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Modernize Your Firewall Now: They Will Pass if You Fail

Building a Zero Trust (ZT) network where security permeates the entire digital ecosystem, rather than assuming an internal trusted network and managing an external untrusted network, has become paramount. Forrester advocates that Next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) are critical to architecting a ZT network, but the...

Data-driven Security Meets the 21st Century

As cyber threats become more complex in nature and the attack surface grows, enterprises are shifting to a risk-centric threat identification, containment, and remediation security strategy, prioritizing investments in tools and capabilities to detect threats and respond to incidents faster and more...

9 Steps to Building an Insider Threat Defense Program

Insider threats pose high risks to all enterprises. No organization, regardless of size, industry or region, is immune. With all the advantages that the digital age has brought us (and they are many) it has also brought a rise of highly damaging data breaches, from both internal and external sources. Regardless of...

From C&A to A&A: The RMF Shoe Has Dropped

Certification and accreditation (C&A) has been like alphabet soup. As it transitions to assessment and authorization (A&A), it's time to sort through the confusion and identify which terms and processes apply in any given situation. This paper sorts through the confusion to identify which terms, approaches, and...

Federal Agencies Make the Case for Modern Network Security Operations

Cloud computing initiatives, network monitoring and risk management are driving network security operations. Meanwhile, federal agencies face record levels of threats yet still rely on manual processes and outdated point tools. Agency network security operations must be modernized to streamline network security...

Ransomware on the Rise: An Enterprise Guide to Preventing Ransomware Attacks

Ransomware is on the rise. According to the FBI, an average of 4,000 ransomware attacks happen per day. Today's businesses are routinely choosing to pay hefty ransoms rather than lose access to their intellectual property, patient records, credit card information, and other valuable business data. Simply put,...

Out with the Old, In with the New: Next Generation Antivirus

Did you know that Ransomware was cited as the leading attack by 55% of respondents in the 2016 SANS Financial Services Survey? On the other hand, ransomware is the second most common attack, reported in the 2016 SANS Healthcare Survey. Rather than dying, antivirus is actually growing up. Today, organizations look to...

IDC Whitepaper: Big Data, Good Data, Bad Data - the Link Between Information Governance and Big Data Outcomes

The outcome of any big data analytics project, however, is only as good as the quality of the data being used. As big data analytics solutions have matured and as organizations have developed greater expertise with big data technologies he quality and trustworthiness of the data sources themselves are emerging as key...

What It Takes to Achieve Digital Trust

VASCO Data Security's Scott Clements on Aligning Security with User Experience With great efficiencies and cost savings also come great threats and fraud risks. This is today's digital reality, and it is why cybersecurity and the user experience need to be aligned to create digital trust, says Scott Clements of VASCO...

The Vendor Risk Management Solution Guide

As enterprises continue to outsource more aspects of their operations to third parties, they expose themselves to more shared risk. It can be a staggering responsibility. Most organizations understand the need to automate vendor risk management activities to keep up with increasing scope and scrutiny. Yet they...

Making the Case for Continuous Authentication: Why 2FA is Not Secure Enough to Combat Online Fraud

Most organizations that enable users to perform online transactions have implemented security measures to address fraud. Currently, one of the most common safeguards used in a wide array of products/services is two-factor authentication (2FA). In recent years, 2FA has become employed by global tech leaders like...

Fraud in The Mobile Era: A Hacker's Delight

As mobile devices eclipse computers and laptops as the preferred method of going online, fraudsters have followed users, porting their modus operandi -account takeover, social engineering, and malware based remote control attacks - to the mobile arena. Thus, hackers have many more opportunities to perpetrate fraud and...

Oh, RATs! Current Fraud Detection Doesn't Catch Remote Access Trojans

Many IT professionals use remote administration tools to troubleshoot and fix PC problems remotely, just as if they were sitting behind the keyboard themselves. But these tools are also used for different purposes today. Both nation states and hacktivists use modified these tools, creating Remote Access Trojan's...

Data Breaches and The Great Security Disconnect

The growing sophistication and fast-evolving nature of cyberthreats have made data breach preparedness a critical issue for enterprises. Download this interactive infographic to learn the surprising statistics and how you can adjust to make sure your resources are aligned with strategic security requirements....

A Guide to Surviving a Cyber Breach

The importance of data security is no secret, so you've thought ahead and taken steps to safeguard sensitive information. But then it happens; you discover a cyber breach. It's no time to panic. What steps do you follow in this time of crisis? Your first step should be to consult your incident response plan (IRP)....