Privileged access represents one of the largest security vulnerabilities in today's digital landscape. Privileged accounts, credentials and secrets are everywhere throughout your IT infrastructure: on-premises, across multi-cloud and hybrid environments, in applications, on endpoints and in DevOps pipeline.
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In the three years since Equifax suffered a massive data breach, the consumer credit reporting firm says it has worked tirelessly to overhaul the security shortcomings that allowed the breach to happen. Equifax CISO Jamil Farshchi and other security experts weigh in on important lessons learned.
The Threat Intelligence Spotlight: Hunting Evasive Malware report draws on data gathered from the 650-plus organizations that eSentire protects and VMware Carbon Black's extensive endpoint protection install base.
A global pandemic, distributed workforces and rapid migration to more cloud services have altered...
Outsourcing your endpoint protection can deliver positive returns by improving operational efficiency and minimizing risk, but it's not always easy to prove the business case.
This guide delivers specific direction on how to calculate savings in the context of your organization's risk while accounting for size and...
How are organizations protecting their endpoints against ransomware and malware?
The "Endpoint Security Effectiveness" Report summarizes the results of a survey of over 450 IT and security professionals conducted by Virtual Intelligence Briefing (ViB) to understand how organizations protect their endpoints against...
Two recent Department of Homeland Security advisories pertaining to vulnerabilities in certain ultrasound systems from a major medical device maker - and multiple flaws in an open-source hospital information management system - highlight the range of security risks spanning various segments of the healthcare sector.
Experts predict that digital transformation and remote work will accelerate in the new normal. So will the need to secure every kind of endpoint and safeguard sensitive corporate data. To succeed in the new reality, solutions must meet the rigorous security requirement of IT leaders while also accommodating users'...
By now, most IT teams have a handle on work-from-home and many are looking ahead to the days when offices will re-open, and users will go back to work. For some, getting the office back up and running is as simple as turning everything back on, but for others, there's lots of work to be done.
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In recent times many organisations have had to quickly move to a remote workforce, but their dependence on new technologies has also made them exponentially more vulnerable to cyber threats.
Attackers are continuously advancing and using sophisticated techniques to infiltrate organisations which no longer have well...
To successfully combat today's varied and sophisticated threats, a proactive approach is needed. EPP's essentially reactive approach to computer security is, to use the old canard, necessary but insufficient. While it' s essential to take an AV-based preventive approach to eliminate as many threats as possible before...
As ransomware gangs attempt to boost their illicit profits, the RagnarLocker ransomware gang has brought a new tactic to bear: installing a full virtual machine on victims' systems to hide their crypto-locking malware while it forcibly encrypts files, security firm Sophos warns.
Australian shipping giant Toll Group has vowed to again not pay a ransom after suffering its second ransomware attack of the year. In the latest incident, however, the company warns that attackers also stole corporate data - and it may get leaked.
In trying economic times, it's more important than ever to be able to measure and communicate the effectiveness of one's cybersecurity program. Colin O'Connor, COO of ReliaQuest, offers a new alternative to traditional metrics.
With the declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic, and the global shift to work from home, Tom Kellermann of VMware Carbon Black sees a corresponding increase in hacking and espionage attempts against U.S. agencies, businesses and citizens. He says add "digital distancing" to your precautions.
Visser Precision, a U.S. manufacturer that supplies Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Tesla and SpaceX, appears to have been hit by the DoppelPaymer ransomware gang, which has begun leaking internal data and threatening to leak more unless the victim pays a ransom.
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