Five worthy reads is a regular column on five noteworthy items we have discovered while researching trending and timeless topics. This week, we delve into digital footprints for individuals, organizations, and explore how much power these “e-footprints” have over us. Illustration by Vimal Kumar Pandiyan A digital footprint, also referred to as a dossier, is a body of data that results from your online activity.
We’re elated to announce that ManageEngine has been recognized in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Privileged Access Management.
We’re delighted to announce that ManageEngine has been recognized among five other vendors in 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Endpoint Management. Vendors were evaluated based on their ability to execute and completeness of vision. This recognition comes after IDC naming us a Leader in the IDC MarketScape reports for UEM tools.
Cyberattacks have become an unavoidable part of the technology landscape in recent years with attacks like ransomware, phishing, and whaling reaching an all-time high. According to IBM’s Cost of Data Breach Report 2022, the average cost of a ransomware attack is $4.54 million and the average cost of a breach in the US alone is $9.44 million. Cyber insurance is important in these instances, because it helps cover the financial losses incurred.
Security teams are often overwhelmed with alerts daily, including false positives, and actions that require attention but might be placed on the back burner. But when alerts start stacking up and aren’t addressed promptly, important security concerns might go unnoticed and these can spiral into a data breach. The time to detect and respond to security incidents should be as short as possible to limit the time an attacker can carry out an attack.
Since the advent of the internet, personal data has been collected by internet companies in exchange for free services or content. This barter was also intended to provide personalized services to users. However, these data harvesters started selling data to advertising agencies for huge profits, which resulted in predatory marketing efforts towards internet users.
A checksum is small code of computed information that deals with data integrity and security. It is vital for huge data files (in gigabytes) being downloaded from any online site. It checks whether the downloaded file is missing any bytes and is downloaded correctly. The checksum value changes even if there is a small change in the downloaded file or data.
