Organizations use User Activity Monitoring (UAM) software for three reasons: to secure their digital environment, optimize productivity, and ensure compliance. All UAM solutions track users (e.g. employees or contractors) as they interact with company-owned resources including networks, applications, and devices. Organizations with a need to protect their property depend on […]
Businesses and government offices have to look out for an increasing variety of threats and cyberattacks. Many of these are often called “insider attacks” when they involve somebody inside of the organization – an employee, or a contractor, or perhaps a vendor or supplier with privileges. In some of these […]
Information security professionals use the term “indicators of compromise” to describe any observable activity that may suggest a computer system has been compromised. Indicators of compromise can be used to help quickly determine when an attack has occurred and identify the perpetrators. These indicators can also be used to help […]
The lockdowns of the pandemic forced many businesses to move their operations online with little time to prepare. Offices across the country closed and workers began to do their work remotely. The rapid increase in cloud-based work, remote collaboration, and video conferencing contributed to an ever-increasing attack surface. Businesses large […]
No business can ignore the importance of reliable and efficient network traffic monitoring. As of 2021, there are 4.66 billion active internet users worldwide. Network traffic is only expected to grow in the coming years as more people gain internet access. By monitoring network traffic, you can ensure that your […]
Any organization that collects, generates, or stores sensitive information has a responsibility to keep that information safe. This responsibility can be moral (protection of employee and customer information, legal (compliance with GDPR, PIPL, and CCA) or profit-based (keeping trade secrets and intellectual property safe). Previously, the only protection available was […]
Securing their businesses against insider threats continues to be a top concern for organizations as part of their overall cybersecurity strategy. Even as geopolitical tensions and foreign ransomware crews have been in the headlines, security teams understand that a malicious insider with their extensive knowledge of where all the valuable […]
An insider threat can be devastating to a business. But what are these types of attacks, and what do they teach us about how to protect data and systems? We’ll look at a number of real-world examples that show what needs to be done, identifying the solutions that make those […]
Today’s businesses operate in a complicated cybersecurity and data privacy environment. Whether they are guarding against expensive ransomware attacks or reputation-damaging data breaches, today’s landscape has one thing in common: people are often the problem. According to Verizon’s 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report, 82 percent of data breaches involved the […]
The current state of cybersecurity in the financial sector is bleak. Cyberattacks are on the rise and so are the costs associated with breaches. As an industry, finance has been historically slow to move away from legacy technologies. Now there’s a greater need to digitally transform their processes and their […]