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A Vulnerability Wave Is Building and Most Organisations Are Not Ready

For over 30 years, Sapphire has helped organisations understand and manage cyber risk across IT and OT environments. Today, one theme is coming through louder than ever. The vulnerability landscape is shifting fast. There is a lot of noise right now around AI driven cyber attacks. From Anthropic’s Claude Mythos preview to wider hype around autonomous attackers, it is easy to think this is all about new threats. But the real story is something else entirely....

Patch Wave

Jul 74 min read

What Is Patch Management? (Process and Best Practices)

In today’s world, technology has become a vital part of every organisation, regardless of its size or industry. With this technology comes the risk of vulnerabilities that cyber criminals can exploit to steal sensitive information, disrupt…

Patch Management

Aug 12, 20248 min read

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What Is Vulnerability Management?

With the rapid changes in how organisations work driven by external factors such as COVID-19 and rapid demands placed on IT teams, the potential for vulnerabilities to occur has increased. This has raised the associated risk of becoming a victim of high-impact cyber-attacks. Network security standards are constantly changing, and cybersecurity challenges keep security teams busy...

Vulnerability Management

Sep 13, 20234 min read

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MS08.067: The Vulnerability that Shook the World

MS08.067 is a name that strikes fear in the hearts of tech professionals everywhere. This vulnerability in Microsoft’s Windows operating system has been responsible for some of the most notorious cyber-attacks of the last decade….

cybersecurity

Jun 1, 20235 min read

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Man-in-the-Middle Attack: Prevention Best Practices and Detection

Identity-based cyber-attacks come in many forms and pose numerous risks for any organisation. One of the most common facilitators of identity-based cyber attacks is a man-in-the-middle attack (MITM). Here, it is difficult to differentiate between…

Network Monitoring Strategies

Jan 18, 20236 min read

Uncovering the Dangerous CVE-2021-41379 Vulnerability

Are you running software that’s vulnerable to CVE 2021 41379? If you don’t know the answer to that question, it’s time to find out. If you are like most people, you most likely don’t give much thought to the security patches and updates for your computer and other devices. After all, they can be time-consuming to install and don’t always seem to offer many new features or functionality. This security vulnerability, which was discovered and assigned a Common Vulnerabilities an

Vulnerability Management

Apr 6, 20225 min read