Trends
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IDS & IPS Remain Important Even as Other Tools Add IDPS Features
Intrusion detection system (IDS) and intrusion prevention system (IPS) technologies – often combined as intrusion detection and prevention (IDPS) – have been in use for decades, yet they remain important cybersecurity tools even in the face of today’s rapidly changing cyber threats and complex IT environments. An ideal security stack provides continuous protection without gaps.…
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How to Improve SD-WAN Security: 3 SD-WAN Best Practices
As the modern workforce becomes increasingly mobile and enterprises branch out and grow, software-defined wide area networks (SD-WAN) have become a popular choice in the evolution of networking. By applying the benefits of software-defined networking (SDN) to traditional hardware-centric networks, SD-WAN offers enterprises improved flexibility, scalability, performance, and agility for today’s virtual, edge, branch and…
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Security in Milliseconds: Visa Invests in Payment Security as E-Commerce Surges
The COVID-19 pandemic has driven a massive increase in e-commerce spending, doubling to an expected $1 trillion this year, according to Adobe. But that spending surge has brought with it a corresponding rise in payment security challenges. eSecurity Planet sat down with Dustin White, chief risk data officer at Visa, to discuss some of the…
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Software Supply Chain: A Risky Time for Dependencies
The software supply chain is a critical element in the lifecycle of applications and websites. The interdependencies and components common in modern software development can increase the attack surface and sometimes allow hackers to bypass robust security layers you’ve added to your infrastructure. Indeed, only one flaw in the code base can be enough to…
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Top 20 Venture Capital (VC) Firms in Cybersecurity
Whether it’s a startup or established organization seeking funding, the right venture capital (VC) firm can make the difference in financial and operational success. Navigating the funding landscape takes time, preparation, and the innovative spirit to convince VC partners to invest in a new or unrecognized business opportunity. Achieving funding is no simple task, and…
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Why You Need to Tune EDR to Secure Your Environment
Endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions typically deploy in a standard configuration meant to deliver the least number of false positive alerts in a generic environment. This allows EDR to deploy very quickly, but it also allows for a number of security vulnerabilities. Here we’ll discuss why EDR vendors choose these configurations, and how organizations…
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A Few Clicks from Data Disaster: The State of Enterprise Security
Once an organization has been breached, the overwhelming majority of critical assets are just a few attack techniques away from being compromised, according to a new study. The report by breach and attack simulation (BAS) vendor XM Cyber noted that 63% of critical assets are just a single “hop” away from initial breach to compromise;…
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Biden Approves Cybersecurity Reporting, Issues Rare Warning
President Joe Biden has faced a number of crises since taking office in January 2021, but his Administration has nonetheless managed to be at the forefront of the U.S. response to cyber attacks by crime groups and hackers aligned with nation-states. Even before Biden took office, the U.S. faced threats like the SolarWinds attack and…
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McAfee Cloud Launches as Skyhigh Security
The final piece of the complicated Mandiant-FireEye split and subsequent FireEye-McAfee merger fell into place today, as McAfee’s cloud security business was officially spun off under the new name of Skyhigh Security. McAfee Enterprise and FireEye were acquired by Symphony Technology Group last year as Mandiant became a standalone company. STG also owns RSA Security,…
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Google to Acquire Mandiant; EDR Acquisition Next?
Google today announced that it has agreed to acquire Mandiant for roughly $5.4 billion to bolster its cloud security. Google noted that Google Cloud already offers a number of security services, including BeyondCorp Enterprise for Zero Trust, VirusTotal for malicious content and software vulnerabilities, Chronicle security analytics and automation and the Security Command Center risk…
