Microsoft disclosed that it mitigated a 2.4 Tbps DDoS attack, which was 140% higher in scale than any previously recorded network volumetric event on Azure. The firm and some security experts say that attacks of this magnitude could wreak havoc on targeted companies and are difficult to mitigate.
An effective security control program should focus on people and processes and not just technology, says Ashwin Ram, cybersecurity evangelist with Check Point. Ram also shares his insights on data breach trends.
If your solution is out at sea, it’s time to learn more about improving integration. Micro-segmentation can allow security architects to divide data centers into unique security segments (as far down as individual workload levels) but requires integration.
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Voip Unlimited and Voipfone, two Voice over Internet Protocol-based telecom companies in the U.K., report being victims of ongoing distributed denial-of-service attacks that have disrupted services.
What do Facebook, Twitter, and Github all have in common? Data exposure incidents in recent years where even though they had locked down their data stores, credentials leaked into their log files creating painful, public security incidents. Modern software development practices, from microservices to CI/CD, make it...
If the process of building a cohesive security plan seems daunting, or there just isn’t enough time, expertise or resources to complete the project yourself, help is here for building, maintaining and continuously evolving your cybersecurity program to meet current and future challenges.
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Although Identity Access Management [IAM] is often considered a security and compliance function, a mature IAM program can also deliver many business benefits to your organization including reduced operational costs, improved user experience, improved user productivity, and reduced risk.
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The average amount of time that online attackers camp out in a victim's network - or "dwell time" - has been declining, FireEye's Mandiant incident response group reports. But the surge in ransomware accounts for some attacks coming to light more quickly because those attackers announce their presence.
As ransomware operators were attacking state and municipal networks alongside hospitals and schools, a global pandemic response to COVID-19 necessitated a move to remote work for a significant portion of the economy. Organizations had to adopt new technologies and quickly scale outside of their normal growth plans.
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Using data classification helps you regain control over your unstructured data. By involving your users in data classification, they will automatically become more data-aware, with a greater understanding of your policies and the value of your organisation’s data.
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Billions of documents are exiting the enterprise’s perimeter through unsecured databases – exposing confidential and sensitive data. How many of these data leaks belong to your organization?
David Sygula, CybelAngel Senior Cybersecurity Analyst and Author shares 2020 research, which exposes the source and...
The historic attack on SolarWinds opened the world’s eyes to supply chain attacks from compromised vendor email accounts.
Abnormal Security sees clear evidence that the same technique used in the SolarWinds attack — vendor email compromise (VEC) — is going mainstream. Learn more about these attacks and how they...
Based on real-world experience and research, this whitepaper shares insights into five of the most dangerous and common IaaS configuration mistakes that could expose your public cloud computing environment to a worst-case security scenario. These are:
Early hacked administrative credentials
Exposed data...
In this eBook, we offer a detailed exploration of four key requirements that we think are critical to cloud workload security based on the Forrester Wave: Cloud Workload Security, Q419 Report. By reading this eBook, you’ll gain an understanding of these areas of importance, and you’ll see why we think Forrester...
New Zealand’s financial regulator has issued a searing report about IT security failures at NZX, the country’s stock exchange, that contributed to a disruptive DDoS attack. The regulator says NZX had inadequate IT security and failed to prepare for DDoS attacks.
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