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Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) Essentials
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The Cyber Sleuth's Handbook: Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) Essentials

By Kirsten Doyle on Wed, 03/27/2024
Image In the intricate landscape of cybersecurity, Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) stand as the sentinels guarding against the onslaught of digital threats. It involves a multifaceted approach to identifying, mitigating, and recovering from cybersecurity incidents. In the physical world, the aftermath of a crime scene...
Cybersecurity
IT Security Operations & Asset Discovery
Datasheet

What Makes Fortra’s Tripwire Different

Are you weighing your options between integrity management solutions? Evaluating, purchasing, and deploying new software is hard work, especially when you get down to the granular details of understanding which solutions have which capabilities and matching those capabilities to your organization’s particular needs. In an industry buzzing with ever-changing terminology and a...
Vulnerability & Risk Management
Cybersecurity
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File Integrity & Change Monitoring
Incident Detection & Investigation
Industrial Control Systems
IT Security Operations & Asset Discovery
Managed Security Services
Security Configuration Management
Resolving Top Security Misconfigurations: What you need to know
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Resolving Top Security Misconfigurations: What you need to know

By Jeff Moline on Mon, 01/22/2024
  Image One of the most common factors that can lead to cybersecurity incidents is a security misconfiguration in software or application settings. The default settings that come with the implementation of these tools and solutions are often not configured securely, and many organizations do not invest the time and resources into...
Cybersecurity
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CIS Controls
NIST
Security Configuration Management
Fortifying IoT Devices: Unraveling the Art of Securing Embedded Systems
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Fortifying IoT Devices: Unraveling the Art of Securing Embedded Systems

By Isla Sibanda on Fri, 10/13/2023
Image Interconnected, data-enabled devices are more common now than ever before. By 2027, it is predicted that there will be more than 41 billion new IoT devices. The emergence of each new device offers a fresh vulnerability point for opportunistic bad actors.  In 2022, there were over 112 million cyberattacks carried out on IoT...
Cybersecurity
IT Security Operations & Asset Discovery
On-Demand Webinar

Expert Compliance Automation Tips for Financial Services

Thu, 08/17/2023
Cybersecurity compliance standards like the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT) do an excellent job of hardening systems against breaches. This is especially important in the financial services sector, a common target for cybercriminals. This on-demand webinar presented by Senior...
Compliance
CIS Controls
FISMA
GDPR
PCI DSS
SOX
ciso-to-biso-whats-your-next-role
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CISO to BISO – What's your next role?

By Gary Hibberd on Tue, 07/25/2023
Image Introduction For the longest time within the cybersecurity industry, we have had Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) whose role is to set the strategic direction for Information Security within an organisation. But what are the stepping stones to becoming a CISO? In the past, this has been a difficult question to...
Cybersecurity
IT Security Operations & Asset Discovery
On-Demand Webinar

ATT&CKing the Center for Internet Security

Thu, 06/01/2023
From the Critical Security Controls to the Community Defense Model, CIS has provided plenty of mappings that show how knowledge from MITRE ATT&CK can be integrated with their offerings. Last year, CIS went a step further, integrating mappings from MITRE ATT&CK into their Benchmarks. This provides a wealth of information to defenders, but too much information can sometimes lead...
Compliance
CIS Controls
A Day in the Life of a SOC Team
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A Day in the Life of a SOC Team

By Fortra Staff on Tue, 04/18/2023
Image This piece was originally published on Fortra’s AlertLogic.com Blog. Managed detection and response (MDR) would be nothing without a SOC (security operations center). They’re on the frontline of our clients’ defenses — a living, breathing layer of intelligence and protection to complement our automated cybersecurity features....
Cybersecurity
Incident Detection & Investigation
IT Security Operations & Asset Discovery
Top trends in Application Security in 2022
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Shifting Left with SAST, DAST, and SCA: Advanced Best Practices

By Tripwire Guest Authors on Thu, 10/20/2022
Image In the past, teams incorporated security testing far after the development stage of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). Security testing would influence whether the application would to proceed to production, or get passed back to the developers for remediation. This process caused delays while teams worked on...
Cybersecurity
Compliance
CIS Controls
Datasheet

