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CISO Leadership Panel: Tips on Hiring and Keeping SOC Talent

Due to economic pressures, staffing reductions, and lack of available talent, CISOs today are facing extreme pressure to do more with less. And retaining your best employees during tough times is becoming a major challenge across industries. Research at Devo shows SOC analysts are feeling stressed over too much work and not enough resources. In fact, more than 71% of SOC professionals we surveyed said they’re likely to quit their job because of information overload and lack of tools.

Must To Know Secure Java Development Practices

Java is a top-notch software development technology, that gets highly used for curating desktop, mobile, and web-based applications. According to enlyft, 455,000+ companies are using applications based on java. But, with the introduction of newer technologies, hackers have become more competent in breaching and java apps are one of their primary targets. And the main reason behind it is the occurrence of loopholes in it, including the Spring4Shell/Springshell vulnerability.

What is a Disaster Recovery Plan? + Complete Checklist

A disaster recovery plan (DRP) is a set of detailed, documented guidelines that outline a business’ critical assets and explain how the organization will respond to unplanned incidents. Unplanned incidents or disasters typically include cyber attacks, system failures, power outages, natural disasters, equipment failures, or infrastructure disasters.

Why External Attack Surface Management Matters

Organizations face a growing number of external cyber threats that are becoming increasingly sophisticated and harder to detect. With the rise of remote work and cloud-based technologies, organizations’ attack surface has expanded significantly, making it difficult for security teams to maintain a strong defensive posture.

How Corelight Transforms Data Security with Normalyze

When organizations need to know not only what type of malicious activity potentially occurred within their networks and clouds but also gather the remnants of that activity as evidence — they turn to Corelight. Corelight's customers include Fortune 500 companies, major government agencies, and large research universities. Based in San Francisco, this open-core security company was founded by the creators of the widely-used network security technology, Zeek.

Expand visibility around authentication and application anomalies with Corelight's new LDAP analyzer

Comprehensive visibility into network protocols is a hallmark of Zeek (and therefore Corelight) data. That's why we are very happy to announce that with our v27.2 release we are supporting a new analyzer for the LDAP protocol. You likely know LDAP as a workhorse for carrying directory information across the network. While it's an open standard, it's most often seen as part of several server implementations, especially Microsoft's Active Directory, OpenLDAP, and others.

NBA Fan Data Was Recently Exposed By a Third-Party Data Breach

The NBA is a national sports league that manages many different leagues under its umbrella of organizations. The league has the NBA 2K League, NBA, Basketball Africa League, the WNBA, and the NBA G League. Each of these different organizations trusts the company with their information, and each one could have been exposed in the recent data leak by the company.

Royal Ransomware on the Rise: Everything You Need to Know

On March 2nd, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) – #StopRansomware: Royal Ransomware. We highly encourage everyone in a security role to read the Advisory, as it contains recent and historically observed tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with Royal ransomware.

The Need for More Cybersecurity Legislation

In this video, Keith Christie-Smith shares his opinion on the current state of cybersecurity legislation and why he believes that more legislation is necessary. He argues that there are still many verticals where more legislation is needed and that organizations should be mandated to apply the most stringent cybersecurity policies and frameworks available. He also discusses the importance of organizations doing as much as possible from a cybersecurity perspective to protect themselves and their clients.

The Benefits and Risks of Using Government Databases for ID Verification in Fraud Prevention

In today’s digital world, identity theft and fraud have become increasingly common occurrences. It is no secret that fraudsters are getting more creative, making it more challenging for businesses and individuals to protect themselves. However, with the advent of technology, there are various ways to mitigate these risks, such as using government databases for ID verification.