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What do I say if my team discovers a breach of our digital assets? This is a question that requires understanding “defensible disclosure,” a term first employed in the statistical, medical, legal, and financial communities.* Understanding what this term means and how to live up to its expectations is key in an age where organizations regularly handle intrusions and, sometimes, suffer breaches.
Monitoring container traffic and extracting rich security-centric metadata provides SOC analysts an inviolable source of truth for threat detection and incident investigation. This data complements the deep visibility provided by container agents and broad visibility through monitoring audit logs.
The overnight move to remote and hybrid work models instantly created a more complex infrastructure for many organizations as they shifted their workers from corporate offices to their homes. The threat surface expanded exponentially as devices moved off-prem and into potentially unsecured environments and grew again as workers added their own devices to the mix.
The cybersecurity threat landscape is evolving rapidly. Hackers and other malicious users are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their attack methods, rendering traditional security tools obsolete. Modern cybercriminals will use any means to break into firewalls, send emails with infected attachments, or even bribe employees to share login credentials. Businesses in all industries must identify and implement comprehensive IT security tools and strategies to protect their valuable assets.
