Your enterprise’s security can be compromised in ways you might not expect. One of the most significant threats to your IT infrastructure is privilege escalation. Understanding privilege escalation attacks and how to prevent them is crucial to enhancing your cybersecurity defenses. In this article, we explain how privilege escalation works and what hidden risks are associated with it. We also provide effective strategies for minimizing privilege elevation risks by malicious actors.

Syteca, formerly Ekran System, will showcase our latest advancements at International Cyber Expo 2024. At this event, we will unveil not only our refreshed brand identity but also our enhanced platform with new cybersecurity features. Our experts will demonstrate how you can leverage Syteca to effectively secure your organization’s inside perimeter by managing insider risks, providing secure access to sensitive resources, and monitoring user activity.

Ever since systems started restricting access through passwords, the trial and error method has been used to crack them. But even today, brute force attacks remain a serious danger for organizations. According to the 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report by Verizon, the brute force technique accounts for 21% of all basic web application attacks.

You may trust the people you work and partner with, but you never know how they really behave and handle your sensitive data within your organization’s network. Each user in your IT infrastructure brings their own security risks. Tracking user activity helps mitigate those risks and enhance your organization’s security. This article will show you how to set up an efficient user activity monitoring (UAM) process with Ekran System.

Generative AI (GenAI) tools like ChatGPT have already become indispensable across organizations worldwide. CEOs are particularly enthusiastic about GenAI’s ability to let employees “do more with less”. According to the McKinsey Global Survey on the State of AI in 2024, 65% of organizations already use GenAI tools extensively, and Gartner forecasts that this number will reach 80% by 2026.

Access to data comes with significant responsibility, and misuse of this access can negatively affect organizations. When employees misuse data for personal gain or other unauthorized purposes, it can jeopardize data security and lead to costly breaches. Indeed, 68% of data breaches involve a human element, according to the 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report by Verizon.

Cyberattackers are continuously seeking sophisticated new ways to crack passwords and get access to sensitive information such as personal user data, financial records, intellectual property, or corporate data. The stakes are high, and the challenge of keeping passwords secure has never been more critical. According to the 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report by Verizon, roughly 50% of data breaches involve stolen credentials, which highlights the need for robust password management practices.

Few organizations know how to handle a cybersecurity incident properly and minimize its impact on the business. Having a well-designed incident response plan (IRP) in place can save your organization time and resources spent on incident remediation. We can help you build an efficient IRP. Read this post and create an IRP that fits your organization’s needs using the best practices from the NIST incident response planning framework.

Unauthorized access continues to be one of the biggest cybersecurity problems for organizations of all sizes. Its consequences can be severe, ranging from data breaches and financial losses to reputational damage and lawsuits. Therefore, it’s critical for organizations to establish a robust cybersecurity strategy and implement best practices to effectively detect and respond to unauthorized access.

Nowadays, financial organizations rely heavily on information and communication technology (ICT) to support remote operations. While ICT enhances operational efficiency and customer experience, it significantly increases cybersecurity risks in the financial sector. To mitigate cybersecurity risks related to ICT, the European Union (EU) has developed a specific regulation: the Digital Operational Resilience Act.