The Security Ledger

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In fact, the term “advanced persistent threat” (or APT) was concocted by U.S. Air Force personnel way back in 2005 as a way to talk about the kinds of enduring cyber attacks and attempts at data exfiltration they were observing. Eighteen years later, the situation hasn’t improved all that much.

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McAfee

AUGUST 11, 2020

Cyber threats are no exception to this rule. We think about this paradox regularly as artificial intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning gain prevalence in our field. Will these technologies drive better outcomes, and improve efficiencies in our cyber defense workforce, or will they introduce more risk to our environment?

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

As 2023 draws to an end and cybersecurity budgeting is nearly complete, it helps to consider the year’s events and try to predict next year’s trends. After receiving input from industry experts and doing my own analysis of the year’s driving forces, I identified five major cybersecurity trends. Bottom line: Prepare now based on risk.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

In response, industry professionals must automate their cybersecurity tools to stay ahead. The 2020 SolarWinds cybersecurity incident — which industry experts call the supply chain attack of the decade — was an incredibly high-profile breach affecting massive corporations. Simply put, cyberattacks are on the rise.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

While organizations can invest in sophisticated cybersecurity and threat detection solutions to detect anomalous network and system activity, a socially-engineered conversation between a malicious actor and an untrained employee can easily slip under the radar.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 1, 2023

However, the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) has taken these scams to a whole new level. Spoofing techniques are commonly used in phishing and other cyber attacks to trick victims into believing that the communication is legitimate. This was a 3% increase compared to the previous year.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 16, 2022

You and your cybersecurity team do everything correctly to safeguard your infrastructure, yet the frightening alert still arrives that you’ve suffered a data breach. The same technologies that make supply chains faster and more effective also threaten their cybersecurity,” writes David Lukic , a privacy, security, and compliance consultant.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 11, 2023

Cybersecurity professionals can rarely have a conversation among peers these days without artificial intelligence—ChatGPT, Bard, Bing, etc.—coming Threat hunters are using AI to identify unusual patterns and summarize large amounts of data, connecting the dots across multiple sources of information and hidden patterns.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2021

Cybersecurity products, services and professionals have never been in higher demand. A contributing factor to the cybersecurity skills gap is the large number of security startups that have been founded in recent years. According to a joint study by CBInsights and PwC, Cybersecurity startups received over $10.7 Cato Networks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 15, 2021

AUSTIN, Texas–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Packet capture authority, Endace , and next-generation cybersecurity analytics company LinkShadow , today announced that LinkShadow has joined Endace’s Fusion Partner program. Pre-built integration through Endace’s Fusion Partner program. For more information, visit www.linkshadow.com.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

Network security is an umbrella term for all facets of your network’s cybersecurity posture, with an emphasis on developing and using policies, procedures, best practices and tools that safeguard every piece of your network’s overall infrastructure. From there, these tools send alerts to security teams if and when risks are identified.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

That makes employee training a critically important defense – see our picks for the best employee cybersecurity awareness training tools. The cloud-native solution identifies and intercepts any content-borne cyber-attack entering the organization through any cloud channel and is run on all files, URLs, and free text.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 15, 2021

As end users represent the biggest cyber risk to enterprises, secure web gateways are an important cornerstone of IT security, along with employee cybersecurity training and secure email gateways. See our picks for the best secure email gateways and employee cybersecurity awareness training. How Secure Web Gateways Work.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

Information security products , services, and professionals have never been in higher demand, making for a world of opportunities for cybersecurity startups. Investors recognize the potential too, as funding for cybersecurity ventures more than doubled from previous years to almost $22 billion in 2021. Top 10 Cybersecurity Startups.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Enterprise security professionals need to thoroughly assess the risks, communicate those to business leaders, and develop practical cybersecurity , risk management , and compliance strategies to build a secure and resilient digital business environment. The cloud adopting companies are facing the following cybersecurity challenges.

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