5 May 2022

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 way of preparing and responding is through endpoint detection and response (EDR) and or Managed EDR solutions. Organisations use EDR […]

19 April 2022

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.

11 April 2022

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.”

24 March 2022

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.

22 February 2022

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.

10 February 2022

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 file (or the data within the file) written to every time-specific event in a controlling application (or program). Going one […]

12 January 2022

Sapphire has designed its UK-based Security Operations Centre (SOC) to help organisations respond quickly to threats and receive the optimum cyber security protection available today. Organisations across the UK benefit from Sapphire’s twenty-five years of experience from network monitoring to vulnerability management and incident response. Sapphire security analysts have a wealth of knowledge.

7 January 2022

When a device connects to business networks, cybercriminals may use this connection to compromise corporate data and put the network at risk. This means that these endpoint devices need to be fully secured to prevent any potential incidents from happening. To do this, organisations must ensure that they are utilising appropriate solutions to protect the front line of their cybersecurity

29 December 2021

There are a variety of routes whereby a bad actor can gain unauthorised access to an organisation’s systems. They range from telephony solutions, modems, ISDN and DSL, to name a few. These systems are used for various business purposes, including; support for remote and home working by staff, dedicated connections with organisation partners and suppliers, access to public networks (e.g. Internet) and third-party networks.

25 October 2021

In the world of cybersecurity, the more you know about threat actors, the better placed you are to counteract and manage cyber threats and attacks. But what is a threat actor? We can define a threat actor as a person, group, or entity performing a cyber-attack designed to impact an organisation negatively.

18 October 2021

It’s an exciting concept and one that many people don’t grasp. All organisations today can potentially fall victim to a cyber-attack or cyber security outage, which can cause severe damage to its ability to operate and its infrastructure. It’s more than just cyber security awareness; it requires the whole workforce to know what the risk is and the processes that need to be followed to avoid this risk.