The current cyber threat landscape forces the secure handling of personal data, and data privacy laws such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) assist in enforcing essential security measures.

Privileged account management is the process of identifying, controlling and monitoring privileged accounts and their associated activity. Privileged accounts are typically high-level administrator accounts that have broad access rights across an organisation’s IT systems. Because of their elevated level of access, these accounts pose a significant risk if they were to fall into the wrong hands.

In recent times as the field of information is on the rise a new term ‘Ethical Hacking’ has emerged and opened many different avenues for IT and cyber security professionals. Now more and more people are getting familiar with the field of information security and are getting interested in learning about hacking skills.

When protecting an organisation against cyber attacks, the words security threats, vulnerabilities, risk exposure, and sometimes exploits are seen very commonly. Unfortunately, these terms are not used correctly or interchangeably and are often left undefined.

Our other blogs and articles are primarily security-focused – this is non-technical yet relevant, one of the issues that I felt and intended to explore personally. It’s pretty hard to admit when you are in privilege, and it’s even harder to change the status quo when you are comfortable. This is a write-up on how I see diversity and inclusion currently in the cybersecurity industry, mainly a beginner’s understanding of the subject.

The advance of the 21st century brought with it a significant shift in the work scene. Every industry and field relies heavily on computers and the digital world to function seamlessly. However, with it came the ever-mounting fear of cyber attack. Among the many forms of cyber attack is a watering hole attack, also known as a supply chain attack. In a watering hole attack, attackers mainly try to compromise a user by infecting the user’s computer and gaining access to the network.

Handling our system memory safely and protecting it from harmful programs and other programs that are prone to executable code run from a data page on different memory locations and specific data section is a challenging task. The essential Windows programs and services have been a big step forward in easing that task.

Security information and event management refer to Security Information Management (SIM) and Security Event Management (SEM) through a single pane of glass. SIEM solutions are used by security analysts to monitor any potential threats within the infrastructure of their organisation.

The FSMO (Flexible Single Master Operations) roles are vital when it comes to Active Directory. The FSMO roles help keep Active Directory consistent among all of the domain controllers in a forest by allowing only specific domain controllers to perform certain operations. Additionally, Active Directory FSMO Roles are essential for your Active Directory environment’s stability and security.

Cloud access control is a critical part of cloud security strategy. Without granular controls in place, unauthorized users could gain access to your data or even take down your entire cloud infrastructure. Solutions such as Cloud access broker solution (CASB) help you enforce access controls by acting as a layer separating users and cloud service providers.