Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

IIS server, Microsoft’s Windows web server is one of the most used web server platforms on the internet. IIS 10 hardening according to the IIS CIS benchmarks is essential for preventing cyber-attacks and achieving CIS compliance. Common breaches happen by using IIS unsecured server protocols and configurations, such as SMB and TLS/SSL. The IIS default configurations is not recommended to use and should be changed to meet the IIS CIS benchmarks requirements.

Jackson National Life Insurance is based in Lansing, Michigan, and was founded in 1961. This insurance and annuities company offers retail brokerage services and offers asset management services to its customers. Nearly 3,000 people are employed by the company, and it has an annual revenue of $14.4 billion. This large-scale insurance company is just one of the many recent organizations to be hurt by the MOVEit file transfer service breaches.

Behind every important business process is a solid network infrastructure that lets us access all of these services. But for an efficient and available network, you need an optimization framework to maintain a strong network lifecycle. It can be carried out as a lifecycle process to ensure continuous monitoring, management, automation, and improvement.

Twenty-five percent: Any idea what this percentage is referring to? Let’s take some wild guesses: A five-year CAGR of your investments? Your yearly salary hike? If any of your guesses were remotely close to these happy responses, we’re sorry to break your heart! This percentage depicts the rise in the number of identified vulnerabilities in 2022 over the previous year. 2022 saw an alarming spike of 25% in identified vulnerabilities, the count rising to 25,227 from 20,171 previously.

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) has warned of a scam in which attackers pose as process servers in order to steal information and commit identity theft. “You receive a call from an unknown or blocked number from a person claiming to be a process server,” the Bureau says. “They might say there is a lien on your home or someone is taking you to court over unpaid medical bills.

The past few years have been among the most challenging for most businesses. Lockdowns, staff reductions, and reduced revenues resulted in the demise of many businesses. For those who remained, the new onuses brought about by supply chain concerns and inflation present even greater reasons for maximum resilience in order to survive.

If you’re looking for job security, look no further: The cybersecurity sector can keep you gainfully employed for a very, very long time. There are an ever-growing number of ways in which someone with cybersecurity prowess can contribute, and as digital assets continue to develop and diversify, it’s safe to say they’ll always be kept on their toes.

Cloud adoption has exploded in recent years. Nearly all companies are using cloud solutions, and the vast majority having deployments spanning the platforms of multiple cloud service providers. These complex cloud infrastructures can create significant usability and security challenges for an organization. If security settings are misconfigured, an organization’s cloud infrastructure, services and applications could be potentially vulnerable to exploitation.

The reliance on connected devices in today’s interconnected world has become a necessity for any business wanting to capture and relay timely data to drive efficiency, performance improvements and commercial advantage. Trust in the devices and data is paramount and so it is no surprise to us at Device Authority that the launch of our Keyscaler-as-a-Service solution has been so successful and, this week has achieved us the accolade of Microsoft Rising Azure Technology Partner of the Year.

Following a push for greater cybersecurity capability across the federal structure, new rules are on the way in the aerospace sector. According to the Washington Post, these rules will push liability on airport operators - even smaller enterprises - and demand sophisticated tracking and protection of flight data in the traffic control and data centers of airports nationally.