As the new year continues to unfold, cybersecurity budget holders will be deep into the process of identifying where to allocate funds to best enhance protection against cyberthreats. The good news is that budgets are rising, with industry commentators frequently reporting that companies are committing more money to strengthening their posture against persistent and sophisticated threats.
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What matters most in a criminal trial? Evidence. Everything depends on the quality and depth of facts deployed to build a case for innocence or guilt. Without compelling evidence, no jury can draw accurate conclusions.
The cybersecurity threat landscape is continuously evolving, with the frequency and impacts of threats like malware and ransomware increasing every year. Today, organizations of all sizes and in every industry sector must be proactively searching for emerging threats and actively monitoring risk to protect themselves – and respond quickly in the event that a threat is identified.
At CrowdStrike, we believe that rigorous, independent testing is a vital part of the security ecosystem. It provides customers with transparency and insight into the critical capabilities required to stop today’s sophisticated threats. That’s why I’m excited to share the results of Round 4 of the MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK Enterprise Evaluation: The CrowdStrike Falcon platform stops breaches with 100% prevention, comprehensive visibility and actionable alerts.
On March 22, the hacking group Lapsus$ published a Twitter post with a number of screenshots taken from a computer showing “superuser/admin” access to various systems at authentication firm Okta that took place in January this year. Okta is a platform in the #1 platform in Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) category, which means that it manages access to internal and external systems with one login.
VPN tunnels are like shipping containers in that they are widely used (especially as the pandemic has moved more of the workforce to remote work), and they can be used to carry traffic for legitimate as well as malicious purposes. Establishing a tunnel between corporate offices, remote workers, or partners to transfer data is a legitimate and common use for VPNs.
