Networks
The latest technologies and best practices to secure local, virtual, cloud, and hybrid networks.
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How to Implement a Penetration Testing Program in 10 Steps
Penetration tests find security vulnerabilities before hackers do and are critical for keeping organizations safe from cyber threats. You can either create your own pentesting program or hire an outside firm to do it for you. Penetration test services have become common, with many security companies offering them. But they can be expensive and should…
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What Is Managed Detection and Response? Guide to MDR
Managed detection and response (MDR) goes beyond other managed security services by essentially giving organizations their own expert security analyst team to help identify and respond to cyber threats. The emergence of MDR was in many ways inevitable. Security has become so time-consuming and complex that many organizations have realized, vital though the function is,…
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What is Vulnerability Scanning & How Does It Work?
Vulnerability scanning is the process of scanning IT networks and systems to identify security vulnerabilities in hardware and software. As enterprise IT environments have grown more complex, the ways hackers can attack them have grown too. The edge, cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and more have led to a much bigger attack surface…
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Open Source Security Index Lists Top Projects
Two venture investors have launched an index to track the most popular open source security projects. Chenxi Wang of Rain Capital and Andrew Smyth of Atlantic Bridge unveiled the Open Source Security Index last month. The website leverages GitHub application programming interfaces (APIs) to make “finding open-source security projects easier for everyone.” Anyone can go…
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How to Decrypt Ransomware Files – And What to Do When That Fails
For any organization struck by ransomware, business leaders always ask “how do we decrypt the data ASAP, so we can get back in business?” The good news is that ransomware files can be decrypted: Tools (paid or free) can be obtained to decrypt ransomware. Ransomware recovery specialists can be hired to perform the decryption and…
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Complete Guide to the Types of DDoS Attacks
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks occur when attackers use a large number of devices to attempt to overwhelm a resource and deny access to that resource for legitimate use. Most commonly, we see DDoS attacks used against websites, applications, or services exposed to the internet, but DDoS attacks can also be applied against specific computers, gateways,…
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Vulnerability Management as a Service (VMaaS): Ultimate Guide
There are 20,000 or more new software and hardware vulnerabilities every year. It falls to IT security teams to determine where those vulnerabilities lie in their organization and which ones they need to prioritize. That process can be overwhelming. Vulnerability management tools can help, but even then, finding, patching and testing vulnerabilities can still take…
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What Is a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attack?
A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is a type of cyberattack in which multiple compromised systems are used to target a single system, usually with the goal of overwhelming its resources and making it unavailable to its users. DDoS attacks can be launched from anywhere in the world using any type of device that can be…
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Building a Ransomware Resilient Architecture
A user calls into the helpdesk reporting that their system is down. Upon investigation, you discover it’s ransomware. Servers are encrypted with “.locked” file extensions on files. Ransom notes are on the desktops. No problem, just restore, right? You have the disaster recovery (DR) site, backups, and storage area network (SAN) snapshots. You should have…
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Top 6 Rootkit Threats and How to Protect Yourself
In the ever-evolving world of malware, rootkits are some of the most dangerous threats out there. A fusion of the words “root” and “kit,” rootkits are essentially software toolboxes. Though not initially developed for malicious purposes, these toolboxes have become potent pieces of malware in the hands of technically-savvy cybercriminals. Common types of rootkits include…
