February 7, 2023
The education sector has been in the crosshairs of cybercriminals for years. If anything, it is getting worse. According to a study by Comparitech, almost 1000 schools were affected by ransomware in 2021, impacting about a million students. Total price...
February 2, 2023
Syxsense is pleased to be a sponsor of Enterprise Strategy Group’s latest survey on the Endpoint Management Vulnerability Gap. Respondents of this survey included IT and cybersecurity professionals involved with endpoint management and security technologies and processes. These professionals work...
February 2, 2023
A series of recent incidents has led to debate concerning the value of password managers. PayPal sent out breach notifications to thousands of users that had their accounts accessed through credential stuffing attacks that exposed some personal data. Some linked...
January 31, 2023
There is so much news about cybercrime that you might get the idea that it is happening to everyone everywhere – to all organizations of all sizes and across all industries. Certainly, there is some truth to the statement that...
January 30, 2023
Syxsense is proud to host Christopher M. Steffen in conversation with Graham Brooks on recent trends in information security, the state of the industry, and the future of Zero Trust initiatives in the new year. In this session, we covered:...
January 26, 2023
There are hundreds of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) in existence, some more serious than others. All need attention, yet many organizations have gotten sloppy about how they take care of CVEs. Some take months to deploy urgent patches as...
January 24, 2023
Imagine a kingdom facing invasion from a hostile and determined foe. The citizens band together to build the highest and widest walls possible. They erect battlements, dig deep moats filled with water, forge mighty gates of the strongest metal, and...
January 19, 2023
Jonathan Cassell, Senior Solutions Architect at Syxsense, gazed into the cyber-crystal ball and came up with several predictions for 2023. These include more cyberattacks on critical infrastructure, increased cyber-regulation, faster zero-day exploits, and growing adoption of zero trust, though not...
January 17, 2023
Those working in IT grow accustomed to pagers or smart phones going off in the middle of the night. That means they must get dressed, grab a quick coffee, and head into the office to resolve the latest security alerts,...
January 12, 2023
Vendors often fight over whose solution is best. They set up their own tests to prove that they are better than the competition. Unfortunately, vendor sponsored tests sometimes include a certain bias. Say vendor X knows its software works well...