The way we store data has undergone a dramatic shift. From good ol’ floppy disks to today’s cloud storage solutions, advancements in storage have slashed costs and allowed organizations to hold exponentially more data. And we are all taking advantage of this. In fact, data is proliferating at a staggering 25% annually. This presents a double-edged sword. On the one hand, this vast data lake holds immense potential for valuable insights.

Managing developer secrets in a simple and secure way is crucial. It makes your developers more efficient, prevents data breaches, and ensures everyone adheres to your organization’s policies.

Backups and snapshots are two popular technologies that enterprises use to mitigate data loss and minimize disruptions. In fact, backups and DR remain a top priority for organizations in 2023 to protect their data and mitigate the consequences of cyber threats and other incidents. Snapshots and backups may seem to serve the same purpose at first glance since they both allow you to recover data. However, snapshots are not a replacement for backups.

You may be receiving an increase in spam calls if your phone number is on the dark web or people search sites, if you’ve answered spam calls in the past or if your phone number was leaked in a data breach. Spam calls are unwanted calls that could be from telemarketers, robocallers or scammers. Although some spam calls are simply unsolicited, scam calls fall under the category of spam calls but are different due to their malicious nature.

The Gen Threat Report, formerly known as the Avast Threat Report, has revealed a 100% increase in ransomware activity for the US, UK, and Canada; 66% in Australia; and a whopping 379% in India.

Today, cyberattacks are no longer a matter of if, but when. Spotting malicious actors before they can do damage requires a proactive approach. One effective strategy is to use honey tokens. This article explains what honey tokens are and how Netwrix Threat Manager enables organizations to easily create and use them to gain the threat intelligence they need to shut down attacks and improve their security posture.

Change is relentless. Technology evolves at breakneck speed, and security practitioners face a constant barrage of updates, system tweaks, and new tools. This relentless stream of modifications can create a clutter of information, making it challenging to pinpoint what is truly important. Effectively filtering through this noise through effective change management is critical for maintaining operational efficiency and security.

There are many good business, security, and compliance reasons for leveraging the extensive rule and policy engines of Fortra’s Tripwire Enterprise (TE) to implement Security Configuration Management (SCM) capabilities, which have been documented very well in other blogs. In contrast, this article deals more with “how can we fully leverage this capability” technically instead of “why” we use them.