February 21, 2023
A new study examined Security Service Edge (SSE) adoption, and the role it plays in establishing a zero-trust architecture. According to the report, SSE’s popularity is reflected in the fact that 71% of cybersecurity professionals are familiar with it, despite...
February 16, 2023
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is very much in demand, according to a new survey. This is good news for vendors offering SaaS services as well as MSPs who are grabbing a steadily larger slice of the expanding as-a-Service pie. The report reveals...
February 14, 2023
Historically, successful attack strategies continue until adequate defenses are assembled. For example, the Mongol hordes ravaged Asia and Eastern Europe for centuries. A simple invention – the walled town – ended their ability to ride in from the wilderness and...
February 9, 2023
Phishing remains one of the most popular avenues of attack by cybercriminals. Yes, zero-day exploits sometimes help them to strike gold. But the bread-and-butter front-line troops of cybercriminal gangs are phish-ers of men and women. It is rumored that in...
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 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...