7 Cybersecurity Best Practices Financial Firms Should Live By

According to the 2021 IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index , the finance and insurance industry sector experienced the most cyber attacks for the fourth year in a row. It’s no mystery why: Hackers go where the money is. And according to Verizon's 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), financial gain was the most common motive in data breaches across all industries: 93 percent of breaches involving companies with fewer than 1,000 employees were financially motivated.
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Four Takeaways as the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Turns 4

May 25 2022, marked four years since the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect. Although the scope of the law is limited to personal data originating from activities in the European Economic Area, the ensuing requirements have had a global impact. This is evident in similar laws that have been proposed or passed and measures multinational organizations have taken to comply with privacy requirements. In parallel, there has been a convergence of a principles' based approach to cybersecurity in many jurisdictions worldwide.

Chip away at age old-password problems by reinventing your security strategies

Despite wide-spread knowledge on the risk of using a weak password, 123456 is still a common password in use by a number of users. You’re probably wondering who would still use this password. Well, close to 103 million people around the world according to NordPass’ report. While this is alarming, let’s just take a moment to consider why users choose simple, easy-to-remember passwords despite being aware of the risks. Password overload: How big of a concern is it?

Netskope and Google Chrome Enterprise: Driving Better Context for Securing Data

When defining security policies, it is critical to know who the user is and what their privileges should be based on their role, and whether the device itself or the state of the device at the time of connection is in a known good state.

How Defenders Can Hunt for Malicious JScript Executions: A Perspective from OverWatch Elite

An adversary’s ability to live off the land — relying on the operating system’s built-in tooling and user-installed legitimate software rather than tooling that must be brought in — may allow them to navigate through a victim organization’s network relatively undetected. CrowdStrike Falcon OverWatch™ threat hunters are acutely aware of adversaries’ love of these living off the land binaries (LOLBins) and build their hunts accordingly.

SnykWeek Boston: Perspectives on developer security adoption

During SnykWeek Boston, Simon Maple (Field CTO, Snyk) led a panel discussion about developer adoption of application security. The panelists included: Want the TL;DR? Here are some of our favorite takeaways: Read on to dive deeper into these illuminating insights around organizing security teams, setting security goals, empowering developers, improving compliance, and much more.