In today's always-on, ever-connected world, keeping digital systems secure and reliable is not just a goal, but a business imperative — it is now a boardroom-level conversation. With the increasing complexity of digital systems and ever-growing event volume, organizations face a constant battle to protect their systems, data, and reputation from a myriad of threats. Simultaneously, they need to optimize system performance, identify bottlenecks, and enhance the overall user experience.

Blue Bross and Blue Shield of Illinois is the largest insurance company in Illinois, serving over 8.9 million individuals. The company handles a huge amount of medical information and is responsible for ensuring that millions of people have the medical and dental insurance they need. The company recently discovered it was indirectly the victim of a data breach and that some of its customers were at risk. Learn more about the breach below.

What to expect when you’re expecting a cybersecurity audit for compliance A cybersecurity audit is a structured evaluation or assessment conducted to determine an organization's level of compliance with relevant cybersecurity regulations, industry standards and internal policies. Read on to learn what an audit is looking for, the challenges of an audit, how to prepare for one, and the tools that can help your organization get ready.

Our team is constantly working on improving the experience for our customers and their end users. We are happy to announce that Ekran System has updated its Management Tool dashboards to make them even more well-structured and user-friendly. Read this five-minute post to discover our new dashboards.

In this blog post, we will explore how the computer security landscape has expanded to reach below the operating system levels, aiming to address areas that are often overlooked or completely neglected in cybersecurity. Attackers have discovered techniques to establish long-term persistence in compromised hosts by injecting malicious code to run before the operating system loads in areas commonly referred to as Basic Input Output System (BIOS).

I have worked as a security leader since the early commercial days of the internet, where the CISO role only existed in some areas of financial services. Participating in the growth and maturity of security as a business function has been an amazing journey. I have learned a lot of lessons on my own, through my personal experiences, or via my peers. One thing I was not able to do was learn from experienced CISOs that have time and distance to reflect on how to best be successful as a CISO.

The term artificial intelligence is used to describe an IT system’s simulation of human intelligence processes, such as the ability to adapt, solve problems or plan. Artificial intelligence systems cover several of these features at present and, with the advent of ChatGPT, their use has become widespread in everyday life. However, this has also resulted in organizations exploiting the term "artificial intelligence," seeking to capitalize on its appeal.