Category Archives: Cybersecurity

New threats are increasing at an alarming rate… The need for extensive automation in cybersecurity initiatives is undisputable, the implementation details in how best to reach that goal are often a point of contention inside of an organization. But you have to start somewhere, and you have to plan where and how to add automation […]

Vulnerabilities are often at the center of cyber risk. Once exposed and exploited, threat actors can either access systems or achieve capabilities within systems via privilege escalation — enabling all sorts of nefarious activities that may impact every aspect of your business. Don’t let vulnerabilities stand in the way of your organization’s success. This article […]

Twenty years into the twenty-first century, it should be clear to everyone that cybersecurity is essential. Many of us have learned this the hard way, as cyber-attacks occur every 39 seconds on average, according to a study from the University of Maryland. Cybercrime affects one in three Americans every year, and it is the world’s […]

An ever-growing area of concentration in risk management is identifying and mitigating the risks that third parties introduce to an organization – and perhaps equally important, ensuring that third parties don’t introduce unmeasured risk. One might think that third-party governance systems, sometimes used for vendor assessments, could be used to manage the identity and access […]

The headline on 27 June 2020 Microsoft: Patch Exchange Servers Now. In a recent blog post, the Microsoft Defender ATP Research Team describes a recent increase in attacks targeting Microsoft Exchange servers. The attacks exploit a critical flaw in the Internet Information Service (IIS) component of Exchange servers. Fixes for the vulnerability have been available […]

In a nutshell, a phishing attack aims to provoke or trick a target into giving away their sensitive data. It uses manipulation tactics and other forms of deception and fraud. The bigger the prize, the stronger the incentive – this is why companies find themselves on the hackers’ radar so often. If you let their […]