Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

The RSA Conference 2023 addressed several key issues and trends in the cybersecurity industry. Generative AI was a key topic of discussion, with attendees, executives and policymakers seeing its potential in both offense and defense in the cybersecurity arms race.

We’re ecstatic to share that the TrustRadius Top Rated Awards has recognized WatchGuard with eight wins in this year’s program. The TrustRadius Top Rated awards consider three key criteria.

Insider incidents, whether intentional or unintentional, can harm your organization in the form of financial and reputational losses, compliance violations and fines, and operational disruptions. What can you do to avoid this? How can you protect yourself against insider threats? The solution is simple: fortify your organization’s security processes with a carefully executed insider threat strategy.

The Metropolitan Opera is a well-established opera house that opened its doors in 1883 and has been putting on dozens of operas each year. The Met is an impressive establishment that employs more than 900 individuals, and it stores a substantial amount of customer data during its regular operations. This well-known opera house recently got hit by a data breach that puts its customers in real danger.

When it comes to cyber threats, few are as feared as Advanced Persistent Threats. An Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) is a sophisticated, highly targeted and often long-term cyberattack orchestrated by well-funded and highly skilled threat actors. In some cases, they’re even backed by governments: North Korea, Russia and China have all been caught orchestrating APT attacks in the past two years. APTs differ from traditional cyber threats, which are more persistent, targeted, and sophisticated.

The digital world is a lot like the Old West: lawless criminals are looking to take advantage of any bug, flaw or vulnerability to exploit. To combat the problems from these flaws, many organizations offer bounties to anyone who can find them before cybercriminals. Because bugs can be challenging to spot, bug bounty programs leverage ethical hackers' expertise to spot corporate software's flaws. Some of the largest corporations in the world, including Google, Microsoft, and the U.S.

Data is the most important resource that a company possesses. Any data loss event can be extremely disruptive, with serious consequences including regulatory fines, major revenue loss, and reputational damage. Data encryption is crucial for any organizations that deal with sensitive data including customer and employee information, payment details, company financials, M&A documents, government and defense data, and more.

Once again it’s time for everyone’s favorite announcement: a brand new Teleport release! This release marks version 13 of Teleport and is packed with features, including a UI makeover. Let’s dive in!

The CISO role has evolved in recent years. CISO’s don’t come just from technical and security backgrounds anymore. Each organization has their own distinct vision for how to solve their security needs whether they are customer, regulatory, or industry driven. I started out my career as an external auditor, with the goal of becoming a CFO.