5 Best Qualys Replacement Solutions Reviewed

Knowing you have vulnerabilities is one thing; knowing if your defenses can actually stop an attack is another. Traditional vulnerability scanners tell you where the holes are, but they don't tell you if your security controls are configured correctly or if they'll perform under pressure. This is...

Powering the Future of Cyber Risk Management: Welcoming Our First mROC Alliance Members

Organizations today face a growing challenge: fragmented security tools, a flood of risk findings, and limited visibility across environments. But perhaps the biggest challenge of them all is the disconnect between cybersecurity efforts and the business value at risk. Without the ability to...

From Top Dogs to Unified Pack

Embracing a consolidated security ecosystem Authored by Ralph Wascow Cybersecurity is as unpredictable as it is rewarding. Each day often presents a new set of challenges and responsibilities, particularly as organizations accelerate digital transformation efforts. This means you and your cyber...

Introducing: ‘Saved Filters’ in InsightCloudSec

Last year, when we launched Layered Context in InsightCloudSec, we knew we had something great on our hands. Not just because we provided a single view for cloud security practitioners to see their full cloud risk posture though, if we do say so ourselves, that’s pretty sweet. No, we knew we had...

SEC cyber risk management rule—a security and compliance opportunity

In my practice as a Microsoft Global Black Belt, I focus on the technical and business enablement aspects of protecting organizations from cyber threats with tools like Microsoft 365 Defender, Microsoft Purview and Microsoft Sentinel. In my role as a board member for another publicly traded...

Using XDR to Consolidate and Optimize Cybersecurity Technology

Businesses know they need cybersecurity, but it seems like a new acronym and system is popping up every day. Professionals that aren't actively researching these technologies can struggle to keep up. As the cybersecurity landscape becomes more complicated, organizations are desperate to simplify...

The 9th Google Chrome Zero-Day Threat this Year – Again Just Before the Weekend

Google has released yet another security update for the Chrome desktop web browser to address a high-severity vulnerability that is being exploited in the wild. This is the ninth Chrome zero-day fixed this year by Google. This security bug CVE-2022-4262; QID 377804 is a Type Confusion vulnerabili...

Effective Vulnerability Management with Stakeholder Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) and Qualys TruRisk

Security stakeholders across the globe have long relied on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS to prioritize vulnerabilities and assess their risk posture. The reason why the CVSS has become the standard for many security and vulnerability management teams alike is that this method is ea...

The New Year Calls for a Change in the OT Industry’s State of Security

In 2014, a Western European steel mill suffered serious damage from a phishing attack that penetrated its IT and Operational Technology OT networks the software and hardware dedicated to monitoring and controlling physical devices where attackers gained control of plant equipment. In 2018, 74% of...

#CbChats: Rick McElroy Talks About the Mental Health Side of Cybersecurity

Rick McElroy, security strategist for Carbon Black, has more than 17 years of information security experience educating and advising organizations on reducing their risk posture and tackling tough security challenges. He has performed services for the U.S. Department of Defense, and has held...

Incident Response and Recovery May Be the Best Defense

By B.K. DeLong The ever increasing list of breaches appearing on the Open Security Foundation’s DataLossDB Web site as well as companies being targeted by the AntiSec movement made up of groups including recently-raided Anonymous, AnonOps, TeaMp0isoN, and now-dormant LulzSec continues to show tha...