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The Pentagon is expected to release a new assessment to evaluate and approve zero trust standards in early 2025.

Information Security

How the DOD is enabling its Zero Trust mission

Felipe Fernandez

Jan. 10, 2025

Bridging strategy and culture in the Pentagon aims to advance Zero Trust to secure data and support mission success by 2027.

In an era where cyber threats are evolving faster than ever, U.S. utility companies face unprecedented challenges in safeguarding critical infrastructure.

Utilities and data centers strive to mitigate growing threats

Dec. 18, 2024

As the threat of cyberattacks has increased, so too have the costs of data breaches. According to IBM’s 2024 Cost of Data Breach Report, the global average total data breach cost is $4.88 million.

Security Executives

How organizations can respond fast to data breaches and avoid investigations

B. Stephanie Siegmann

Dec. 16, 2024

When we think about cybersecurity, we often focus on blocking bad actors and avoiding attacks like phishing and ransomware. However, data is constantly shared without people's knowledge or consent, and until relatively recently, this practice was legal and there were very few barriers to doing so.

Breach Detection

Why it’s not just about hackers anymore

Dec. 10, 2024

Information Security

Access & Identity

AI and Access Control, Perfect Together?

Dec. 9, 2024

Your security network isn't your average IT setup. It needs to be purpose-built for resilience and responsiveness.

Networking Equipment and Cabling

How to Choose a Network Provider That Mirrors Your Needs

Dec. 9, 2024

The CRA is the first European regulation to uphold legislation horizontally across the entire market of products with digital elements (PDEs) – securing products, components, and subcomponents in the whole supply chain instead of simply the final usage stage.

Information Security

What Does CRA Compliance Look Like in the Smart Physical Security Industry?

Eystein Stenberg

Dec. 9, 2024

Former Microsoft CSO Mike Howard is a seasoned writer of industry leadership topics and spy novels. He is a regular contributor to STE.

Security Executives

It’s the Policy, Stupid

Dec. 9, 2024

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Every company needs to follow defined planning cadences to set a rhythm for the business, such as the fiscal year, financial audits, board meetings, and other activities that may trigger related planning activities.

Security Executives

How to plan for strategic cyber risk management

Dec. 6, 2024

CISOs can optimize their cybersecurity programs and budgets by quantifying cyber risks in monetary terms and prioritizing risk mitigation based on impact and ROI.

Salt Typhoon’s operations are characterized by sophisticated tactics aimed at persistent access to their targets. They exploit vulnerabilities in public-facing systems, including routers and firewalls, and leverage compromised credentials to escalate privileges and move laterally within networks.

Breach Detection

Chinese hackers continue to torment U.S. telecommunication companies

Dec. 4, 2024

These continued Salt Typhoon attacks threaten the nation’s critical infrastructure and national security.

Cloud detection and response (CDR) is a security approach specifically designed for cloud environments that focuses on threat detection, immediate incident response and service integrations.

Cloud Security Solutions

Why visibility alone isn't enough in cloud security

Dec. 4, 2024

To truly protect cloud environments, businesses must move beyond fragmented solutions.

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From cockpits to code: Aviation’s lessons for enhancing cybersecurity

Marcin Kleczynski

Dec. 4, 2024

There is a real tailwind across the industry with security executives and technology providers leaning into a measured cybersecurity approach.

Cybercriminals are no longer limited to sending malicious emails and texts. They’re making direct, human-to-human contact, catching even the most cautious off-guard.

How callback phishing threatens our online safety

Dec. 2, 2024

The new face of phishing continues to shift and grow; awareness remains our best defense.

As cyber threats become more targeted and sophisticated, finance departments face many new security challenges, beginning with financial processes.

Security Executives

It’s time for CFOs to saddle up to the cybersecurity table

Dec. 2, 2024

Today’s cyber threats landscape cannot be mitigated with technological innovations alone.

Quantum DXi9000 Series Hybrid Data Protection Appliance

Information Security

Quantum DXi9200 Hybrid Data Protection Appliance

Quantum Corporation

Nov. 22, 2024

The new backup solution is designed to help customers prepare for, protect against, and quickly recover from cyberattacks.

Versa introduces Cloud Firewall on AWS Marketplace

Cloud Security Solutions

Versa introduces Cloud Firewall on AWS Marketplace

Nov. 22, 2024

Versa Cloud Firewall supports on-demand scalability and flexible pay-as-you-go pricing, offering automated security for AWS-based enterprises.

As fraud becomes more prevalent in people’s lives, many are becoming resigned to the inevitable fraud. As consumers’ activities and habits evolve, they are instead becoming more worried about specific types of fraud.

Information Security

Strategies for navigating the new frontiers of fraud

Kathleen Peters

Nov. 20, 2024

Companies are paying close attention to the growing use of advanced technology and what it means for their businesses.

Ransomware-as-a-service — known as RaaS — operators such as LockBit rely on networks of other malicious hackers known as affiliates to carry out attacks. RaaS operators provide the malware and infrastructure to affiliates, and the two sides share the ransom paid.

How today's ransomware groups operate

Nov. 20, 2024

Vulnerability-related threat intelligence can help organizations understand which software flaws threat actors are interested in exploiting.

HiveWatch’s AI Operator is positioned as the game-changer, automating mundane tasks while empowering human professionals to focus on complex strategic initiatives.

Artificial Intelligence

HiveWatch unveils AI Operator powered by Anthropic’s Claude

Nov. 20, 2024

This AI innovation aims to transform security teams' operations, empowering them to be more proactive and intelligence-driven.