Coffee Talk with SURGe: EU Data, Vice Society Ransomware, Killnet, Cybersecurity Awareness Month

Grab a cup of coffee and join Ryan Kovar, Mick Baccio, and Audra Streetman for another episode of Coffee Talk with SURGe. The team from Splunk will discuss the latest security news, including: Mick, Ryan, and Audra also competed in a 60 second charity challenge to name their top takeaway from Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

Big Data : Introduction and Its Necessity in Today's World!

First, as not all data is automatically considered to be Large type data, let’s define what “Large Data” is and what makes it “big” before moving on to a more in-depth examination of Large Data analytics. The term “Big Data” describes large quantities of data of any form, including but not limited to the three forms : structured, unstructured, and semi-structured. Such data sets are constantly being produced at a high rate and in a considerable quantity.

What is the FTC Safeguards Rule?

The FTC Safeguards Rule, is a set of regulations promulgated by the Federal Trade Commission in order to protect the privacy of consumers’ personal information. The Rule requires financial institutions to develop, implement, and maintain a comprehensive information security program designed to safeguard customer information.

NC Protect Named 2022 Policy Management Solution of the Year in the Cybersecurity Breakthrough Awards

Customers, Partners and Colleagues, I am excited to share that archTIS’ NC Protect product has been named 2022 Policy Management Solution of the Year in the 6th annual Cybersecurity Breakthrough Awards.

DDoS Attacks in the Financial Industry: How to Protect Your Infrastructure and Payments

While Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have been around for over a decade, they still continue to evolve and escalate, particularly during 2022. The tense geopolitical situation caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine has affected the nature and intensity of these types of attacks, making states official participants in the DDoS mitigation market.

HTML File Attachments: Still A Threat

This past month, Trustwave SpiderLabs observed that HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) file attachments had become a common occurrence in our spam traps, which is not unusual since malware is often delivered through phishing spam. For the past 30 days, SpiderLabs has found the combination of.HTML (11.39%) and.HTM (2.7%) files are our second most spammed file attachment, totalling 14.09%, followed by.EXE files at 12.84%.

Introducing Change Control

Companies depend on Tines to automate their mission-critical security workflows. We take this responsibility extremely seriously, and we’re always enhancing our platform’s capabilities to make it even more trustworthy and reliable. Today, we introduced Change Control. When enabled, it adds a test environment to your Story, allowing you to prototype and experiment with changes, before applying them to your Story.