Many organizations have made the decision to use Microsoft products. Their users appreciate the integrated applications provided by M365 and have grown comfortable with them over years of use. However, many administrators find Microsoft products unnecessarily complex to configure and maintain. In addition, some security and governance capabilities are either difficult to configure or simply don’t exist with Microsoft.

2023 saw two concerning attacks on public water systems, highlighting the fragility and risk to utility systems. In Pennsylvania, malicious hackers breached the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa system the night after Thanksgiving. The criminals were making a political statement: the technology used to manage water pressure was developed by Israel, and the criminals used this opportunity to choose a side in the ongoing conflict.

2023 was full of cases, campaigns, arrests and developments worldwide in the cybersecurity world. Through continued research and monitoring of various threats and risks worldwide, the Cyberint Research Team forecasts how they will affect our lives in 2024. Cyberint considered many factors in our predictions for 2024 as we wanted to emphasize how these risks will react to technological, political and strategic trends.

Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) is one of many aspects of an effective identity security program. Yet despite what some detection and response-focused vendors may argue, ITDR is not a silver-bullet solution to prevent identity-centric attacks. Such a thing doesn’t exist. In fact, modern data breaches, industry analyst perspectives and compliance requirements make it crystal clear that organizations need more than ITDR to build an identity security program.

Targeted attacks in cloud security are on the rise, hitting businesses big and small. This surge in threats puts developers like you in a crucial position. You’re not just coding – you’re on the front lines against a variety of cybersecurity risks that are growing and changing every day. With 80% of companies encountering at least one cloud security incident in the last year, the relevance and utility of Cloud Threat Detection (CTR) tools becomes particularly apparent.

Each year, the National Cybersecurity Alliance celebrates Data Privacy Week to emphasize the importance of safeguarding personal data. As companies continue to focus on their organization’s digital transformation, it enables them to collect more personal information about individuals that use their services. Let’s face it, your online activity including apps on your phone are collecting an endless amount of data about you.