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Tripwire Advisory Services

Cybersecurity teams often rely on input from highly skilled experts to help maximize the success of their work. Yet execution of one-time projects may not provide the ongoing expertise needed to sustain an initiative. And not every organization has the resources — let alone the need — for full-time consulting services. Fortra’s Tripwire Advisory Services is a subscription-based, remote...
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Breaking Compliance Into Bite-Sized Portions

Which standards and regulations do you need to comply with? Most organizations have to prove compliance with multiple standards simultaneously to keep their systems secure and avoid audit fines. But it can be difficult to keep up with changing regulations, achieve continuous compliance, or even know where to start.This on-demand webinar presented by Fortra's Tripwire is designed to equip you with...
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Enhancing Endpoint Security with Advanced Host-Based Intrusion Detection Capabilities

In 2023, companies lost about $4.45 million on average because of data breaches. As cyber threats advance, securing endpoints is more important than ever. An advanced Host-based Intrusion Detection System (HIDS) provides a sturdy remedy to improve endpoint security. By monitoring and examining system responses and device status, HIDS identifies and...
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NSA Debuts Top 10 Cloud Security Mitigation Strategies

As businesses transition to hybrid and multi-cloud setups, vulnerabilities arising from misconfigurations and security gaps are escalating, attracting attention from bad actors. In response, the US National Security Agency (NSA) issued a set of ten recommended mitigation strategies, published earlier this year (with support from the US...
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37 Arrested as Police Smash LabHost International Fraud Network

Police have successfully infiltrated and disrupted the fraud platform "LabHost", used by more than 2,000 criminals to defraud victims worldwide. A major international operation, led by the UK's Metropolitan Police, has seized control of LabHost, which has been helping cybercriminals create phishing websites since 2021 to steal sensitive information...
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Supply Chain Cybersecurity – the importance of everyone

I’m always surprised – and a little disappointed – at how far we have to go before supply chain cybersecurity gets the respect and attention it deserves. I sat down this week with a new client who wanted some help addressing several internal issues surrounding their IT systems. When I asked them about their relationship with the supplier –...
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SCM and NERC: What You Need to Know

Security configurations are an often ignored but essential factor in any organization’s security posture: any tool, program, or solution can be vulnerable to cyberattacks or other security incidents if the settings are not configured correctly. Staying on top of all of these security configurations can be a daunting responsibility for security or...
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Casting a Cybersecurity Net to Secure Generative AI in Manufacturing

Generative AI has exploded in popularity across many industries. While this technology has many benefits, it also raises some unique cybersecurity concerns. Securing AI must be a top priority for organizations as they rush to implement these tools. The use of generative AI in manufacturing poses particular challenges. Over one-third of...
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What Is an Axon Agent, and Why Do You Need One?

The number of endpoints in an organization often exceeds the number of employees. Managing these often disparate entities is more than a full-time job. Moreover, keeping them secure is equally difficult, yet securing all of your endpoints against cyber threats has become paramount for organizations worldwide. A common oversight that undermines these...
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ITRC's 2023 Data Breach Report Is a Mixed Bag

In the first quarter of every year, organizations around the world release reports summing up data breach trends from the previous twelve months. And every year, these reports say broadly the same thing: data breach numbers have gone up again. This year is no different. Or is it? Compromises Up, Victims Down However, the Identity Theft Resource...
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Tripwire Enterprise Overview

Tripwire Enterprise is an integrity management tool that combines powerful file integrity monitoring (FIM) and security configuration management (SCM) capabilities into one solution. Tripwire Enterprise helps your organization monitor for unexpected changes and misconfigurations in your environment. Take a couple minutes to watch this video to see how Tripwire Enterprise empowers you to reduce...
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DragonForce Ransomware - What You Need To Know

What's going on? A relatively new strain of ransomware called DragonForce has making the headlines after a series of high-profile attacks. Like many other ransomware groups, DragonForce attempts to extort money from its victims in two ways - locking companies out of their computers and data through encryption, and exfiltrating data from compromised systems with the threat of releasing it to...
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Life in Cybersecurity: From Nursing to Threat Analyst

As digital threats increase, we see more professionals transition into cybersecurity. Some come from previous technical roles, and some do not. However, because cybersecurity is primarily a problem-solving industry, those who switch from other high-pressure, high-performance positions are often best prepared for the job. Take Gina D’Addamio, for...
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Embracing Two-Factor Authentication for Enhanced Account Protection

Let’s start the second quarter of the year with boosting our security posture by adopting two-factor authentication methods on our accounts to make them more secure. Two-factor authentication (2FA) is an identity and access management security method that requires two forms of identification to access resources and data. The first factor you provide...
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VERT Threat Alert: April 2024 Patch Tuesday Analysis

Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s April 2024 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1101 as soon as coverage is completed. In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs CVE-2024-26234 This CVE describes a Proxy Driver Spoofing Vulnerability that, thanks to Microsoft’s new CWE listings, we...
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Perfecting Security Hardening One Step at a Time

Sometimes the wisest thing we can do as cybersecurity practitioners is to zoom out and look at our systems holistically. Security hardening is the practice of closing potential points of entry over the scope of your entire system, from applications to servers and everything in between. Another way to put this is “shrinking the attack surface.” Watch this on-demand webinar presented by Fortra’s...