In a dynamic world, where user mobility impacts security almost 100% of the time, multi-factor authentication (MFA) has become imperative and key to deploying a zero-trust network. Why? • Users are connecting to company resources from different, unprotected networks • Working hours have become more flexible, so they could be working from early hours to late evenings • … [Read more...]
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Tackling 2021 Security Planning and Budgeting
Annual planning and budgeting has always been a critical, albeit potentially cumbersome aspect of establishing a successful security posture. Information security doesn’t contribute directly to the bottom line for most companies and management often views it as a cost. That’s why it’s essential for CISO and security leaders to allocate the budget they do get as effectively as … [Read more...]
Identifying an Existing APT Intrusion
Last month while onboarding a new customer to Panda EDR with the Orion threat hunting console, WatchGuard Threat Lab discovered an existing advanced persistent threat (APT) on the organization’s network. WatchGuard Threat Lab investigated the incident and were able to identify much of the threat actor’s tools, techniques and procedures including several indicators of compromise … [Read more...]
Security in Higher Ed: Trust, Student Experience, and Multi-Factor Authentication
Higher education institutions work constantly to build smarter campuses. These advances tend to focus on digital transformation and overall more accessible, user-friendly resources to enable the academic experience from any device, anywhere. Colleges strive to be a big, fun, stimulating, shared macrocosm: the place to learn together and share knowledge and unique … [Read more...]
Are Your Company Credentials Exposed on the Dark Web?
The dark web is a collection of anonymous websites that are publicly available, yet hide the IP addresses to make it impossible for users to identify the host. It’s very common that sensitive information made available by data breaches ends up becoming available illicitly for sale on the dark web. According to the 2019 Global State of Cybersecurity in Small and Medium-Sized … [Read more...]