Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

So far in our blog series, we have discovered that there is a high understanding of the threats that bots cause across all industries. We recently carried out a survey of 200 UK enterprises across e-Commerce, financial services, entertainment and travel. In part three of our blog series, we discussed how bots are affecting different industries. There is very little need to explain to businesses that bots can be a problem.

Splunk Phantom is a security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) technology that lets customers automate repetitive security tasks, accelerate alert triage, and improve SOC efficiency. Case management features are also built into Phantom, including “workbooks,” that allow you to codify your security standard operating procedures into reusable templates.

Security configuration management (SCM) can help organizations do much more than just harden their attack surfaces against intrusions. This fundamental control also has the ability to make your audits flow more smoothly. Indeed, it allows organizations to pull reports from any point in time and demonstrate how their configuration changes and alignments help to support their compliance efforts.

The ongoing cybercrime epidemic has triggered a cybersecurity calls to arms, as organizations around the world are looking for some 3.5 million skilled workers to help fight a $6 trillion problem. One of the cool features of the University of San Diego’s comprehensive new Cybersecurity Jobs Report is a shareable graphic that spotlights the cybercrime epidemic, the ongoing shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals and the need for talent at the top companies across all industries.

It was the day before a holiday break, and everyone was excited to have a few days off to spend with friends and family. A skeleton crew was managing the security operations center, and it seemed as though every other team left early to beat the holiday traffic. Every team other than the vulnerability management (VM) team that is. Just before it was time to leave for the day, and the holiday break, the phone rang.

Security incidents are often hard to detect and tend to go unnoticed for far too long. They’re also time-consuming to investigate, since gathering evidence and correlating facts may take months or even years. For instance, the graphic design website Canva became aware of the theft of user credentials for almost a million accounts only seven months after the actual incident. That’s why it’s better to put your effort into preventing incidents rather than handling their consequences.

The cybersecurity of industrial systems is becoming a hot topic in today’s headlines. Since connectivity to external networks is being increased significantly, security is becoming the priority in industrial IT and Operational Technology (OT). Many organizations don’t have a reliable cyber defense against their OT assets.

2020 is likely to go down in history as the year of two pandemics, COVID-19 and cybercrime. Certain types of cybersecurity threats have massively intensified this year. For example, the malware NetWiredRC saw a 200% spike in detection rates in March 2020. COVID-19 has caused a sudden shift to remote working. More employees are now working from their homes than ever before. Remote work en masse exposes organizations to increased levels of threats.