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• 12 Microsoft Exchange Server security best practices

  Exchange security has come under increased scrutiny since the recent exploitation of critical vulnerabilities. Review this list of activities to best protect your enterprise. Continue Reading

• Utilizing existing tech to achieve zero-trust security

  A zero-trust security model can immediately be used to address current gaps and provide a secure foundation for managing risk going forward, from both internal and external threats. Continue Reading

• 5 endpoint security best practices to keep company data safe

  With an expanding company perimeter, it's time to implement these endpoint security best practices, from asset discovery to device profiling. Continue Reading

• challenge-response authentication

  In computer security, challenge-response authentication is a set of protocols used to protect digital assets and services from unauthorized users, programs or activities. Continue Reading

• Building an incident response framework for your enterprise

  Understanding the incident response framework standards and how to build the best framework for your organization is essential to preventing threats and mitigating cyber incidents. Continue Reading

• How security teams can prepare for advanced persistent threats

  Daniel Clayton explains how any organization can devise its cybersecurity strategy to account for advanced persistent threats, which have started changing the threat landscape.Continue Reading

• Strengthening supply chain security risk management

  In the wake of several supply chain attacks, Pam Nigro discusses how companies can work to reduce risk by broadening how to manage third-party vendors' access to company data.Continue Reading

• Top 10 types of information security threats for IT teams

  Common security threats range from insider threats to advanced persistent threats, and they can bring an organization to its knees unless its in-house security team is aware of them and ready to respond.Continue Reading

• 6 ways to prevent cybersecurity burnout

  Consider investing in training for new employees, offering mentoring and setting goals, automating where possible and more to help prevent cybersecurity burnout.Continue Reading

• 3 post-SolarWinds supply chain security best practices

  Following the devastating SolarWinds breach, IT leaders should renew their focus on third-party risk management. Start by implementing supply chain security best practices.Continue Reading

• How to manage third-party risk in the supply chain

  From third-party risk assessments to multifactor authentication, follow these steps to ensure suppliers don't end up being your enterprise cybersecurity strategy's weakest link.Continue Reading

• How to prevent supply chain attacks: Tips for suppliers

  Every company, large and small, must assume it is a target in the supply chain. Suppliers should follow these best practices to keep themselves and their customers protected.Continue Reading

• How to achieve security observability in complex environments

  Security observability is a novel approach to incident detection that goes beyond traditional monitoring. Read on to learn if this emerging strategy is right for your enterprise.Continue Reading

• Why developers should consider automated threat modeling

  Traditional threat modeling is hard. Can automated threat modeling make development and security teams' lives easier?Continue Reading

• Introducing development teams to threat modeling in SDLC

  Enterprises can improve their security posture by educating development teams on threat modeling so they can work alongside security teams and everyone knows a common language.Continue Reading

• How SolarWinds attack will change CISOs' 2021 priorities

  Following cybersecurity best practices used to be enough, but after the SolarWinds supply chain attack, CISOs now have to rethink all their security protocols.Continue Reading

• 4 tips for aligning security with business objectives

  Today's most effective CISOs develop cybersecurity strategies that fit their organizations' risk appetites and support business growth. Learn how they do it.Continue Reading

• 7 privileged access management best practices

  Privileged access is a given in enterprise environments, but it presents many security issues if breached. Follow these seven PAM best practices to mitigate risk.Continue Reading

• 5 key ransomware protection best practices to safeguard assets

  With ransomware expected to cost companies billions, incorporate these ransomware prevention best practices to keep attackers away.Continue Reading

• Design a human firewall training program in 5 steps

  Follow these five steps to develop human firewall training that's not only effective at preventing social engineering attacks, but also relevant and accessible to employees.Continue Reading

• The case for applying psychology in cybersecurity training

  Chartered psychologist Rebecca McKeown describes how psychology in cybersecurity can improve incident response and makes the case for a research-based approach to training.Continue Reading

• 4 ways to minimize the risk of IT supply chain attacks

  Mark Whitehead breaks down the importance of taking a zero-trust cybersecurity approach when it comes to protecting networks and data accessible by third-party partners.Continue Reading

• Standardize cybersecurity terms to get everyone correct service

  Some cybersecurity terms can refer to multiple service offerings, which can be confusing for companies looking to implement them as well as the companies providing them.Continue Reading

• Adopting threat hunting techniques, tactics and strategy

  Adopt threat hunting techniques that analyze the right data, detect anomalies, use frameworks and compare success metrics, combining manual techniques with AI and machine learning.Continue Reading

• Combine ML with human intelligence for your security strategy

  As hackers target the ever-increasing complexity of company networks, enterprises need to find a balance between machine learning and human intelligence when protecting systems and data.Continue Reading

