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Blind Spots in the Threat Landscape

There is a key shift in the threat landscape as attackers focus more on attacking key endpoints and infrastructure. As a result, many organizations are developing security blind spots. Read this ebook to learn more about: Shifts in threat activity; Blind spots in cyber defenses & how to regain...

2019 Integrating Password and Privilege Management for Unix and Linux Systems

Unix and Linux build the foundation for most business-critical systems. Thus, they present target-rich environments for cyber-attackers. Privileged Access Management (PAM) helps to mitigate such risks. To succeed, security teams must follow an integrated approach, covering both privilege elevation and centralized...

Insider Data Breach Survey 2019

The 2019 Insider Data Breach survey gathered responses from 252 U.S. and 253 U.K.-based IT leaders (CIOs, CTOs, CISOs and IT Directors) and 2004 U.S. and 2003 U.K.-based employees to assess the root causes of these employee-driven data breaches, as well as the frequency and impact of such instances.

How to Build an Effective Threat Intelligence Program

A common complaint among threat intelligence analysts is the near impossibility of searching global threat intelligence feeds to find the specific threat and vulnerability information that matters to their organization. The underlying problem here is the lack of visibility across all internal files and objects....

Predictive Prioritization: Data Science Lets You Focus on the 3% of Vulnerabilities Likely to Be Exploited

In 2017, 15,038 new CVEs were published, up from 9,837 in 2016. Last year, 16,500 new CVEs were disclosed. With vulnerabilities growing year after year, patching every potential threat to your business is a futile exercise. The need to prioritize is clear, but where to start, especially when CVSS categorizes the...

Can Proactive Threat Hunting Save Your Business?

Given the unsustainability of the status quo, it's a question worth considering. Technology constantly advances. Businesses now leverage the cloud, mobility, AI, IoT, and blockchain in ways that were once unthinkable. So no one can credibly claim that the same technologies they used to empower their business a few...

Evolving Threats. And How to Avoid Them.

Corporate espionage. The internet of threats. Today's risks are nothing short of scary. And with new challenges popping up nearly every day, infosec professionals are under even greater pressure to identify their own vulnerabilities, before hackers do it for them.

Mistake or Malice? No Other Data Breach Source Compares to Accidental Loss

As a general rule, negligent incidents are far more common than malicious ones. Negligent insiders are employees that unintentionally jeopardize security, often through well-intentioned ignorance, laziness, or simple human error. While many security teams make the mistake of focusing exclusively on would-be malicious...

Use EPM Solutions To Handle Your Password Issues

Despite increased use of two-factor authentication and biometrics, passwords are still the most common form of authentication. However, when most breaches are caused by weak, stolen, or reused passwords, it's clear passwords pose significant risks that can't be ignored. From potential security breaches to increased...

The 2018 Insider Threat Intelligence Report

Despite increasing investment in security tools, organizations are still getting breached - and so many of those breaches, whether organizations realize it or not, are ultimately due to the human element. The 2018 Insider Threat Intelligence Report collects findings from Dtex's User Threat Assessments across the...

Deploying a Local Threat Intelligence Infrastructure

Threat intelligence analysts understand the near impossibility of searching global intelligence feeds to find the relevant threat information. the underlying problem is the lack of visibility and context across internal files. Having more visibility to these risks and vulnerabilities makes global threat...

Why Are Insider Threats the Hardest to Fight?

When trusted insiders are accessing your valuable digital resources, you need to know who they are and what they're doing and you need to know if resources have been compromised. Download this eBook and learn how to look for these tell-tale signs: Theft and corruption: Insiders are behaving badly Damaging...

Forrester: SIM Is Evolving Into Security Analytics

To keep up with compliance mandates like the PCI DSS, S&R pros largely employed SIM solutions as log management and reporting tools. With the surge of cyberthreats and the accompanying proliferation of security tools, legacy SIM solutions were forced to evolve to keep up with the volume. Download this report to...

Operationalizing Threat Intelligence With a Complete Solution

Having access to threat intelligence can arm you to make more confident, risk-based decisions. However, simply having it is not enough. 58 percent of organizations have had some kind of threat intelligence program for at least two years, but struggle to operationalize the intelligence efficiently - 39...

The Buyer's Guide to Cyber Threat Intelligence

11 Questions to Answer Before You Invest Threat intelligence done right gives you a window into the world of your adversary. Vendors and service providers are aiming to empower organizations by alerting them to the specific threat vectors and attacks they face, as well as how they should be prioritized for...