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In today’s digital landscape, knowledge is power, and this is especially true when it comes to understanding your security posture and system operations. Without a deep understanding of your security systems’ performance, your organisation could be vulnerable to cyber threats. Let’s delve into a few key areas where knowledge can empower you in enhancing security posture.

Today, we're excited to announce a collection of new capabilities that improves the audit experience for Vanta customers and their auditors. ‍ From before the audit even begins through audit closure — and every step along the way — Vanta has made improvements to streamline processes and increase opportunities for collaboration. Some capabilities are currently in beta, and we’ll continue to release new capabilities in the coming weeks and months. ‍

Netskope Threat Labs publishes a monthly summary blog post of the top threats we are tracking on the Netskope platform. The purpose of this post is to provide strategic, actionable intelligence on active threats against enterprise users worldwide.

The modern threat landscape is constantly changing and the software supply chain has become a common target for cybercriminals. Cyberthreats have become a headache for overworked developers and DevOps teams as they face tight deadlines, limited staffing resources and the added burden of ensuring that their code does only what it is intended to do and is free of bugs and malware.

In merely a few decades, technological pioneers developed an unprecedented ability for society to access and store data in immeasurable quantities. This newfound power transformed many aspects of the physical world into a digital one, taking everyday activities such as banking, gaming, shopping, and socializing online.

We often hear of how we need to protect ourselves from online scams. Criminals seek our personal information in order to use it for multiple nefarious purposes. However, there is a population who, while not having a broad online presence, are equally vulnerable to identity theft. Children are particularly vulnerable to identity theft, as they often have clean credit histories and their personal information is not monitored as closely as adults.

As a CISO, securing web applications and ensuring their resilience against evolving cyber threats is a non-negotiable priority. Verizon’s Data Breach Investigations Report 2023 cites web applications as the top attack vector by a long shot (in both breaches and incidents). Here’s a simplified checklist for securing web applications that will help you improve your organization’s security posture and the integrity of your technology.

One of the best ways to mitigate security incident risk is to have a system. Devising and enforcing policies that you can address systematically is key. After all, it is inadequacies in technologies, people and processes that increase your risk. Examples of these inadequacies include: To address these shortcomings, organizations can establish a systematic framework plus policies for information security. Together, this is called the Information Security Management System (ISMS).

The digital landscape has long been a sort of Wild West: each organization contends for itself and fights alone against a growing onslaught of cybercrime. Some enterprises build impressive security infrastructures. Many more organizations struggle to maintain vital security measures as cybercriminals’ tactics evolve. Today, the cybersecurity industry wants to usher in a more advanced era, one where organizations collaborate to improve resilience and mitigate risks.

Threat actors attempt moving laterally from SQL server to the cloud, ShellBot avoids detection in attacks on Linux SSH servers, and Smart Links attacks target Microsoft accounts.