• 2021 IT priorities require security considerations

  AI, IoT and 5G are among the top IT priorities for CIOs and CTOs in 2021. Is your team prepared to address each tech's security needs?Continue Reading

• 7 cybersecurity priorities CISOs should focus on for 2021

  For 2021, Vishal Salvi argues that CISOs should tie cybersecurity to business agendas better, invest in cloud security, implement IT hygiene, modernize security architecture and more.Continue Reading

• 5 tips for building a cybersecurity culture at your company

  As a company's cyber risks evolve, so must its culture. Here are five tips for creating a cybersecurity culture that protects the business and is meaningful for employees.Continue Reading

• The human firewall's role in a cybersecurity strategy

  The human firewall is a crucial element of a long-term, holistic security initiative. Explore how human firewalls can protect your enterprise against attacks.Continue Reading

• The enterprise case for implementing live-fire cyber skilling

  Companies continue to grapple with the cybersecurity skills gap, but Adi Dar offers a way to ensure security teams are properly trained through the use of live exercises.Continue Reading

• 15 benefits of outsourcing your cybersecurity operations

  For companies battling increasing security breaches and cyber attacks, MSSPs can offer reliability, continuity, nonstop coverage, broader experience and better access to talent.Continue Reading

• Insider risk indicators thwart potential threats

  By paying attention to risk indicators, enterprises can tell the difference between insider threat and insider risk to prevent falling victim at the hands of one of their own.Continue Reading

• Enterprise cybersecurity threats spiked in 2020, more to come in 2021

  After an unprecedented year from an enterprise cybersecurity threat standpoint, security leaders are preparing for growing number and sophistication of attacks in 2021.Continue Reading

• Cybersecurity budget breakdown and best practices

  Once budget is secured, CISOs must figure out where it should be allocated -- as well as how to justify the costs. Get the lowdown on a cybersecurity budget breakdown here.Continue Reading

• 6 remote workforce cybersecurity strategies for 2021

  Remote worker data security has quickly evolved into a top concern for IT security. Here are six strategies to ensure remote workforce cybersecurity in 2021.Continue Reading

• Cybersecurity training for employees: The why and how

  Cybersecurity training continues to miss the mark. How do you succeed where so many others have failed? Keep it fresh, keep it current and make it real. Here's how.Continue Reading

• 3 reasons why CISOs should collaborate more with CFOs

  C-suite may not always understand ROI of security efforts, which is why Nabil Hannan suggests that CISOs work more closely with CFOs to learn how to best communicate security's value.Continue Reading

• Building an effective security operations center framework

  An effective security operations center framework combines monitoring and analysis platforms and threat intelligence services to help organizations respond to risks quickly.Continue Reading

• Zero-trust initiatives rely on incremental security improvements

  Despite implementation challenges, enterprise security leaders see zero trust as the security model of the future and are moving forward with adoption plans.Continue Reading

• Key SOC metrics and KPIs: How to define and use them

  Enterprises struggle to get the most out of their security operation centers. Using the proper SOC metrics and KPIs can help. Learn how to define and benefit from them here.Continue Reading

• 5 myths about putting security into CI/CD pipelines

  Companies looking to introduce security testing earlier into software development must look past myths and understand what to realistically expect before creating their strategy.Continue Reading

• 7 SecOps roles and responsibilities for the modern enterprise

  Now hiring: As organizations increasingly favor proactive cyber threat hunting and detection over bare-bones prevention, SecOps roles and responsibilities are shifting, too.Continue Reading

• Security operations center use cases, strategies vary

  More CISOs are turning to security operations centers to centralize infosec processes, but experience shows SOC use cases will depend on the organization's infosec objectives.Continue Reading

• 8 benefits of a security operations center

  A security operations center can help lessen the fallout of a data breach, but its business benefits go much further than that. Here are eight SOC benefits to consider.Continue Reading

• identity management (ID management)

  Identity management (ID management) is the organizational process for ensuring that individuals have the appropriate access to technology resources.Continue Reading

• 10 tips for building a next-generation SOC

  Check out 10 tips to help build a next-generation security operations center with the integrated tools to free security analysts to get ahead of and respond to threats fast.Continue Reading

• Pair cyber insurance, risk mitigation to manage cyber-risk

  The role of cyber insurance may come after a breach, but it remains a useful element in an organization's vulnerability management strategy.Continue Reading

• Note these 5 security operations center best practices

  Understanding the five steps needed to ensure security operations center best practices will help organizations decide whether to outsource their SOC initiatives.Continue Reading

• 7 key cybersecurity metrics for the board and how to present them

  Learn how to present important cybersecurity metrics for the board to ensure that business leaders understand that money allocated to security is money well spent.Continue Reading

• Red team vs. blue team vs. purple team: What's the difference?

