The Struggle with Threat Intelligence Kevin SwanOctober 16, 20220554 views Driven by a vast majority of security professionals who consider cyber threat intelligence a valuable resource in finding and dealing with security threats, the adoption of threat intelligence services and capabilities continues to take off. Yet, security analysts continue to slowly adopt the technology needed to make better use of threat data. In fact, “taking advantage of cyber threat intelligence” represented one of the top security challenges for nearly 30% of respondents according to the 2021 State of Security Operations Report published by CyberRes.… Read more
The Insider Threat Problem: Your biggest threat may already be inside! Nik EarnestOctober 16, 20220520 views With insider threats it’s not a matter of if, but rather a question of when your organization will be hit. Just last week HackerOne, a security company, dealt with a rogue employee stealing data reported through the company’s bug bounty system. According to the article, the insider threat actor was turning around and using the privileged data to claim bounties directly from the affected companies, making a tidy profit.… Read more
Digital Data Hoarding Daniel CliftJune 20, 20220342 views I have recently had the misfortune to spend a lot of time watching daytime TV due to catching Covid, despite being fully vaccinated and boosted it put me out of action. Luckily as I write this, I seem to be through the worst of it. Read more
Taming the Security Alert Tsunami with Automation Yash VartakSeptember 21, 20210392 views Are you running a Security Operations Center (SOC) that handles hundreds or thousands of alerts? Are your analysts unable to cope with a tsunami of events and eventually get burnt out? Are they unable to zero in on events of interest at speed and scale? Read more
Ransomware Reality and Survival Joe LeungSeptember 21, 20210462 views Ransomware is making headlines everywhere. From the energy industry (Colonial Pipeline’s ransom payment of $4.4M) to the food industry (JBS Foods’ ransom payment of $11M), mounting data suggests this insidious trend may be getting out of control. Read more