Advanced attackers continue to get more sophisticated at finding and faster at exploiting vulnerabilities of enterprise networks. Unfortunately, most organizations are not keeping pace at detecting advanced attacks. In fact, many are failing at detection all together. Once detected, reducing the response time, from...
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are increasingly becoming one of the most grievous security threats that any company with a significant online presence faces. In fact, four of the top five security threats today are DDoS related, with an average of 2,000-3,000 DDoS attacks per day on enterprises,...
Data breaches and denial of service attacks are now so commonplace that only the biggest breaches make the headlines. Yet systems errors
and outages are also a major threat. The costs of these types of incidents can be significant, particularly for data-intensive industries such as technology, retail and financial...
Given the stealth of today's advanced attack malware, the scale of data compromise and speed of execution, it has been proven time
and again that relying on a passive, defensive security strategy is no longer adequate. Advanced attacks are designed to be stealthy and obfuscate their tracks. In many cases, alerts are...
Retail organizations have always been tempting targets to cyber criminals looking for payment card and personally identifiable information. Protection today requires a complete picture of the network not just PoS systems. This includes all available contextual data, your unique network configuration and behavior as...
The news is inundated with reports of businesses being compromised by various types of security attacks. These organizations are often judged for their perceived lack of preparation, their disclosure of the breach and, perhaps most importantly, their response. A comprehensive detailed view of network activity both...
In an environment of constant attacks, network packet capture and advanced security analytics are needed to discover the attack in
progress and provide the intelligence to minimize the damage done. Advance knowledge of the reconnaissance phase, early probes of vulnerable systems, suspicious lateral movement, and...
IR teams, typically operating under a formalized IR plan, are designed to detect, investigate and, when necessary, remediate organizational assets in the event of a critical incident. SANS conducted a survey with the goal being to get a clearer picture of what IR teams are up against today. Such as, the types of...
The retail industry is booming. What's more, retailers are investing in e-commerce strategies and user-friendly websites to further
entice consumers and to stay competitive. They're also upgrading point-of-sale (POS) systems to improve control and introducing
contactless payment to speed up the purchasing process. ...
In 2011, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) issued a supplement to the Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment guidance, issued in October 2015. The purpose of the supplement is to reinforce the risk-management framework described in the original guidance and update the FFIEC...
British police have arrested a third suspect in connection with the hack attack against telecommunications provider TalkTalk. Separately, Vodafone UK also issued an alert of a breach, which it traced to reused passwords.
How prepared is your health care organization to respond to an attack, and what resources - in-house and outsourced - are used to defend valuable protected health information?
Register for this informative webinar to learn how health care organizations are combating data breaches.
Most fraud involves the use of false or anonymous identities. Banks are fighting back with tools and solutions designed to verify identity or at least raise red flags before fraud occurs. Neustar sponsored a survey with American Banker of over 230 top senior financial executives, within fraud mitigation and risk...
The Q2 2015 State of the
Internet-Security Report builds on the significant changes
made in last quarter's report. In this edition, attack data
previously published in the classic State of the Internet
Report is combined with the data previously published in the quarterly
Prolexic DDoS Attack Report. The two...
Today, the chances of being the victim of a targeted data breach are greater than ever. The fact is it's no longer if you'll be hacked but when. Businesses need to do everything they can to stop a breach, but equally important is how they react when it does.
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