  Red team-blue team exercises simulate attacks on enterprise networks. What does each team do? Where do purple teams fit in? Find out here.Continue Reading

• Cybersecurity communication key to addressing risk

  As security teams strengthen communication with the overall organization as well as with vendors, more positive cybersecurity cultures can be forged.Continue Reading

• Cybersecurity for remote workers: Lessons from the front

  Tackle the security challenges COVID-19 wrought by using this playbook from an experienced disaster-zone responder.Continue Reading

• COVID-19 cybersecurity data shows rising risk during remote pivot

  When enterprises quickly pivoted to remote work during the pandemic, it prompted a wave of new threats while also widening existing gaps in cybersecurity postures.Continue Reading

• AI cybersecurity raises analytics' accuracy, usability

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• The need for independent cybersecurity solutions testing

  Rohit Dhamankar suggests implementing standardized testing of cybersecurity providers, like MSSPs and MDRs, to help companies better understand the services they're getting from each.Continue Reading

• incident response

  Incident response is an organized approach to addressing and managing the aftermath of a security breach or cyberattack, also known as an IT incident, computer incident or security incident.Continue Reading

• For cybersecurity training, positive reinforcement is best

  Traditional cybersecurity training methods often focus on negative reinforcement techniques, but experts say positive reinforcement is the best way to get results.Continue Reading

• Identify and prepare for 5G security issues

  A key 5G security issue is that vulnerabilities are still being researched and identified. Learn more about the known 5G network security risks and how to mitigate them.Continue Reading

• Planning a zero-trust strategy in 6 steps

  Launch a zero-trust strategy in six steps. Learn how to form a dedicated team, ask questions about existing security controls and evaluate the priority of zero-trust initiatives.Continue Reading

• Cybersecurity budget relies on planning and negotiation

  Experts from Gartner and Forrester discuss how successful cybersecurity budgeting during these uncertain times requires planning, research and negotiation.Continue Reading

• For Cybersecurity Awareness Month, learn about emerging risks

  Tami Hudson examines why leaders should use October to educate themselves and their companies around the latest attacks bad actors are implementing and where to prioritize investment.Continue Reading

• 3 common election security vulnerabilities pros should know

  Election security remains top of mind for many right now, with Nabil Hannan discussing vulnerabilities like remote breaches, new attack surfaces and poor current controls.Continue Reading

• How to improve cybersecurity for the workforce of the future

  Many organizations continue to have employees work from home, but they haven't always hardened their cybersecurity efforts alongside this move to better protect employees and data.Continue Reading

• Cybersecurity team structure stronger with 3 new roles

  Having the right cybersecurity team in place can help reduce how long it takes to control threats. Consider adding cloud security, third-party risk and digital ethics specialists.Continue Reading

• Cybersecurity governance: A path to cyber maturity

  All organizations need cybersecurity governance programs so that every employee understands and is aware of cybersecurity mitigation efforts to reduce cyber risks.Continue Reading

• 7 SOC automation use cases to augment security operations

  Implementing SOC automation can have far-reaching benefits for an organization's infosec program and security culture. Learn how by exploring these seven use cases of AI in SOCs.Continue Reading

• Inclusive job descriptions key for infosec hiring

  When seeking candidates for infosec job roles, it helps to think outside the box. Inclusive job descriptions and cutting back on unnecessary requirements are good places to start.Continue Reading

• Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)

  The Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) is United States legislation that defines a framework of guidelines and security standards to protect government information, operations and assets.Continue Reading

• Top 4 firewall-as-a-service security features and benefits

  Firewall-as-a-service offerings implement security policies across consolidated traffic headed to all locations. Learn about four security features and benefits of FWaaS.Continue Reading

• How to protect companies from business email compromise

  Research shows that business email compromise attacks continue to proliferate as threat actors continue to see success. Here are a few ways to protect your company.Continue Reading

• Combination of new, old tech driving remote access security

  The massive shift to home-based workforces left IT vulnerable to unexpected threats, but organizations are combining old and new strategies to maintain remote access security.Continue Reading

• Manage unsuccessful login attempts with account lockout policy

  Learn how to create account lockout policies that detail how many unsuccessful login attempts are allowed before a password lockout in order to prevent credential-based attacks.Continue Reading

• Inclusivity a crucial step beyond diversity in cybersecurity

  Spurred on by the social justice movement around the world, cybersecurity experts want to see a move beyond diversity efforts to ensure inclusivity in organizations as well.Continue Reading

• The 7 elements of an enterprise cybersecurity culture

  An effective 'human firewall' can prevent or mitigate many of the threats enterprises face today. Adopt these seven elements of a culture of cybersecurity to defend against risks.Continue Reading

• Cybersecurity education for employees: Learn what works

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• 8 video conferencing security and privacy best practices

