The financial industry continues to be a high-risk target for fraud, primarily fueled by the sale of stolen credentials, account numbers, pins, and personal and financial information.
While larger financial institutions have dedicated in-house teams and sophisticated technologies in place to detect incidents,...
In 2014, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued instructions that replaced DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) with the Risk Management Framework (RMF). The RMF is designed to be managed as a continual process as the risk posture evolves over time for each information...
The fact that Federal agencies are prime targets for the most sophisticated cyber threats is undeniable. If cyberattacks are inevitable, then robust capabilities for security investigation, threat hunting, and rapid response are essential. Government cybersecurity professionals require visibility across their silos of...
Leading the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report: Inside the darknet marketplaces that serve cybercrime-as-a-service buyers and sellers. Also, why the healthcare sector remains so bad at detecting data breaches and blocking ransomware.
The cyberthreat landscape is rapidly changing. As attacks continue to increase in volume and sophistication, agency defenses also must evolve.
In order to do so, many agencies are moving toward a more holistic, analytics-driven approach to security. By gaining an end-to-end view of what's happening inside an...
Micro-segmentation is fast becoming a foundational layer of the security architecture for today's data center and cloud computing environments. It has seen a big push by a range of vendors as well as growing recommendations from leading analyst firms such as Gartner, ESG, and the 451 Group.
The idea of using network...
As of January 1, 2018, all SWIFT customers must self-attest to their compliance with the new SWIFT Customer Security Program (CSP). The program is designed to respond to the wave of cybercrime targeting SWIFT installations that began with the Bank of Bangladesh breach back in February 2016 and has swept across the...
People are always the weakest link in security, but the stakes are higher now because of the massive amounts of sensitive information accessible online and the determination of cyberattackers. The standard username/password approach is no longer enough.
Because of this, government agencies are starting to realize...
As the cybersecurity threat landscape evolved over the past two decades, firewalls grew increasingly ineffective at blocking attackers from accessing network data. Next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) aim to fill those gaps, but do they really provide an all-encompassing solution for network security?
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The conversation around the cloud is not something new to the industry, with the topic showing up everywhere from IT back offices to Fortune 500 C-Suites. Despite cloud's ubiquity, there is still a lot to understand, regardless of your expertise level; there is not just one single cloud - and, for that matter, not all...
On May 25, 2018, all organizations that do business with citizens from the European Union will be subject to the enforcement of a new set of laws that help protect their sensitive personal identification information. Called the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the legislation replaces a two-decade-old EU...
The front lines for conflict in the digital age now lay at the network gateway. Unfortunately, on today's virtual battlefield, the enemy is constantly advancing. While no approach is going to guarantee security across networks and devices, taking a strategic approach to IT defense not unlike those taken in real-world...
Government agencies face unique technology challenges in today's world, including complex legacy IT systems, antiquated processes and a prohibitive legislative budgeting cycle. Because of these challenges, many agencies are looking for creative new approaches to overcome the obstacles preventing adoption of the latest...
Spear phishing is the common trigger to many of the most popular - and successful - targeted attacks. How can organizations improve their defenses to better spot - and stop - spear phishing?
Spear phishing and messaging-based threats tend to be the first attack vector that criminals are using today in targeted...
Security vendor products are held to a higher standard of security. They must help their customers solve complex security problems, as well as have the most stringent security measures in place throughout the software development lifecycle. To meet those standards, many security vendors are turning to more innovative...
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