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Ransomware Detection Part 2: How Data Protection Drives Resilience

Zerto

Data Protection Delivering Real-Time Monitoring and Behavior Analysis Data protection vendors have started providing the ability to monitor data activity. Continuous Monitoring and Auditing As ransomware threats evolve, data protection vendors have responded to the need for continuous monitoring and auditing.

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Compliance vs. Security: Are They Mutually Exclusive?

Pure Storage

In other words, compliance is based on periodically generated reports and audits, and as such, is only representative of a single point in time. CISOs will tell you that whether the enterprise masters incident response or fails at it is far more important than the security solutions in placeā€”or compliance activities.

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How do you defend your business against watering hole attacks?

Online Computers

Once the hackers learn the websites that their target victims usually visit, they infect these sites with malware that can spread to visitorsā€™ computers. This can reveal the victimsā€™ interests and activities, such as if theyā€™re involved in activism or charity works, or if they actively participate in political message boards.

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Mastering Effective Cybersecurity Research: Going From Data to Actionable Insights

FS-ISAC

One of my main duties included briefing the Commander on the latest research/threat intel on cyber domain adversary activity. I quickly realized I had trained him to ā€˜go to his happy placeā€™ and ignore me because I was briefing him on generic threat activity so it was not anything he would ever make a decision on.

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Managing Cyberthreats to Combat Ransomware Part 3: Cybersecurity Frameworks

Zerto

These activities include asset management, business environment, governance, risk assessment, and risk management strategy. Response activities include planning, communications, analysis, mitigation, and improvements. Audit log management. Malware defenses. Data protection. Account management. Access control management.

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The CISOs Guide to Storage & Backup Cyber Resiliency

Solutions Review

The State of Storage and Backup Vulnerabilities The fact is that hundreds of active security misconfigurations and CVEs currently exist in various storage and backup systems. That means they are wide open to attack from ransomware and other forms of malware. Misconfigured backup and storage systems impacts cybersecurity in other ways.

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How to Implement Threat Modeling in Your DevSecOps Process

Pure Storage

This can be a serious threat to audit trails and other compliance controls. Assets that are vulnerable to repudiation include logs, audit trails, and digital signatures. Keylogger Attacks: Malware installed on a user’s device can record keystrokes and send them to an attacker, revealing usernames and passwords.