Tripwire Enterprise and Cisco AMP Threat Grid

Overview There is mounting concern at the senior executive and board level regarding cybersecurity, driven by highly visible advanced targeted attacks. These attacks threaten precious IP, valuable customer information, company valuation and trade secrets. To truly protect valuable resources, organizations have to accept the nature of modern networked environments and devices,...
Compliance
CIS Controls
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The CIS Controls and Tripwire Solutions

Many organizations face the challenging threat environment by strategically choosing a security controls framework as a reference for initiating, implementing, measuring, and evaluating their security posture, as well as managing risk. While many frameworks are available, one of the most notable and commonly used is the Center for Internet Security’s CIS Controls. This well...
Compliance
CIS Controls
Datasheet

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix with CIS Controls and Tripwire Mapping

It’s not enough to cast a wide cybersecurity net and hope you catch the adversaries trying to compromise your data. Instead, you need to narrow your focus to make your efforts truly impactful. But which of the countless potential cybersecurity attacks out there should you choose to prioritize? MITRE’s Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge (ATT&CK) Framework and...
Compliance
CIS Controls
Datasheet

10 Ways Tripwire Outperforms Other Cybersecurity Solutions

As a security professional, you’re tasked with protecting your organization against attacks, detecting threats, identifying vulnerabilities and hardening configurations. But in an increasingly crowded marketplace, how do you choose the right cybersecurity partner? From experience and technical innovation to security expertise, Fortra's Tripwire stands out from the competition. ...
Vulnerability & Risk Management
Incident Detection & Investigation
IT Security Operations & Asset Discovery
Security Configuration Management
CIS Controls v8
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CIS Control 18 Penetration Testing

By Matthew Jerzewski on Wed, 05/11/2022
Image Penetration testing is something that more companies and organizations should be considering a necessary expense. I say this because over the years the cost of data breaches and other forms of malicious intrusions and disruptions are getting costlier. Per IBM Security’s “Cost of a Data Breach Report 2021,” the average cost of a...
Compliance
CIS Controls
CIS Controls v8
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CIS Control 17: Incident Response Management

By Tyler Reguly on Wed, 04/27/2022
Image We all know that it is a question of when you will be compromised and not if you will be compromised. It is unavoidable. The goal of CIS Control 17 is to ensure that you are set up for success when that inevitable breach occurs. If an organization is neither equipped nor prepared for that potential data breach, they are not...
Compliance
CIS Controls
Incident Detection & Investigation
CIS Controls v8
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CIS Control 16 Application Software Security

By Matthew Jerzewski on Wed, 04/20/2022
Image The way in which we interact with applications has changed dramatically over years. Enterprises use applications in day-to-day operations to manage their most sensitive data and control access to system resources. Instead of traversing a labyrinth of networks and systems, attackers today see an opening to turn an organizations...
Compliance
CIS Controls
CIS Controls v8
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CIS Control 15: Service Provider Management

By Matthew Jerzewski on Wed, 02/23/2022
  Image Enterprises today rely on partners and vendors to help manage their data. Some companies depend on third-party infrastructure for day-to-day operations, so understanding the regulations and protection standards that a service provider is promising to uphold is very important. Key Takeaways from Control 15 Identify your...
Compliance
CIS Controls
How to Fulfill Multiple Compliance Objectives Using the CIS Controls
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How to Fulfill Multiple Compliance Objectives Using the CIS Controls

By David Bisson on Tue, 01/18/2022
Image Earlier this year, I wrote about what’s new in Version 8 of the Center for Internet Security’s Critical Security Controls (CIS Controls). An international consortium of security professionals first created the CIS Controls back in 2008. Since then, the security community has continued to update the CIS Controls to keep pace with...
Compliance
CIS Controls
CIS Controls v8
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CIS Control 14: Security Awareness and Skill Training

By Andrew Swoboda on Wed, 12/08/2021
Image Users who do not have the appropriate security awareness training are considered a weak link in the security of an enterprise. These untrained users are easier to exploit than finding a flaw or vulnerability in the equipment that an enterprise uses to secure its network. Attackers could convince unsuspecting users to...
Compliance
CIS Controls
CIS Controls v8
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CIS Control 13: Network Monitoring and Defense

By Lane Thames on Wed, 12/01/2021
Image Networks form a critical core for our modern-day society and businesses. People, processes, and technologies should be in place for monitoring, detecting, logging, and preventing malicious activities that occur when an enterprise experiences an attack within or against their networks. Key Takeaways for Control 13 Enterprises...
Compliance
CIS Controls