System hardening involves identifying and addressing security vulnerabilities across hardware, firmware, software, applications, passwords, and processes. Compatibility allows most applications to work smoothly, but securing a system requires additional steps known as system hardening best practices, which are crucial for protection against advanced threats. Microsoft emphasizes server security and provides comprehensive hardening techniques and best practices tailored to various platforms.

Today, we work in the cloud, connect through countless devices, and rely on ever-evolving software. While offering immense opportunities, this interconnected technology landscape exposes us to a relentless barrage of cyber threats. Malicious actors constantly seek new ways to breach our defences, exploiting vulnerabilities in systems we often take for granted.

Chances are, every single person who reads this article has experienced a type of data breach at least once: a phishing email that looked like a late bill fee that led to identity theft, an accidental email sent including proprietary company or customer data, a parent calling to ask if they should send money to a prince abroad (after the fact), or an open backpack that leads to the physical theft of a mobile device.

Every company has a digital presence nowadays. While this brings numerous benefits for businesses, it also poses a number of risks. Cybercriminals are finding more and more ways to circumvent security measures and access data. If protection is not strong enough, the data of organizations, their customers, and partners could be compromised, with dire consequences for companies.

We’re excited about several new Secrets Management capabilities that we announced at IMPACT 24 in Nashville and around the globe on the IMPACT World Tour. These include CyberArk Conjur Cloud support for Self-hosted PAM, CyberArk Secrets Hub support for Google Cloud and dramatic performance improvements for the Credential Providers with Release 14. AWS also demonstrated their new ”Managed By CyberArk“ capability in the AWS Secrets Manger UI.

Healthcare organizations find themselves today at the forefront of a disturbing trend: a seemingly unending onslaught of data breaches. These nefarious incidents, far from being isolated occurrences, have emerged as a persistent and pervasive threat, one that demands immediate and comprehensive action to safeguard patient privacy and operational integrity.

As cyber threats continuously evolve, hackers are refining their attack tactics and the frequency of assaults. Over the past several years, 63% of Security Operations Center (SOC) analysts report the size of their attack surface has increased, according to Security Magazine. Similarly, our 2023 Threat Roundup research discovered the enterprise is experiencing 13 attacks every second.