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Check Point vs Palo Alto: Compare Top EDR Solutions
This is one of those articles that’s fun to write because there is virtually no downside to these two endpoint detection and response (EDR) products. Check Point Software and Palo Alto Networks both offer stellar security for enterprises seeking better endpoint protection. The differences between the products lie in price, complexity and target markets. EDR […]
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Kaspersky vs. Bitdefender: Compare Top EDR Solutions
Kaspersky and Bitdefender have very good endpoint security products for both business and consumer users, so they made both our top EDR and top antivirus product lists. Buyers often compare the two. They offer comparably priced antivirus software with similar features, but when it comes to enterprise EDR and endpoint protection, they differ considerably. EDR […]
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Apple White Hat Hack Shows Value of Pen Testers
The best Cybersecurity Awareness Month lesson may have come from Apple, which could ultimately pay bug bounties of around $500,000 to a group of white hat hackers who found 55 vulnerabilities on Apple’s own networks, including 11 critical vulnerabilities. The main lesson is pretty simple: No one is safe, and the need for […]
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Employees and Data Backup Top Cybersecurity Awareness Month Concerns
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and as people are the weakest link in the cybersecurity chain, it’s only fitting that this year’s theme is “Do your part: Be CyberSmart.” Whether it’s unintentionally clicking on a malicious link in an email, poor password hygiene, a misconfiguration or a missed patch, human error is […]
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CrowdStrike vs Carbon Black: Top EDR Solutions Compared
CrowdStrike Falcon and VMware Carbon Black are popular endpoint detection and response (EDR) products, and both scored high enough in our analysis to make our list of top EDR vendors. Buyers often compare the two EDR products, and with good reason: both offer strong security and management features that can make a security operations center’s […]
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Remote Work Security: Priorities & Projects
Each year, Gartner analysts recommend 10 security projects that combine high business impact with high risk reduction. Privileged access management (PAM) topped the list in 2018 and 2019. This year, after the COVID-19 pandemic forced nearly half of workers to telecommute, Gartner’s focus has now turned to securing the remote workforce. As if to underscore […]
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Gartner’s Top IT Security Projects for 2019
At this week’s Gartner Security Summit in National Harbor, Maryland, Gartner analyst Brian Reed outlined 10 cybersecurity projects that could help enterprises reduce security risk. Reed also noted enterprise spending priorities. CASB tops the list by a wide margin, with 46% compound annual growth (CAGR) expected through 2022, followed by encryption at 23.7% annual growth, threat […]
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Over Half of Companies Are Upping Spending on IT Security
Driven by fear of data breaches and new privacy regulations, such as Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), large enterprises are spending aggressively on IT security measures, according to eSecurity Planet‘s newly released 2019 State of IT Security survey. The survey found that 54 percent of companies will increase their IT security spending this year, […]
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10 Security Projects CISOs Should Consider: Gartner Analyst
At last week’s Gartner Security Summit in National Harbor, Maryland, Gartner analyst Neil MacDonald outlined 10 cybersecurity projects that could go a long way toward reducing enterprise security risk. First, though, MacDonald listed 10 things enterprises should already be doing to “make sure you’ve got the basics right.” Those 10 basics are: Upgrade to the […]
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Gartner Security Summit: Enterprises, Vendors Respond to Cybercriminals
Cybercriminals may be more aggressive than ever, but security vendors are responding with new technologies – and enterprises are investing in them. Those were some of the recurring themes at this week’s Gartner Security Summit in National Harbor, Maryland, where more than 3,400 IT executives gathered to hear the latest in cybersecurity trends and technologies. […]
