Company Wrecked by Ransomware Only Spent 120,000 Pounds Per Year on Cyber Security

Do you remember the story of the UK-based logistics company that closed due to ransomware and laid off 730 workers? Today in an article about a warning to UK businesses about cyber incidents, their “director” said they “were throwing £120,000 a year at cyber-security with insurance and systems an...

How Leading CISOs are Getting Budget Approval

It's budget season. Once again, security is being questioned, scrutinized, or deprioritized. If you're a CISO or security leader, you've likely found yourself explaining why your program matters, why a given tool or headcount is essential, and how the next breach is one blind spot away. But these...

Uncover the Hidden Story of Ransomware Victims – They’re Not Who You Think

Uncover the Hidden Story of Ransomware Victims – They’re Not Who You Think By Trellix Advanced Research Center · July 31, 2023 Ransomware attacks against large corporations often dominate headlines. High-profile attacks against organizations like Kaseya, Colonial Pipeline, and MOVEit might make y...

On-Demand Webinar: New CISO Survey Reveals Top Challenges for Small Cyber Security Teams

The only threat more persistent to organizations than cyber criminals? The cyber security skills crisis. Nearly 60% of enterprises can't find the staff to protect their data and reputations! from new and emerging breeds of cyber-attacks, reports the Information Systems Security Association ISSA i...

A Simple Formula for Getting Your IT Security Budget Approved

Although there is a greater awareness of cybersecurity threats than ever before, it is becoming increasingly difficult for IT departments to get their security budgets approved. Security budgets seem to shrink each year and IT pros are constantly being asked to do more with less. Even so, the...

Penetration Testing Your AWS Environment - A CTO's Guide

So, you've been thinking about getting a Penetration Test done on your Amazon Web Services AWS environment. Great! What should that involve exactly? There are many options available, and knowing what you need will help you make your often limited security budget go as far as possible. Broadly, th...

Zero Trust Adoption Report: How does your organization compare?

From the wide adoption of cloud-based services to the proliferation of mobile devices. From the emergence of advanced new cyberthreats to the recent sudden shift to remote work. The last decade has been full of disruptions that have required organizations to adapt and accelerate their security...

80% of Global Enterprises Report Firmware Cyberattacks

Attacks against firmware are snowballing, outstripping many organizations’ cyber-defenses, according to a survey from Microsoft. The report showed that more than 80 percent of enterprises have experienced at least one firmware attack in the past two years – but only 29 percent of security budgets...

CISO with a small security team? Learn from your peers' experience with this free e-book

CISOs with small security teams hold an intensive juggling act. They're responsible for sustaining the company's security resilience, ensuring compliance is adhered to and implementing privacy controls. In between these tasks, they need to follow up on board updates, lead cross-team communication...

Use This Ultimate Template to Plan and Monitor Your Cybersecurity Budgets

Sound security budget planning and execution are essential for CIO's/CISO's success. Now, for the first time, the Ultimate Security Budget Plan and Track Excel template download here provide security executives a clear and intuitive tool to keep track of planned vs. actual spend, ensuring that...

Use This Ultimate Template to Plan and Monitor Your Cybersecurity Budgets

Sound security budget planning and execution are essential for CIO's/CISO's success. Now, for the first time, the Ultimate Security Budget Plan and Track Excel template download here provide security executives a clear and intuitive tool to keep track of planned vs. actual spend, ensuring that...

The Ultimate Security Budget Excel Template

Sound security budget planning and execution are essential for the CIO’s/CISO’s success. Now, for the first time, The Ultimate Security Budget Plan & Track Excel template download here provides security executives a clear and intuitive tool to keep track of planned vs. actual spend, ensuring that...

The Ultimate Security Budget Excel Template

Sound security budget planning and execution are essential for the CIO’s/CISO’s success. Now, for the first time, The Ultimate Security Budget Plan & Track Excel template download here provides security executives a clear and intuitive tool to keep track of planned vs. actual spend, ensuring that...

Why managed service providers (MSP) are critical for business continuity

With the threat landscape becoming more hostile to businesses, small- and medium-sized businesses SMBs are often finding it difficult to cope. Hence, they turn to managed service providers MSPs for help, not only to keep their businesses going—the concept known as business continuity—but also to...

The 4 Building Blocks of Digital Threat Hunting Every Business Needs to Know

There was a time when no one could predict the weather – the only way you knew if a blizzard or heat wave was coming was by observing the snowflakes start to fall or the heat inch towards the unbearable. That changed when technology was developed to help people anticipate and prepare for extreme...

Missing Two-Factor Authentication Led to JPMorgan Breach

The biggest U.S. banking breach of all time came down to the smallest of details. The New York Times, citing sources close to the ongoing investigation of the JPMorgan data breach, said hackers found a server unprotected by two-factor authentication to break in using a stolen user name and passwo...

Gartner Sees Better Days Ahead For Security Budgets

From SearchSecurity.com Robert Westervelt The dismal economy has put the brakes on a lot of security projects, but the need to maintain the basics and automate some security functions has fueled interest in managed security services and some specific security areas, according to analysts at Gartn...