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WatchGuard

How can retailers prevent cybersecurity incidents?

Oct 14, 2024 By Kirk Jensen In WatchGuard
In today’s digital age, cybersecurity is no longer just an IT concern; it’s a critical component of retail success. As more customers shop online and engage with brands through digital platforms, the risks associated with cyber threats continue to grow. Whether you run a brick-and-mortar store, an e-commerce site, or a hybrid model, safeguarding your business from cyber attacks is essential.
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splunk

A Case Study in Vulnerability Prioritization: Lessons Learned from Large-Scale Incidents

Oct 1, 2024 By Audra Streetman In Splunk
There’s no way around it: vulnerability management is complex. As organizations become more reliant on software and applications, the sheer volume of known vulnerabilities has become more difficult to track, prioritize, and remediate. Adversaries have also become increasingly reliant on exploiting vulnerabilities in order to compromise organizations.
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securitysenses

A Comprehensive Guide to Post-Breach Services

Sep 22, 2024 By SecuritySenses In SecuritySenses
As businesses increasingly migrate to the cloud, leveraging its scalability, flexibility, and cost efficiency, they also face the rising threat of cyberattacks. Despite advanced preventive measures, breaches happen. When they do, knowing how to respond is critical to minimising damage, ensuring compliance, and maintaining customer trust. This guide delves into the essential post-breach services businesses need to implement to recover and strengthen their cybersecurity posture.
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bluevoyant

How Organisations Can Master Incident Reporting Obligations Under NIS2

Sep 5, 2024 By Alisdair McLaughlin, Technical Solutions Architect In BlueVoyant
The new NIS2 directive is designed to strengthen the cyber resilience of over 160,000 companies that operate in the EU - either directly or indirectly. Coming into force by 17th October, NIS2 regulations will outline how these essential entities can combat increasingly sophisticated and frequent cyber attacks.
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centripetal

Understanding Incident Reporting Under the NIS2 Directive: Key Insights for Managed Service Providers and Managed Security Service Providers

Sep 5, 2024 By Rebecca Lindley In Centripetal
Incident reporting is a crucial component of maintaining cybersecurity and operational resilience across the European Union. As outlined in Article 23 of the NIS2 Directive entities falling under its scope are required to report “significant incidents” to the CSIRT (Computer Security Incident Response Team or the relevant competent authority without undue delay.
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Rubrik

Three Misconceptions About Dealing with a Global IT Outage

Aug 28, 2024 By Michael Oglesby In Rubrik
The events of Friday the 19th 2024 had a profound impact on organizations around the globe. I suppose a widespread global IT outage has a way of clarifying the mind—and IT leaders are recognizing that resilience is crucial for maintaining operations for their consumers, customers, staff, partners, and shareholders. But much of the post-mortem analysis seems to be misunderstanding key lessons from the outage.
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cyjax

The wider impact of the CrowdStrike outage

Aug 27, 2024 By Cymon In CYJAX
On Friday 19 July 2024, CrowdStrike suffered a serious outage in which over 8.5 million computers were taken offline. Whilst it may have first appeared to be a cyber-attack, it was actually a faulty update to CrowdStrike Falcon which led to computers crashing to a blue screen on boot. Many organisations were affected, and in some cases were unable to access computer systems for multiple hours.
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upguard

CrowdStrike Outage: What Happened and How to Limit Future Risk

Jul 24, 2024 By Nicholas Sollitto In UpGuard
In the early morning of July 19, a software update to CrowdStrike’s Falcon sensor started to cause one of the most extensive IT outages in history, affecting several industry sectors, including financial services, healthcare, transportation, and others. According to CrowdStrike, the outage stemmed from “a defect found in a Falcon content update for Windows hosts.” At this point, the software update has not affected Mac and Linux systems.
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senseon

The CrowdStrike Incident: A Shared Responsibility

Jul 23, 2024 By James Mistry In SenseOn
SenseOn is a direct competitor to CrowdStrike. On 19th July 2024 BST, an update to CrowdStrike endpoint software caused worldwide IT outages that resulted in over 8 million Windows devices being disabled. This caused major disruption to organisations in a range of industries, including aviation and healthcare. Quality assurance gaps and deployment processes were not the only factors, or even the most significant factors, in the widespread disruption.
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