While the internet grows, so does the online presence of businesses of every scale. Although this allows for seamless business operations, you have to also consider the risks involved. Since organizations rely on networks to carry out their activities and utilize a wide range of networking components like routers, switches, servers, firewalls, and VMs, all of which demand continuous end-to-end management, it is critical to protect and defend these networks from threats and attacks.
A SIEM solution has become an integral part of an organization’s security arsenal. But organizations often overlook the system’s capabilities, owing to a belief that SIEM functionalities are too complex and the architecture inscrutable. Regrettably, they neglect to meet the requirements of their organization with the features of the product. For instance, an organization that deals with the credit card information of customers needs to comply with the PCI-DSS requirement.
Financial organizations employ the process of customer due diligence to gather and assess pertinent data about current and prospective clients. By analyzing data from many sources, it seeks to identify any possible risks to the financial institution associated with doing business with a certain organization or person.
Unlike before, software used to come in a compact disk and be distributed through stores, today’s software distribution process is simplified as you can buy them online. Cybercriminals actively look for files to tamper with. If they get the source code of your software, inserting malware into the software will not take long. Hence, code signing is essential to save your users from such attacks.
“Knowing what’s on your network is the first step for any organization to reduce risk.” -CISA Director, Jen Easterly. On October 3, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 23-01: Improving Asset Visibility and Vulnerability Detection on Federal Networks.
Welcome to the final episode in our blog series focused on Mobile Endpoint Security. The first two episodes detailed the protections necessary to secure data accessed by remote workers (Endpoint security and remote work) and best practices for combating the threat of ransomware 5 ways to prevent Ransomware attacks).
