TPRM for Government Contractors: General Services Administration Policies

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is an independent agency that helps manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies. The GSA supplies products and communications, provides transportation and office space, and oversees the government’s real estate portfolio, among other management tasks.

March Release Rollup: "Ask AI" on Desktop and Mobile App, Geo Location Search, Egnyte for Salesforce - Metadata for Folders and More

This month's product updates and enhancements rollup includes “Ask AI” on Desktop and Mobile App, Geo Location Search, and Egnyte for Salesforce – Metadata for Folders. Below is a summary of these and other new releases. Visit the articles linked below for more details.

Does a VPN Protect You From Hackers?

While VPNs may protect you from some types of cyber attacks launched by hackers, they don’t protect you from all of them. For example, VPNs may protect you from Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attacks, remote hacking, Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks and session hijacking, but VPNs will not protect you from hackers who steal encryption keys, or from account compromise, phishing attacks or illegitimate websites.

Celebrating 1,000 reviews on G2 and our first-ever Customer Week

Everything we do at Vanta, from the products we build to the support we deliver, is focused on putting customers first. So we’re especially excited to share our latest customer milestone. ‍ We’ve crossed 1,000 reviews on G2 and for the sixth consecutive quarter, Vanta has been named the #1 Leader in G2’s Grid® Report for Security Compliance | Spring 2024.

ManageEngine PAM360: An overview

PAM360 is a comprehensive solution for businesses looking to incorporate PAM into their overall security operations. With PAM360's contextual integration capabilities, you can build a central console where different parts of your IT management system interconnect for deeper correlation of privileged access data and overall network data, facilitating meaningful inferences and quicker remedies. In this video, our product expert will give you an overview of PAM360 software.

How a Private Cloud Approach to SASE Helped Reduce Disruption From a Severed Sub-sea Cable

It feels like sub-sea cable disruptions are becoming ever more common, with recent reports of major outages caused by severed cables in the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, the North Sea, and—most recently—off the coast of Africa.

CVE-2024-3094: Detecting the SSHD backdoor in XZ Utils

On March 29th, 2024, a backdoor in a popular package called XZ Utils was announced on the Openwall mailing list. This utility includes a library called liblzma which is used by SSHD, a critical part of the Internet infrastructure used for remote access. When loaded, the CVE-2024-3094 affects the authentication of SSHD potentially allowing intruders access regardless of the method.

Shamane Tan on bouncing back - Cyber Security Decoded

With #data growing at an enormous rate and cyberattacks becoming widespread, a #CyberSecurity strategy based around preventing attacks just simply won’t cut it anymore. Prevention alone isn’t enough, so experts are emphasizing the importance of a strategy based on cyber resilience. In other words, it’s important to build a strategy that enables your team to identify threats from bad actors quickly so you can recover your data right away and bounce back.

Common Disaster Recovery Mistakes To Avoid

In a world driven by data, the importance of disaster recovery solutions cannot be overstated. From natural disasters to cyberattacks and human errors, the risks of data loss continues to grow alongside businesses. Today, we will cover the 3 common mistakes companies make when creating a DR strategy, key steps for building an effective DR strategy for your business, and the ways Opti9 can protect your data in AWS.