Blocking a CEO's account to stop an anomaly? It might stop your business too. When implementing Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR), security teams must balance robust protection and business continuity. In this clip, our expert explains why blindly blocking access can cause more damage and how identity-proofing methods, like 2FA and push notifications, offer a smarter approach. Rethink your strategy to keep security seamless.
A security operations center (SOC) leader is the point person for an organization’s security operations. They run a team of security analysts, engineers, and other specialists. But what exactly do they do on a day-to-day basis? As the person managing the organization’s cybersecurity hub, the SOC leader has to navigate all the complexities that come with it.
The internet isn’t always a safe place. Behind every click, every download, and every flashy pop-up ad, there might be something lurking that could bring down entire systems or steal sensitive information. That “something” goes by a name we’ve all heard: malware. But while the word gets used a lot, how many of us really know what it means? Or better yet, how many of us understand the different ways malware can mess with our data, our privacy, or even our businesses?
Today, we're taking a big step toward making trust management even easier for our customers: Vanta has acquired Riskey, a company leading the way in real-time third-party risk monitoring. Their continuous vendor monitoring and alerting will soon be part of Vanta’s Vendor Risk Management product. Managing vendor risk is more important than ever.
Despite growing investments and advances in cybersecurity, incidents and data breaches continue to increase year over year. From the continuous uptick of vulnerabilities to the rapidly expanding human attack surface, it’s clear that as new risk points appear, threat actors are right there, ready to take action.
We are working tirelessly on our AI First strategy to better protect both humans and their AI tools. KnowBe4 and its advocates spend a lot of time talking to audiences about AI-enabled threats, and rightly so, as recently covered in dozens of previous posts, including this recent one. This year and next promise to be an explosion of cyber threats better enabled by AI. After years of saying AI attacks would be coming, they are here and will be the way that most cybercrime is committed forevermore.
Patrick Orzechowski (also known as “PO”) is Torq’s Field CISO, bringing his years of experience and expertise as a SOC leader to our customers. PO is a seasoned security veteran with a deep understanding of the modern security landscape. You can find him talking to SOC leaders and CISOs from major brands at cybersecurity events around the world. Running a SOC isn’t for the faint of heart. I should know.