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A beginner’s guide to implementing zero-trust architecture

Online Computers

This is why, regardless of the size of your business, you need to beef up your cybersecurity, and the best way to do so is to implement a zero-trust security architecture. What is zero-trust architecture? According to him, trust is a security vulnerability and verification is a security necessity.

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School Security & Active Shooter Interdiction: A Q&A With Vince Riden

Security Industry Association

It’s important to promote a safe learning environment for every student and protect the teachers, staff and visitors in our schools, and SIA appreciates the many talented security professionals who are working diligently each day to enhance the safety and security of our schools and mitigate active shooter threats.

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What is a Tiered Resiliency Architecture and Why Does it Matter?

Solutions Review

In this submission, Pure Storage CTO Andy Stone offers an introduction to tiered resiliency architectures for fast ransomware recovery. Building a meaningful resiliency architecture built around tiers is paramount to expediting data recovery and offers organizations peace of mind that their critical data is protected.

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The Threat of AI-powered Ransomware Attacks

Pure Storage

By leveraging AI for reconnaissance and vulnerability assessment, AI-powered ransomware can exploit weaknesses in existing cybersecurity defenses with alarming precision. This includes zero-day vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in software and systems, further complicating the task of defending against such attacks.

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How to Create a Ransomware Recovery Plan

Pure Storage

Common mechanisms include phishing emails, infected websites, and known software vulnerabilities. Monitoring and detection reveal unusual activity that could indicate a ransomware attack. Ransomware recovery ultimately hinges on the robustness of an organization’s data storage and the resiliency architecture described above.

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World Backup Day: Four Data Protection Best Practices to Know

Pure Storage

Here are a few best practices to consider when implementing a strong data protection strategy: Implement an Active Threat and Vulnerability Management Program Before an attack , the adversaries are doing their homework: learning about your organization to understand the size and scope of their opportunity. But how do you achieve it?

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The Critical Role of Safe and Secure Backup System Storage

Solutions Review

As attackers have grown more skilled and sophisticated, they are now leveraging hard-to-detect tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) that capitalize on backup system vulnerabilities to either steal data or disrupt recovery operations. Take the CVE-2022-36537 vulnerability that was publicized in early 2023 for example.

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