patch deployment

A recent Threat Pulse research report from NCC Group found that the highest number of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) incidents between January and September 2022 took place in the month of September. This represented a 14% increase and a total...

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) have become ubiquitous in IT. There are now more than 400 billion API calls per month. They enable applications to interact and systems to connect with external services.   Think about the many layers of the networking...

Security is always in principle a conversation of trust. Do you trust the vendors providing your company with products and services? This is a question which every company should be continually evaluating and reevaluating as part of their ongoing security...

It has become increasingly apparent in recent years that more cybersecurity professionals are needed urgently. But the pace at which new people are trained is tortoise-like in comparison to the hare-like pace of cybercrime. And unlike the popular children’s story,...

The OpenSSL vulnerability is big news. Why? This one is the OpenSSL bug with the highest level of risk since the infamous Heartbleed way back in 2014. It has since resulted in the release of two common vulnerabilities and exposures...

The insurance industry is in somewhat of a crisis. Home insurance rates have climbed. Providers are pulling out of the market in some parts of the country. Flood insurance, too, is a major issue. It is mandated in many coastal...

“I feel the need, the need for speed,” is a famous line from the movie Top Gun. Back then it referred to fast airplanes. But it could equally apply to vulnerability management. The pace with which IT department detect breaches,...

Ransomware Aftershocks Even after remediation, the effects of ransomware can still be felt. The feelings of security have been stripped away and replaced with a nauseating sensation of vulnerability. A public TV and radio station in San Francisco, KQED, knows...