Balancing Safety and Security During a Year of Remote Working

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I have not been inside an office building for 12 months. A sentence I did not imagine writing anytime soon. Last February, everything changed. And when we pause to reflect, we have to consider that, of the many dramatic impacts to our lives, to society, and the world,...

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6 Essential Elements of Your Managed Detection and Response Lifecycle – Part 2

This is Part 2 of our series on developing a managed detection and response strategy. If you missed Part 1, catch up here. In the first part of this blog, we discussed the growing trend of remote work, how organizations have adapted to new working styles, and how...

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6 Essential Elements of Your Managed Detection and Response Lifecycle – Part 1

We’ve seen a sharp increase in the number of organizations growing their remote workforces over the last decade. In fact, at the start of 2020, the number of remote workers in the U.S. stood at 4.7 million, which represents 3.4% of the population. The advent of cloud, multi-cloud,...

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Buyers Beware: Scamming Is Rife, Especially In a Time of Crisis

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For years, scammers have been using a combination of Blackhat SEO techniques, phishing sites and newsworthy events to either trick individuals into giving up personal information including credit card numbers or to install malware or both. Preying on an individual’s fears has always been a go to tactic...

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Threat hunting doesn’t have to be difficult—Taking a proactive position with your cybersecurity

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Your Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) is up to date with the latest version. Your Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) technology has all of the latest framework rules and automaton in place. Vulnerabilities and patches for hardware and software are all covered. Your Defense in Depth strategy appears to...

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The Circus is Coming to Town and Why You Should Stay Away

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We are entering the integrated era You’ve probably noticed the recent headlines of a few one-trick ponies getting together to form their own three ring circus.  These events underscore a paradigm shift that is underway – the security world is entering the integrated era.  Nowadays, customers want comprehensive...

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New Threat Grid App for IBM QRadar SIEM

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Two years ago, Cisco and IBM Security announced a strategic alliance to address the growing threat of cybercrime. This collaboration builds on each organization’s strengths and complementary offerings to provide integrated solutions, managed services and shared threat intelligence to drive more effective security for our joint customers. We...

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TLS Fingerprinting in the Real World

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To protect your data, you must understand the traffic on your network.  This task has become even more challenging with widespread use of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol, which inhibits traditional network security monitoring techniques.  The good news is that TLS fingerprinting can help you understand your...

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Secure by Design: Enhanced Interfaces Improve Email Security and Malware Analysis

In the infosec world, it’s well established that time is a precious commodity. Time to detection and time to resolution are critical concepts that can mean the difference between a minor incident and making the news. In order to be effective, security teams need to be able to...

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