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Strengthening Security Posture in 2020
There is a great documentary from 2016 called Zero Days. It covers StuxNet, how it brought down Nuclear reactors in Iran, and who was potentially behind it (Israel and the United States.) Spoiler alert, but one of the final commentaries is that this attack led Iran...
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2 Tips to Improve Gateway Security
HTTPS Inspection at the Gateway Stops More Threats at the Perimeter. NextGen Firewalls can be a great deterrent against ransomware. They can detect when a machine is trying to get to known bad parts of the internet and block it. They can use content and...
What You Can Learn from Facebook’s Security Lawsuits
Last fall, Facebook was the target of a data breach that impacted nearly 30 million of its 2.4 billion users. In addition to the data breach, the FTC has been investigating the activities of the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica’s unauthorized access to...
Sophos Cloud Optix and Public Cloud Security
Cloud computing, including Software-as-a-Service (Saas) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), has revolutionized the way businesses use technology. For organizations, moving email or application workload to the cloud can allow them to leverage affordable storage or...
AI and The Future of Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity has always been a rapidly evolving field, after all, security needs to try to keep up with hackers, malware, and other threats. Today, the latest evolution in cybersecurity is the use of AI to predict threats. Today, we’re seeing a wave of...
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Strengthening Security Posture in 2020
There is a great documentary from 2016 called Zero Days. It covers StuxNet, how it brought down Nuclear reactors in Iran, and who was potentially behind it (Israel and the United States.) Spoiler alert, but one of the final commentaries is that this attack led Iran...
2 Tips to Improve Gateway Security
HTTPS Inspection at the Gateway Stops More Threats at the Perimeter. NextGen Firewalls can be a great deterrent against ransomware. They can detect when a machine is trying to get to known bad parts of the internet and block it. They can use content and...
What You Can Learn from Facebook’s Security Lawsuits
Last fall, Facebook was the target of a data breach that impacted nearly 30 million of its 2.4 billion users. In addition to the data breach, the FTC has been investigating the activities of the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica’s unauthorized access to...
Sophos Cloud Optix and Public Cloud Security
Cloud computing, including Software-as-a-Service (Saas) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), has revolutionized the way businesses use technology. For organizations, moving email or application workload to the cloud can allow them to leverage affordable storage or...
AI and The Future of Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity has always been a rapidly evolving field, after all, security needs to try to keep up with hackers, malware, and other threats. Today, the latest evolution in cybersecurity is the use of AI to predict threats. Today, we’re seeing a wave of...
Ransomware Attacks on U.S. Cities
You’ve probably heard about cities across the U.S. being held hostage by ransomware attacks. It seems like attacks like these are making headlines every couple of months. The story is usually the same, a city agency or perhaps the entire city’s government computers...
Protecting Against Black Hat Hackers
While most hacking is illegal, sites like Hacker’s List have gotten a lot of news coverage in recent years. These sites claim that you can hire a hacker anonymously and safely pay them with either your credit card or Bitcoin. While hacker for hire sites may claim...
Four Ways to Improve Cloud Security
Public Cloud Breaches We have a new product from Sophos called Cloud Optix. It provides security visibility across the big 3 public clouds and a few others. As I was doing my due diligence to understand the threat landscape and where a product like this can be...
Caveat Emptor: Don’t Take Security for Granted with Public Cloud Services
Security Falls on the Customer I remember when we got our first Hyper-V server. We spec’d it out to be able to support our growth for 3 years. That lasted about a month. Once I saw how easy it was to provision machines, we maxed out our memory and processing power...
