CIOs today face a delicate, difficult balancing act between meeting business objectives and securing information. Markets are becoming more global, product life cycles are shrinking, and profit margins are declining.
Organisations need their finance, human resource, and planning systems to be agile and able to change...
Published: Jan 10, 2018
As the calendar shifted from December 2016 to January 2017, the prospect of a large-scale cyberattack loomed.
Questions over the possible hacking of the 2016 U.S. presidential election swirled and businesses faced a growing attack vector in ransomware.
In 2016, ransomware was estimated to be an $850 million crime....
Published: Jan 31, 2018
The rise of the cloud and mobile computing has rapidly changed the nature of enterprise cybersecurity. Employees work not just at the office, but also on the road and at home, on mobile devices and on their own personal computers. They’re no longer using a limited stack of enterprise applications. Instead, they...
Published: Jan 31, 2018
To protect your organization against today’s threats, you need an endpoint-security solution that goes beyond malware, incorporating next-generation features that target the tools, techniques, tactics, and procedures used every day by both mass scale opportunistic attackers and targeted advanced threats.
This...
Published: Jan 31, 2018
If procurement requirements are not established and met before purchase, implementing a next-generation antivirus (NGAV) solution can be a costly undertaking.
Investing time and brainpower in a disciplined procurement process helps your organization make the most informed decision regarding the solution. Doing this...
Published: Jan 31, 2018
Over the past three years, cyberattackers have gained the upper hand. In a defensive industry largely dominated by preventing malware, modern attackers have developed a robust suite of tactics and techniques to penetrate systems and steal data without using malware at all.
Using these tactics, adversaries can reach...
Published: Jan 31, 2018
2017 was a tumultuous year in politics, media, gender, race—and cybersecurity didn’t beat the rap. Last year was full of twists and turns in the cybercrime world, with major outbreaks, new infection methods, and the evolution of the cryptocurrency crime industry keeping researchers not so much on our toes as...
Published: Feb 12, 2018
The threat landscape continues to innovate with increased volume and tenacity. In 2016, 53% of cybersecurity professionals reported an increase in attacks, and in 2017, 80% believe it is likely or very likely they will be attacked. We’ve seen successful attacks steal customer data and shut down business operations,...
Published: Feb 12, 2018
The number and types of security events your cyber incident response team (CIRT) faces is steadily increasing, as is the cost and complexity of managing remediation.
In fact, more than 60 percent of attacks take organizations more than nine hours to remediate.¹ Now, more than ever, organizationsm need to shift...
Published: Feb 12, 2018
The number and types of security events that your Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) faces are on the rise. This is accompanied by rising costs and greater complexity in the removal of malicious software. With limited resources and a barrage of advanced threats, more than ever before, organizations need to move from manual...
Published: Feb 12, 2018
The question on everyone’s mind: how are attacks getting past endpoint protection measures?
Cybercriminals have moved to a multi-vector attack approach. It combines a mixture of social, malware, and hacking, which represent the triple threat in a cybercriminal’s multi-vector attack technique. And it’s...
Published: Feb 12, 2018
Palo Alto Networks and the New York Stock Exchange combined forces with venerated voices and published “Navigating the Digital Age: The Definitive Cybersecurity Guide for Directors and Officers” to serve as a guidepost on the path to cybersecurity risk management best practice with practical expert advice on...
Published: Feb 12, 2018
Although endpoints are typically the targets, ransomware can spread rapidly across a network in spite of layers of security and impact the entire organisation. Ransomware threatens to derail network operations teams’ efforts to ensure optimal performance and security.
The cost to an organisation can be significant...
Published: Feb 12, 2018
Your go-to guide for the latest on Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs), this 2nd Edition e-book is packed with breach prevention insights — so you’ll have smart answers when brainless questions come up.
Why the rapid growth of applications brings new network risks
Shortcomings of traditional firewalls...
Published: Feb 13, 2018