Cybersecurity

The malicious activities of hackers pose a constant threat to our cyber world. To effectively combat their sinister plans, it is necessary to adopt a similar mindset. Ethical hacking involves simulating cyberattacks to uncover security…

Also referred to as network traffic analysis NTA, Network Traffic Analysis or network traffic data is a set of cyber security measures that entail the observation of network traffic communications. This is done using analytics…

A red team is a simulated cyber-attack that is very close to an actual attack. It is a cyber-security assessment that brings you very close to understanding how prepared your organization is to defend itself…

Are you aware of the potential risks your organisation faces from cyber-attacks? As technology advances, so do attackers’ methods to breach security systems. In fact, according to a recent study, an average data breach costs $3.86…

Effective and comprehensive threat detection requires understanding common adversary techniques that may pose a threat to your organization, and how to detect and mitigate these threats. However, the increasing volume and breadth of attack tactics make it nearly impossible…

Are you an organisation trying to secure your networks through security monitoring? Or do you want to understand cyber security monitoring better? Most organisations incur a lot of losses in case of a data breach….

What is Log Management? Log management refers to real-time alerting, collecting, storing, putting together, and analysing data from differing programs and applications.  The data is referred to as log data. Log data is a computer-generated…

Ransomware attacks are traditionally seen as being shared via phishing campaigns against specific targets to carry out maximum impact.

Therefore, attacks use several ways to distribute malicious software, such as drive-by downloads, USBs, and other portable devices.

Ransomware remains one of the highest priority challenges for organisations of all sizes and across all sectors in 2022.

“Ransomware is the fastest-growing cybercrime for a reason,” says Steve Morgan, founder at Cybersecurity Ventures and editor-in-chief at Cybercrime Magazine. “It’s the proverbial get-rich-quick scheme in the minds of hackers.”

Most companies have moved away from traditional in-house on-premises hosted applications like file servers, mail servers and proxy servers for cloud-based services known as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications. One of the most popular SaaS platforms I have come across is Microsoft 365 Exchange Online. The cloud-based mail platform is accessible from anywhere offers no end of features, constantly evolving to meet organisational needs. Microsoft integrates its security and mail filtering capabilities into this platform.

IT environments are becoming increasingly complex and sophisticated, and security teams are faced with the daunting task of keeping potential attackers from accessing their organisation’s environments. As a result, organisations are adopting increasingly complex cybersecurity solutions to combat this growing concern. One way to do this is by using the SOC visibility triad.

Increasing the scale of your cybersecurity is not easy. After all, cybersecurity is not just about prevention. With cyber-attacks part of our world, organisations must be prepared to respond effectively to threat actors. One such…

SOCs (Security Operations Centre) are cross-functional, which helps centralise operations carried out by different departments within an organisation. This means that they provide value to organisation stakeholders and help meet agendas. 

SOC analysts play a critical role in taking responsibility for security incidents and assisting in communications on security incidents.  

In the past, security professionals relied on traditional perimeter security such as firewalls to prevent unwanted access to their data; however, this has become progressively irrelevant in today’s modern landscape due the adoption of cloud first strategies and flexible working approach which in turn has blurred the line as to where that perimeter actually exists. 

The pandemic and cloud-first technologies have expedited this move to an extended perimeter which has driven cybersecurity professionals to prioritise a Zero-Trust strategy throughout many organisations. 

Alerting is essential to cybersecurity.  However, alerting can also be an overwhelming aspect of cybersecurity. A never-ending set of alerts that require investigating can cause alert overload. So how do you reduce security alert fatigue?…