Resources
Guide

Getting Up to Speed on GDPR

Search online for the phrase “data is the new oil” and you’ll see it’s used by (and attributed to) many people. Data is a precious and highly valuable commodity. Data is the fuel pumping through today’s digital business, powering communications and commerce. Organizations the world over are mining data to turn raw information into real insight—to drive sales and grow their business. ...
Compliance
GDPR
Guide

Governance, Risk, and Compliance

Governance, Risk & Compliance, or Generating Real Capability! How do we use GRC as a business enabler, and focus on the benefits it brings?
Vulnerability & Risk Management
Compliance
Guide

FISMA SI-7 Buyer's Guide

The FISMA SI-7 Buyer’s Guide focuses on one of the most difficult security controls agencies must adhere to: NIST 800-53 SI-7. Learn what solutions to look for.
Compliance
FISMA
Guide

The Executive's Guide to the CIS Controls

See how simple and effective security controls can help you protect your organization and data from known cyberattack vectors.Executives understand that a combination of security solutions is required to protect their organizations. These solutions include technical and architectural controls as well as standardized frameworks. One such framework stands out in the context of practical cyber risk...
Compliance
CIS Controls
Security Configuration Management
Guide

Executing an Efficient Cloud Security Strategy

How do organizations execute an efficient cloud security strategy and find the right cloud security tools? Tripwire asked a range of cloud security experts to share their thoughts on some of the key challenges regarding secure cloud storage and cloud computing security.
Cloud Security
Guide

Meet the Women Protecting Your Data

For every woman in an S&P 1500 chief executive role, there are four men named John, Robert, William or James—meaning there are more Williams than women in those roles. This gender gap also spans most STEM careers, cybersecurity included. Women make up only 20 percent of the global cybersecurity industry. If there’s any silver lining to be found in that stat, it’s that the number has nearly...
Guide

Detailed Mapping of the Tripwire and CIS Controls

The goal of the Center for Internet Security Controls is to protect critical assets, infrastructure and information by strengthening your organization's defensive posture through continuous, automated protection and monitoring of your IT infrastructure. The strength of the Controls is that it reflects the combined knowledge of actual attacks and effective defenses from experts in many...
Industrial Control Systems
Guide

Integrity: The True Measure of Enterprise Security

Federal cybersecurity integrity is often defined as the incorruptibility of data (as part of the CIA triad), and file integrity monitoring (FIM), a control which has become a compliance requirement in standards such as FISMA and PCI DSS. Read the full white paper to learn more.
File Integrity & Change Monitoring
Guide

Communicating Cybersecurity to Boards and Executives: A Workbook to Help Build Cybersecurity Literacy

We’ve all heard, “it’s not a matter of if you’ll be breached, but when.” If a breach occurs, is your organization prepared to detect it quickly? Now more than ever, corporate executives and boards are asking for assurance that the organization and its sensitive data is adequately protected. This cybersecurity self-assessment is derived from the Cyber-Risk and Oversight Handbook developed by the...
Cybersecurity
Guide

Closing the Integrity Gap with NIST's Cybersecurity Framework

When the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced that it had released its new Cybersecurity Framework in 2014, it appeared on the surface to be just one more option for organizations looking to develop a cohesive and effective cyber risk management strategy. Indeed, there are dozens of choices available and organizations have been all over the map when it comes to deciding...
Compliance
Guide

Cloud Control Buyer's Guide

Introduction The world of IT is moving to the cloud for flexibility, on-demand computing resources, and speed just to name a few benefits. Market data varies but estimates of cloud usage show that in the range of 20–25% of overall compute workloads are operating in public cloud environments today, with that expected to grow to 50% over the next 5–10 years. However, most organizations haven’t...
Cloud Security
Guide

How to Achieve Compliance with the NIS Directive

Network and information systems (NIS) and the essential functions they support play a vital role in society from ensuring the supply of electricity, water, oil and gas to the provisioning of healthcare and the safety of passenger and freight transport. In addition, computerized systems are performing vital safety-related functions designed to protect human lives. For example, such systems are...
Compliance
Datasheet

Calculating the ROI of a Vulnerability Management Program

Return on investment on IT security infrastructure purchases (solutions and products) has traditionally been hard to quantify. However, there are some compelling aspects of securing an organization’s infrastructure that can be identified and quantified. This discipline will continue to evolve as organizations focus on managing and balancing their security expenses and strive to control the...
Vulnerability & Risk Management
Guide

9 Steps for Maturing Beyond Checkbox Compliance

A common mistake many organizations make is approaching cybersecurity as a series of actions taken in order to check the right compliance boxes. If this sounds familiar, it’s likely that you’ve witnessed something similar to the cycle of crisis-driven audit preparation, a suspenseful audit, remediating based on those findings, and waiting until the next hurried audit preparation phase returns. ...
Compliance
Datasheet

Tripwire Vulnerability Risk Metrics

A vulnerability management program should provide a series of metrics that outline the vulnerability risk to the organization and how the risk posture is trending. In addition to this, reports should be provided which show system owners which vulnerabilities pose the greatest risk to the organization and how to remediate them. This report outlines recommendations for vulnerability management...
Vulnerability & Risk Management
Datasheet

Achieving the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Information Assurance Standard with Tripwire Enterprise

Keeping sensitive data and assets safe is the goal of regulatory cybersecurity frameworks such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Information Assurance Standard. Mitigating cyber threats and ensuring the development of a secure national information and communications infrastructure and cyberspace is a strategic priority for the UAE. To this end, the UAE Information Assurance (IA) Standard acts as a...
Datasheet

Align with the UK Cyber Essentials Using Tripwire Solutions

As global events have led to many of us working from home, it has become more important more than ever to ensure your organisation’s network is protected and secure. Cyber Essentials is an important information assurance scheme that you can use to ensure this is the case. If you are looking to meet the standards of Cyber Essentials, Tripwire® Enterprise, Tripwire IP360™, Tripwire Log Center™, and...
Datasheet

Tripwire Vulnerability Scoring System

Vulnerability and Risk AnalysisMeasuring and managing the security risk associated with information and information technology remains one of the most challenging and debated problems faced by all levels of an organization. While scoring standards designed to assist with solving this problem have been developed over the past decade, a select few have accomplished this and those that have are still...
Vulnerability & Risk Management
Datasheet

Tripwire Vulnerability Intelligence

There’s not enough time in the day to investigate every system change and remediate every vulnerability. Ever-evolving capabilities of cyber adversaries—coupled with the dynamic nature of corporate networks— makes security prioritization increasingly difficult. With Tripwire® Enterprise and Tripwire IP360™ managed service offerings, you can minimize the amount of time you spend addressing high...
Vulnerability & Risk Management