Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

NIS2 and your admin accounts: Are you ready?

The NIS2 Directive (NIS2) is now in effect, but some organizations still haven’t taken action – risking a sharp reckoning as the directive marks a major shift in compliance requirements. Compared to other cybersecurity legislation, NIS2 is less about ticking compliance boxes and more of a ground-up rethink of an organization’s entire security posture, especially when it comes to privileged access. We’ve seen this before with GDPR.

Understanding non-human identity management: Lessons from a PeerSpot One Identity use case

The management of non-human identities (NHI) presents unique challenges that many identity and access management professionals are still learning to navigate. Service accounts, provisioned accounts, and automated system credentials require governance approaches that differ significantly from traditional user management.

5 Ways ThreatQ Automates Threat Intelligence to Simplify SecOps

At ThreatQuotient a Securonix company, we’ve cracked the code on how to use threat intelligence to simplify security operations. It involves using automation and AI to accelerate and improve threat intelligence management to help teams work smarter, not harder. Our ThreatQ Platform provides a data-driven way to streamline the threat intelligence lifecycle – a structured process for collecting, analyzing, distributing, and honing threat intelligence to improve defenses.

Understanding AI and Data Privacy: Key Principles

AI is now part of customer service, product design, operations, and decision making. That reach brings real benefits, and it also surfaces personal and sensitive data in new places. It raises the question: How do we ship useful AI while protecting people and meeting laws? This guide helps you understand AI and data privacy as one practice through core principles, common pitfalls, practical controls, and a step by step plan to build privacy into your AI stack from the start.

API Security Testing with DAST vs. SAST Approaches

API security breaches have reached a crisis point, with 57% of organizations experiencing API-related breaches in the past two years. Only 13% of organizations can prevent more than 50% of API attacks, while 84% of security professionals experienced an API security incident in the past year. The average cost to remediate API incidents was $591,404 in the United States, increasing to $832,801 in the financial services sector.

Role of DAST in DevSecOps Maturity Models

Over the past few years, software has undergone a significant shift in how businesses approach security. The old model of responding to problems after the fact is no longer viable; organisations are moving to a security-first approach, where security is a priority throughout the entire development process. However, this transition is more than just a timing change; it is a complete reevaluation of how security aligns with development and operations.

Spotting Scams and Phishing in Under 60 Seconds: A Simple Checklist Anyone Can Use

Scams are getting slick, but your best defense is still fast, calm thinking. In one minute, you can scan any email, text, or DM and decide if it’s safe. Use the checklist below, then save the quick steps for what to do if you already clicked.

Firewall Policy Analysis

Staring at a hodgepodge of ancient firewall rules across your multi-vendor environment is like being the curator of a digital museum nobody asked for. You want to clean house, but the fear of breaking something is real. Don’t you wish there were an easier way to navigate this hodgepodge and actually delete rules that are unused? Tune in Tuesday, September 16th, to see how Forward Networks can help with this!