How long does a SOC 2 audit take?

The length of an average SOC 2 audit depends on a lot of variables, but with Vanta, customers can get a SOC 2 Type I report in weeks, and a SOC 2 Type II report within months. ‍ Audit timelines are difficult to project because each organization has different capabilities, resources, and goals. But after helping thousands of businesses tackle SOC 2 audits, we’ve developed a reliable timeline of what most customers can expect. ‍

The pros and cons of the digital transformation in banking

Digital transformation in banking began following the creation of the internet in the 1990s as a way for banks to deliver services to their customers more conveniently. Today, it has completely changed how most people interact with their banks. From opening a new account to making transactions and applying for loans, you can access all banking services directly from your computer or smartphone.

New Nightfall Platform Enhancements Makes Parsing and Managing Findings Easier

Nightfall customers have always lauded the platform’s ease of use and simplicity, but our team is always hard at work looking for ways to improve user experience. This month, we’ve made multiple features GA across the platform, that will further your ability to further customize what content and files trigger Nightfall detectors as well as the ways you can ingest this data.

Why You Should Care About Vendor Hack Weeks

Hack weeks and hack-a-thons are like foosball tables; if you don’t have them, are you even a tech company? These events, once revered for innovation, are now relegated to being blasé and often perceived as little more than playtime for engineers. As someone who’s worked in tech for longer than I care to admit, I had started to ignore them - until I came to Forward Networks.

The Ultimate List of Biggest Bot Attacks Ever

Bots have been in the news a lot lately. Before committing to the Twitter takeover, Elon Musk cited huge bot numbers as a hurdle in completing the deal. Social media bots have also been blamed for interfering in elections and other political processes in recent years. Despite the current focus on bots, they’re not a new phenomenon. Bots have been around for decades — and some have caused serious damage to businesses around the world.

A look under the hood at eBPF: A new way to monitor and secure your platforms

In this post, I want to scratch at the surface of a very interesting technology that Elastic’s Universal Profiler and Security solution both use called eBPF and explain why it is a critically important technology for modern observability. I’ll talk a little bit about how it works and how it can be used to create powerful monitoring solutions — and dream up ways eBPF could be used in the future for observability use cases.

Escaping a Docker container

Escaping a docker container can get you access to the whole linux host, so it's a precious technique for a cyber attack. But it's also valuable for defenders: hacking docker containers to get a breakout is a fun way to better understand a vulnerability and how to better protect from these exploits! In this hands on video, we look at three real life scenarios where you can actually break out from a docker container.

Combining Artificial Intelligence with Threat Intelligence

One of the primary challenges that our security analysts encounter is where and how to best use their time. Monitoring and reviewing the constant influx of data and alerts produced by our client’s networks whilst also finding the time to keep on top of trending and emerging threats is no mean feat, and not particularly conducive to a healthy work-life balance…