Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

February 2024

Cybersecurity Threats & Challenges in Healthcare Industry

78% of healthcare organizations experienced a cyberattack in the past year, exposing millions of patients' sensitive data. With patient records selling 10x more than other data on the dark web, threat actors are relentlessly targeting healthcare. To learn more on how you can Protect your institute - watch this video. Netwrix GroupID automates and delegates group and user management, necessary for Healthcare organizations, ensuring your directories remain current and empower you to enhance security while increasing IT productivity.

Active Directory Group Name Examples & Best Practices

Naming conventions for Active Directory and Azure AD groups can be confusing. This video explains how to create clear and consistent group names using prefixes, descriptions, and approval workflows. By following these best practices, you can make it easier for users to understand the purpose of each group and avoid confusion. Integrate #NetwrixGroupID with your #ActiveDirectory or #AzureAD to appropriately identify all your directory groups. You can define policies for adding prefixes to group names, standardize them and build a template as well.

What's the difference between a Distribution Group and a Mail Enabled Security

In #ActiveDirectory, companies use #DistributionGroups and #SecurityGroups to manage their users. With #DistributionLists, emails are sent in groups while #SecurityGroups manage access rights. The difference between the two group types allows extensive management of resources. Is creating #DistributionGroups equally important as security groups? Why do you need distribution lists if you can mail enable security groups? Watch this video to find out!

Managing Active Directory VPN via Security Groups

Virtual private network (VPN) is extremely valuable technology, especially for organizations with a remote or hybrid workforce. VPN provides users with a secure and encrypted connection so they can access the corporate network over the internet — while keeping your confidential data and sensitive systems safe from prying eyes. VPN can also hide your IP address so that you can visit websites that are not normally accessible from your location.

Data Security Explained: Challenges and Solutions

Data is the most valuable asset for any organization, regardless of size or sector. Loss or corruption of financial reports, business plans and intellectual property can bring even a global enterprise to a standstill. Moreover, a wide range of compliance regulations mandate the organization protect information in accordance with data security best practices.

A Comprehensive Guide to Active Directory Monitoring Tools

Effective Active Directory (AD) monitoring is a cornerstone for security and compliance. It empowers administrators to spot suspicious activity, including improper changes to AD objects like user accounts and Group Policy objects (GPOs), in time to avoid data breaches or minimize their impact.

Data Subject GDPR Requests: Rights and Requirements

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European Union law that governs how companies may collect and use the personal data of EU residents. It establishes standards that help ensure that this data is not stored, handled or shared in a way that would expose individuals to risk. The law also specifies how organizations must respond in case of a data breach.

Netwrix StealthAUDIT is now Netwrix Enterprise Auditor

Netwrix Enterprise Auditor (formerly StealthAUDIT) can help you minimize your attack surface area by discovering all the sensitive information you hold and keep access to it at the least-privilege level — while dramatically reducing the burden on your limited IT resources. Learn more at netwrix.com/enterprise-auditor Modern organizations have amassed enormous volumes of data, and more is created and collected every day. Meanwhile, cyberattacks are growing in frequency and sophistication, and compliance mandates are ever more stringent.

Introduction to Information Governance

Organizations are experiencing explosive growth in the volume and variety of data they collect, store and process. Unfortunately, many of them do not understand what types of data they are handling — and what value that data has — so they cannot maintain proper control over it. As a result, they often suffer serious legal, financial and reputational consequences. Proper information governance can help you avoid the same fate.