Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Security analysts know this situation well: inundated by alerts, alternating between 10 different security tools, and feeling the pressure of responding to each and every threat. It’s typically around this point that SOC teams realize it’s humanly impossible to process the amount of data that needs to be processed, and they should start looking for a solution. Gretchen White, Chief Information Security Officer at Minnesota Judicial Courts, experienced this firsthand.

Nearly 80 per cent of all ransomware attacks in the first half of 2021 involved the threat of leaking exfiltrated data. Exfiltration is a popular pressure tactic as it introduces the threat to publish stolen sensitive data to a threat actor extortion website if a ransom payment is not received. Our team currently tracks over 40 threat actor extortion websites, with new sites belonging to new ransomware groups emerging each week.

This is a story of an emperor who wanted to protect people and grow his empire. Once he had to face the biggest battle. He conquered the battle through back door intelligence of the enemy. With a risk-based approach he was able to predict the actions of the enemy. This made him invincible. In today’s world, CISO organization faces the same battle but against the cyber war and are therefore are under constant pressure to protect organization.

Security compliance management is the process of monitoring and assessing systems, devices, and networks to ensure they comply with regulatory requirements, as well as industry and local cybersecurity standards. Staying on top of compliance isn’t always easy, especially for highly regulated industries and sectors. Regulations and standards change often, as do threats and vulnerabilities. Organizations often have to respond quickly to remain in compliance.

In our digital age, cybersecurity is everyone’s responsibility. Every device you use, the app you download, the bit of information you share, or the message you open comes with a certain amount of risk.

We’re excited to announce two big updates to our Snyk User Content platform. You can now get better, quicker, clearer access to Snyk user documentation, allowing you to find the information you need, to get more and better use of your Snyk platform. This will help you implement, enable, and configure your Snyk integration, leading to a faster and smoother adoption and usage of Snyk at your company. Here are the enhancements to our User Content platform.