On Monday, March 21, 2022, Okta, an enterprise identity and access management firm, launched an inquiry after the Lapsus$ hacking group posted screenshots on their Telegram channel that the hackers claimed were taken after obtaining access to "Okta.com Superuser/Admin and various other systems." The screenshots that Lapsus$ provided included time stamps consistent with the January 16-21 timeframe provided by Okta.

Just a few years ago, security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) was the new buzzword associated with security modernization. Today, however, SOAR platforms are increasingly assuming a legacy look and feel. Although SOARs still have their place in a modern SecOps strategy, the key to driving SecOps forward today is no-code security automation.

Security operation teams continuously aim to focus on two main things: 1. Real cyber security threats (also known as “True Positive Alerts”), and 2. Reducing response time, especially when you have so many different sources to monitor. However, in reality, we deal with hundreds of security alerts on a daily basis, many of which are false positives that waste our valuable time. This is where incident response/security automation becomes a requirement rather than nice to have.

Amidst the turmoil of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, incident responders and ransomware researchers observed several ransomware gangs publish statements on their dark web blog sites. Some actors asserted the apolitical nature of their operations, while others clearly favored a side. Most notably, the Conti ransomware group posted a public statement in support of Russia with a stern warning of retaliation on February 25, 2022.

Building an in-house security operations center represents a significant commitment, both financially and strategically, to securing your enterprise. According to the 2021 Devo SOC Performance ReportTM — which is based on the results of a survey of more than 1,000 security practitioners — 73% of respondents said their SOC was “very important” or “essential” to their organization’s overall cybersecurity strategy.

An increasing number of modern security conscious companies have Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) on the payroll to help them manage their environment from increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. Unfortunately, many other organizations are not currently able to employ a full time CISO. This can be related to a series of contributing factors including a lack of necessary budget, competing priorities, or unfilled vacancies due to a shortage of qualified candidates.

By now, you’ve probably read loads of articles that discuss the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on business, politics, the economy and much more.But what about SecOps? What permanent effects has COVID wrought on the way businesses secure IT assets? Let’s explore those questions by examining three key security trends that promise to endure long after the pandemic has finally receded.

The Common Vulnerability Scoring System (aka CVSS score) provides a numerical (0-10) representation of the severity of an information security vulnerability.

With chaos seemingly surrounding us in security, it can be hard to cut through the noise. How do you detect and prioritize evolving threats and what tools should you use to address them? With new attacks and vulnerabilities on the rise, combined with ineffective security tools and the industry’s ongoing skill shortage, security operations center (SOC) teams struggle to protect organizations from adversaries.

The security operations center (SOC) plays a critical role in any enterprise’s effort to protect its data from rapidly evolving cybersecurity threats. However, for a variety of reasons revealed in the 2021 Devo SOC Performance ReportTM — which is based on the results of a survey of more than 1,000 security practitioners — organizations are frustrated with their SOC’s lack of effectiveness in performing its vital work.