  Video conferencing tools are a remote worker's lifeline. As such, it is essential to maintain their security. These eight best practices will help ensure secure, private video-enabled meetings.Continue Reading

• How to shift from DevOps to DevSecOps

  A successful DevSecOps rollout requires software developers to be equipped with the proper security skills and tools. Learn how to transition smoothly from DevOps to DevSecOps.Continue Reading

• Develop internal cybersecurity talent to build your dream team

  Cybersecurity duties have changed, with cloud and coding being essential knowledge now. But CISOs can still build their dream cybersecurity team through internal talent development.Continue Reading

• 10 tips for cybersecurity awareness programs in uncertain times

  Explore the winning tactics and tools CISOs and other cybersecurity leaders are employing in their programs to raise employee security awareness -- and consider how they might work for you.Continue Reading

• Security issues with working remotely (and how to fix them)

  With companies continuing work from home for the foreseeable future, Rohit Dhamankar offers home security advice to help security teams and employees address security issues with working remotely.Continue Reading

• How IAM systems support compliance

  IAM is a key component of any security strategy, but its role in regulatory compliance is just as crucial. Read up on features and processes to make IAM work for your enterprise.Continue Reading

• Invest in new security talent with cybersecurity mentorships

  Cybersecurity mentorships provide a great opportunity for those just entering the industry who want a successful start. Having the right guidance is a must.Continue Reading

• 6 key identity and access management benefits

  Identity and access management is beneficial not just for users, security and IT admins, but also enterprises as a whole. Read up on the six key advantages of an IAM framework.Continue Reading

• How to protect workloads using a zero-trust security model

  Never trust, always verify. Learn how to implement a zero-trust security model to help manage risk and protect IT workloads at your organization.Continue Reading

• 3 key identity management tips to streamline workflows

  Organizations must audit IAM processes to ensure that opportunities to streamline workflows are not missed. Use these identity management tips to get started.Continue Reading

• How to ensure security for 3 types of digital identity

  Enterprise identity and access management strategies must include processes for managing and securing three types of digital identity. Learn how.Continue Reading

• A case for both cybersecurity detection and prevention tools

  Companies need both detection and prevention cybersecurity tools to effectively keep data and employees safe from attackers. Just one or the other isn't enough.Continue Reading

• How to build an effective IAM architecture

  Identity and access management is changing and so must strategies for managing it. Read up on IAM architecture approaches and how to select the best for your organization.Continue Reading

• 4 essential identity and access management best practices

  Now is the time to shore up the who, what and where of network identities. Adopt these four critical identity and access management best practices to bolster your infosec program.Continue Reading

• How to fortify IoT access control to improve cybersecurity

  Security technology is still playing catch-up with the new risks and attack vectors associated with IoT. Learn how to improve IoT access control and identity management here.Continue Reading

• 12 Microsoft 365 security best practices to secure the suite

  Migrating to or operating cloud-based Microsoft 365 can bring with it a host of problems and misconfigurations. Check out 12 best practices to tighten Microsoft 365 security.Continue Reading

• How security testing could change after COVID-19

  As companies look to bring employees back into the office, security teams must consider how to handle security testing due to initial remote work deployments and shadow IT.Continue Reading

• How to get actionable threat intelligence from tech tools

  Even advanced threat intelligence tools can't do it all alone. Learn what it takes to parse actionable insights from the information that threat intelligence feeds gather.Continue Reading

• AI threat intelligence is the future, and the future is now

  Threat intelligence services and tools get a boost from advanced technology like AI and, specifically, machine learning. Learn how that works.Continue Reading

• Uncover and overcome cloud threat hunting obstacles

  You can be an effective cyberthreat hunter even if your organization's assets are in the cloud. Know the likely obstacles you'll face, then learn how to surmount them.Continue Reading

• IT and security teams collide as companies work from home

  The new world of remote work has given rise to IT and security teams working more closely than ever before. They need to come together to provide excellent UX and security.Continue Reading

• Advance your security operations center with AI

  Powering a security operations center with AI systems not only automates tasks, but also complements admins' efforts to more effectively combat threats and transform processes.Continue Reading

• Identifying common Microsoft 365 security misconfigurations

  Microsoft 365 security problems can double the time it takes to contain a breach, according to a new survey. Check out best practices and operational strategies to fix them.Continue Reading

• Why nation-state cyberattacks must be top of mind for CISOs

  Even though organizations face threats coming from many sources, one type of cyberattack should be top of mind for CISOs: those backed by nation-states. Here's why.Continue Reading

• One security framework may be key to cyber effectiveness

  The Mitre ATT&CK security framework could best enable effective cybersecurity, according to The Chertoff Group, as could joining information sharing and analysis organizations.Continue Reading