to tasks like system maintenance and user administration. When engaged in many tasks at once, it is only human to overlook a few things like patch and antivirus updates, but it can cost an organization dearly in terms of data security.

According to Business Insider, 80% of people give up on their new year resolutions within the first 30 days. Don’t let your business and IT security goals fall into this trend, too! We’re now in February, but there’s still plenty of time to salvage your new-year goals, both your IT security and personal ones. The secret to falling into that successful 20% is to chart your resolution with clear plans on how to achieve it.

ManageEngine’s privileged access management (PAM) suite of products have helped over one million IT administrators and users around the globe efficiently manage their privileged credentials and access. On that note, we’re excited to announce that we’ve been recognized as a Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Privileged Access Management!

Five worthy reads is a regular column on five noteworthy items we’ve discovered while researching trending and timeless topics. This week let’s zoom in on Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs), which deals with the common, yet pressing concern of data privacy and security. Illustrated by Balaji K R

2021 brought a new wave of cyberattacks that proved to be detrimental to the era of digitization. With more and more industries embracing work from home and treading into the digital world, an increase in network vulnerabilities is inevitable; however, neglecting to address these unseen vulnerabilities can make organizations targets for cybercriminals.

Picture this. You’re an administrator in charge of providing basic amenities and day-to-day needs across 1,000 beds in an urban multispecialty hospital. One fine morning, you notice that all the patients’ bedside monitoring systems (the computer-like devices that display patient vitals like heartbeat and blood pressure) have stopped functioning, leaving doctors and nurses in the dark.