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The Cyber Sleuth's Handbook: Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) Essentials
By Kirsten Doyle on Wed, 03/27/2024
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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...
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Managed Cybersecurity Services Secure Modern Environments
By Troy Thompson on Mon, 03/25/2024
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In an era characterized by relentless digital transformation and interconnectedness, cybersecurity has evolved into a complex and dynamic battleground.
Businesses, governments, and individuals find themselves locked in a perpetual struggle against a relentless flood of evolving threats. From sophisticated cybercriminal...
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Fortifying IoT Devices: Unraveling the Art of Securing Embedded Systems
By Isla Sibanda on Fri, 10/13/2023
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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...
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How MSSPs Help with Cybersecurity Compliance
By Zack Jessee on Wed, 10/04/2023
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While always a part of business, compliance demands have skyrocketed as the digital world gives us so many more ways to go awry. We all remember the Enron scandal that precipitated the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). Now, SOX compliance means being above board on a number of cybersecurity requirements as well.
Fortra's Tripwire...
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Increasing Your Business’ Cyber Maturity with Fortra
By Antonio Sanchez on Wed, 09/20/2023
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When building a tower, it helps to start with a sturdy foundation. Cyber maturity is the tower, and there are three levels that build it:
Foundational IT/OT & Security Control Processes
Fundamental Security Control Capabilities
Advanced Security Control Capabilities
Fortra occupies a unique space in the industry because of...
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Working with a Reliable Partner for Cybersecurity Success
By Joe Pettit on Thu, 08/31/2023
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Technology companies are often seen as revolving doors of constantly shifting personnel. Whether they are seeking a better work environment or chasing a higher paycheck, these staff changes can hurt an organization’s progress. Worse yet, the customers are often negatively impacted by these changes in the continuity of...
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CISO to BISO – What's your next role?
By Gary Hibberd on Tue, 07/25/2023
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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...
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A Day in the Life of a SOC Team
By Fortra Staff on Tue, 04/18/2023
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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....
Case Study
Leading Nationwide Provider of FDIC-Insured Financial Services
This nationally recognized financial solutions provider offers a set of services that enable smaller banks and other related institutions to compete with the industry’s dominant players. The company’s portfolio of FDIC-insured solutions enables its members and other key constituents to offer innovative services that otherwise might be too difficult or too costly to provide on...
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Tripwire and Astro Making Best Practices a Daily Show
Assessing and managing vulnerabilities is a core cybersecurity practice, but it can put a heavy strain on IT security and operations teams. In many cases, introducing vulnerability management as a service is what’s necessary to overcome the challenge of accumulating vulnerabilities across complex IT environments—especially when time and resources are limited.
This was the case...
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Tripwire Eases Government Resource Constraints with New FedRAMP-Certified Managed Services Solution
Tripwire ExpertOps Federal reduces both the workload and complexity of managing an agency’s critical security controls.
PORTLAND, Ore. – August 3, 2020 – Tripwire, Inc., a global cybersecurity solutions provider protecting the world’s leading organizations, today announced the launch of Tripwire® ExpertOps℠ Federal a FedRAMP-certified managed services solution that augments...
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Managed Vulnerability Management? Yes, You Read That Right
By Editorial Staff on Tue, 04/16/2019
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The importance of a mature vulnerability management program can’t be overstated. File integrity monitoring (FIM) and security configuration management (SCM) might be the bedrock of a strong cybersecurity program, but they can only go so far. Scanning for vulnerabilities needs to be a foundational part of your program, too. The...