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Is Cybersecurity Hard? The Basics Made Easy To Understand

Being online means that we are constantly interacting with others and sharing information across borders. It also means that Google is tracking you. This virtual international travel creates countless opportunities for cybercriminals to access our personal data. If you dive into how the internet works and how to protect your privacy, you’ll start to hear the word cybersecurity a lot. But what is cybersecurity exactly? Is cybersecurity hard?

Credential harvesting: Is it too big of an attack or can you fight back?

The hybrid working model is the new norm due to its effectiveness and the productivity it offers. However, it does pose significant drawbacks to an organization's network security, making it vulnerable to several cyber-attacks such as credential harvesting.

SAST vs DAST: Explore different types, and examples and make the right choice.

To keep up with the ever-evolving cyber threat landscape, application security is a big challenge. Unfortunately, security is often overlooked in the modern software development and delivery framework and assumed as a luxury. Rather than taking a proactive approach, security is incorporated as a reactive approach that increases costs and makes the company suffer losses.

8 Common User and Entity Behavior Analytics Use Cases

The world's course towards digitization increases the need for organizations to protect their sensitive data and information more than ever before. According to IDC, in 2025, global investment in the digital transformation of businesses is expected to exceed $2.8 trillion. When you use a significant part of the organization's budget for digitalization, you have to protect this investment. Of course, it's not just organizations that appreciate the value of digital data and information.

Securing Our Nation: How the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Delivers on Cyber Resiliency

Attacks and intrusions on our nation’s vital infrastructure — our electrical grid, water systems, ports and oil supply — are on the rise. For example, as reported by the Pew Charitable Trust in March 2021, hackers changed the chemical mixture of the water supply in Oldsmar, Fla., increasing by 100 times the level of sodium hydroxide (lye) in the water supply.

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New Modern Data Stack for AIOps as a Service

Data laying all around an enterprise’s premises and over the cloud is of no use unless it forms part of a bigger and clearer picture. This is what a data stack does by helping enterprises leverage data to its fullest potential- it turns raw data into insights that can be acted on and lead to business benefits. The complicated modern enterprise of today cannot make do anymore with the obsolete ways of data management.

What is the Internet of Things (IoT)? Definition and Critical Risks

The internet of things (IoT) is a system of interconnected computers, devices, digital machines, and objects, all marked with unique identifiers (UIDs) and enabled to transfer and share data over a network. It was first coined by Kevin Ashton in 1999 when he envisioned a future where things communicated with each other, apart from human interaction With the evolution of web-enabled smart homes and smart devices in nearly every corner of life, IoT attack surfaces begin to emerge.

3 Big Takeaways From the Verizon DBIR 2022

The data in the new Verizon “Data Breach Investigations Report” (DBIR) offers critical insights into the current state of cybersecurity. After a year of data breaches and cyberattacks consistently dominating headlines, this year’s report closely examines what adversaries are looking for when they’re trying to infiltrate businesses and organizations.

Exploring ESG Through a GRC Lens

Oftentimes, three-letter acronyms trend and become buzzwords. At other times, they act as catalysts by influencing the business environment in which an organization operates. Such acronyms include CSR (corporate social responsibility), GRC (governance, risk, and compliance), and the most recent one, ESG (environmental, social, and governance). These are important business concepts that drive investment considerations and organizations’ cybersecurity commitments to customers.