Many security teams face information divisions, which can lead to disagreements over security activities. And wherever they are, blind spots undermine the team’s ability to identify, protecting against responding to immediate security threats. Today’s dangers now include malicious computer programming, advanced progressive threats (APT), internal threats, and vulnerability to cloud-based computer services, beyond which antivirus …
The Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP) is a “workload security solution that addresses the different protection requirements” of the load in today’s business environment. Tasks for modern environments include portable servers, virtual machines (VMs), containers, and non-server loads. In this area, the protection of cloud workloads is very important. After all, any business could be …
As cloud becomes the new “normal,” we must examine the suitability of using “traditional” on-premises security capabilities in the cloud, as well as learn new cloud security best practices, to ensure cloud services are incorporated into the business in a secure and repeatable process. Securing cloud services involves more than just implementing security controls extending …
The drive to improve operations efficiency, performance and quality of services is behind the interest to leverage elements of IT infrastructures (such as Internet Protocol [IP]-based communications) within OT environments. As physical and cyber befriend one another, so too must efficiency and security. The two need not be at odds, and in fact, companies should …
Vulnerability management is widely described as the practice of identifying security vulnerabilities in unpatched systems that if exploited by adversaries, can put your entire enterprise environment at risk. Typically, vulnerability management is a foundational practice, and an integral part of any standard cybersecurity initiative. However, constantly changing device demographics and increasing sophistication in cyberattack techniques, …
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Enterprise DLP solutions represent a crucial means of protecting sensitive information from disclosure — whether intentional or inadvertent — and for identifying sensitive data assets that require such protection. There’s much to consider when it comes to building an enterprise DLP solution, from understanding where your data exists to proper data classification, accounting for shadow …
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Today, it’s a very different story than legacy industrial systems relying upon proprietary protocols and software, which were manually managed and monitored by humans, and had no connection to the outside world; as we see more industrial systems brought online to deliver big data and smart analytics as well as adopt new capabilities and efficiencies …
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Introduction Building an effective and comprehensive security awareness program seems like a daunting task to those who are fortunate enough to be responsible for it. There is a lot of information at your fingertips, but how do you turn that information into something useful? Like most security awareness professionals, understanding a program’s critical components and …
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Introduction The phrases “cyber-physical systems,” or “CPS,” and “Internet of Things,” or “IoT,” have distinct origins but overlapping definitions, with both referring to trends in integrating digital capabilities, including network connectivity and computational capability, with physical devices and systems. Examples range from intelligent vehicles to advanced manufacturing systems, in sectors as diverse as energy, agriculture, …
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Careless user actions are why many cyberattacks are successful. Research shows that with regular security awareness training, midsize enterprises will experience fewer security breaches. Midsize enterprise CIOs can protect company systems and intellectual property by influencing secure behaviour. Security and privacy awareness and training is an important aspect in protecting the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability …
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