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Security Buyers Are Consolidating Vendors: Gartner Security Summit
Security buyers are consolidating vendors at an unprecedented rate, leading to a number of converged security platforms. Here are the details.
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5 Ways to Configure a SIEM for Accurate Threat Detection
A security information and event management (SIEM) system is about as complicated as a security tool can get, pulling in log and threat data from a wide range of sources to look for signs of a cyber attack. Not surprisingly, they can be challenging to manage. A recent Gurucul survey of over 230 security pros…
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How Generative AI Will Remake Cybersecurity
In March, Microsoft announced its Security Copilot service. The software giant built the technology on cutting-edge generative AI – such as large language models (LLMs) – that power applications like ChatGPT. In a blog post, Microsoft boasted that the Security Copilot was the “first security product to enable defenders to move at the speed and…
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Biden Cybersecurity Strategy: Big Ambitions, Big Obstacles
The White House’s National Cybersecurity Strategy unveiled yesterday is an ambitious blueprint for improving U.S. cybersecurity and threat response, but some of the more ambitious items will take time to implement, and could face opposition from Congress. President Biden came into office around the time of the SolarWinds and Colonial Pipeline cyber attacks, so cybersecurity…
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Cybersecurity Analysts Using ChatGPT for Malicious Code Analysis, Predicting Threats
ChatGPT has raised alarm among cybersecurity researchers for its unnerving ability in composing everything from sophisticated malware to phishing lures – but it’s important to keep in mind that the tool can help support cybersecurity defenses as well. Shiran Grinberg, director of research and cyber operations at Cynet, told eSecurity Planet that too many companies…
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Researchers’ Quantum Threat Debunked, RSA Safe for Now
In a paper published late last month, 24 Chinese researchers suggested that RSA-2048 encryption could be broken using a quantum computer with 372 physical quantum bits. Cryptographer Bruce Schneier drew attention to the paper [PDF] last week in a blog post, noting that IBM recently announced a 433-qubit quantum computer, far exceeding the researchers’ stated…
