Addressing the Evolving Attack Surface Part 1: Modern Challenges

Lately, we’ve been hearing a lot from our customers requesting help on how to manage their evolving attack surface. As new 0days appear, new applications are spun up, and cloud instances change hourly, it can be hard for our customers to get a full view of risk into their environments. We put...

Cyber Signals: 3 strategies for protection against ransomware

The “as a service” business model has gained widespread popularity as growing cloud adoption has made it possible for people to access important services through third-party providers. Given the convenience and agility of service offerings, perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising that the “as a servic...

No Damsels in Distress: How Media and Entertainment Companies Can Secure Data and Content

Streaming is king in the media and entertainment industry. According to the Motion Picture Association’s Theatrical and Home Entertainment Market Environment Report, the global number of streaming subscribers grew to 1.3 billion in 2021. Consumer demand for immediate digital delivery is...

How Microsoft Security partners are helping customers do more with less

There has never been a greater demand for specialized cybersecurity expertise—or a greater opportunity for our partners to support our customers with new services and solutions. Over the last year, the permanent shift to hybrid work has empowered businesses to be remote and mobile. Increased...

The Benefits of Including Static Data Masking in Your Security Arsenal

Static data masking SDM is defined as, “The act of permanently replacing sensitive data at rest with a realistic fictional equivalent for the purpose of protecting data from unwanted disclosure.” Industry analysts characterize SDM as a must-have data protection layer capable of protecting large...

Identifying Cloud Waste to Contain Unnecessary Costs

Cloud adoption has exploded over the past decade or so, and for good reason. Many digital transformation advancements – and even the complete reimagination of entire industries – can be directly mapped and attributed to cloud innovation. While this rapid pace of innovation has had a profound impa...

How Insider Threats Drive Better Data Protection Strategies

Fifty-eight percent of sensitive data security incidents are caused by insider threats, according to a recent study by Forrester Research. Insider threats originate from inappropriate use of legitimate authorized user accounts. These accounts - assigned to internal employees and business associat...

US Government sets forth Zero Trust architecture strategy and requirements

To help protect the United States from increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, the White House issued Executive Order EO 14028 on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, which requires US Federal Government organizations to take action to strengthen national cybersecurity.1 Section 3 of EO 14028...

Make Room for Cloud Security in Your 2022 Budget

Are you thinking about cloud security when making your 2022 budget? You should be. Cloud is the key to innovation and business transformation. It can make life so much easier. The cloud enables companies to expand their products or services, rapidly develop new products, and reach new customers. ...

Cloud Challenges in the Age of Remote Work: Rapid7’s 2021 Cloud Misconfigurations Report

A lot changed in 2020, and the way businesses use the cloud was no exception. According to one study, 90% of organizations plan to increase their use of cloud infrastructure following the COVID-19 pandemic, and 61% are planning to optimize the way they currently use the cloud. The move to the clo...

Managing Privileged Access for a Post-COVID Perimeter

For many, 2021 signifies a year of recovery, reflection and reimagining. After the whirlwind year of 2020, we witnessed all aspects and facets of our lives and businesses turn upside down as our communities and economies adapted to the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic. As we all know, the...

Once Again, Rapid7 Named a Leader in 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for SIEM

Rapid7 is elated for InsightIDR to be recognized as a Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management SIEM. This is the second consecutive time our SaaS SIEM—InsightIDR—has been named a Leader in this report. Access the full complimentary report from us her...

Cloud vs on premises: 3 reasons the Cloud is winning

Thanks to the vast rollout of COVID-19 vaccines to millions of people in the US and Europe, some of us are finally seeing some semblance of a return to normalcy. And organizations, who have experienced first-hand the struggle to stay afloat during months of struggle, are expecting to transition...

Building SIEM for Today’s Threat Landscape

It’s easy to see how the changing security landscape has shaped the evolution of the security information and event management SIEM practice area — and how it continues to. But architecting an effective SIEM approach requires a well-thought-out strategy. A combination of security information...

Top Challenges for Security Analytics and Operations, and How a Cloud-Based SIEM Can Help

As the attack surface continues to grow, the job of a security professional is getting exponentially more complicated. With the surge in remote work over the last year, this has only accelerated. To keep up and combat key security operations challenges, many organizations are making the move to t...

Take the Full-Stack Approach to Securing Your Modern Attack Surface

A growing remote-work culture demands a graduation in the approach to security. It’s time to test, monitor, secure, and extend to the application layer. A modern methodology for vulnerability management VM is vital for organizations looking to minimize attack surfaces by prioritizing potential...

Why More Teams are Shifting Security Analytics to the Cloud This Year

As the threat landscape continues to evolve in size and complexity, so does the security skills and resource gap, leaving organizations both understaffed and overwhelmed. An ESG study found that 63% of organizations say security is more difficult than it was two years ago. Teams cite the growing...

Congratulations to 2020 Akamai Partners of the Year

Last year proved to be a year like no other. We faced unforeseen challenges, including adjusting to a new way of working, collaborating, and conducting business. It is an honor for me to announce the Akamai Partners of the Year for 2020 who went above and beyond in this tumultuous year. These...

Shifting Security Right: How Cloud-Based SecOps Can Speed Processes While Maintaining Integrity

When it comes to offloading security controls to the cloud, it may seem counterintuitive to the notion of “securing” things. But, when we consider the efficiency to be gained by shifting right with some security controls, it makes sense to send more granular, ground-up responsibilities to a trust...

The Only Constant Is Change -- Rethinking Secure Access for a New Workforce

It seems like a long time ago now when IT teams had their annual strategy meeting, where topics related to network modernization with SASE or SD-WANs, remote access, threat prevention, and cloud adoption were likely discussed. COVID-19, however, has caused a lot of these initiatives to take a...