Digital innovation offers companies several advantages, ranging from greater profitability and lower costs to increased employee productivity and the ability to provide better customer service. That said, more digital solutions increase the size of an organisation’s attack surface – giving cybercriminals more options for breaching their IT infrastructure and compromising sensitive data and assets. In light of this, it’s not … Read More
Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) vs VPN
Between a mass migration to cloud computing environments in recent years, as well as the prolific and growing use of mobile and IoT devices, modern IT ecosystems are becoming increasingly different from traditional network setups. Subsequently, securing your company’s network perimeter is no longer sufficient for protecting your sensitive data and assets. Additionally, although a shift to people working at … Read More
What is scareware?
What is scareware? Scareware is a type of malware cyberattack that scares a person into visiting an infected site and downloading malicious software. Scareware works by claiming to have detected an issue or virus on a device and directs the user to buy or download malicious software to rectify the problem. Scareware is basically the gateway to a more sophisticated … Read More
CIS Critical Security Controls for Effective Cyber Defense: What are They?
Established in 2000, the Centre of Internet Security (CIS) is a global, non-profit community of experts that collectively develops tools, solutions, and best practices for increasing cyber security and mitigating cyber risk. As well as being renowned for their Benchmarks, which are used to reduce configuration-based vulnerabilities in digital assets, they have developed a cyber risk mitigation framework called the … Read More
The Importance of Cloud Risk Management
With considerable benefits like easier access to innovative technologies, simpler scalability, and reduced IT expenditures, increasing numbers of companies are migrating their data and infrastructure to a cloud environment. In fact, cloud adoption has been so prolific over the last decade that 94% of companies now use cloud services of some kind – with an astonishing 61% of organisations migrating … Read More
What is an Intrusion Detection System (IDS)?
An intrusion detection system (IDS) is a software application or device that monitors a network for policy violations or malicious activity. These threats or violations are either collected centrally or reported using a security information and event management system. Some IDS respond to detected intrusion upon discovery, known as intrusion prevention systems (IPS). Other IDS require an incident responder or … Read More
Hack Proofing with Cloud Cybersecurity
While cloud computing has provided companies with the means to scale their operations quickly, in addition to an array of cost and performance benefits, it’s also opened them to a wide range of cyber threats. The main reason for this is that as companies move their data, applications, and systems to the cloud, as opposed to residing “on-prem”, they can … Read More
What is Anti Malware?
Whether viruses, Trojan horses, ransomware, or rootkits, malware is one of the most common and frequent cyber threats companies face. So much so, in fact, that there were an unbelievable 5.5 billion malware attacks worldwide in 2022. Moreover, ransomware, a single variety of malware, cost companies $4.54 million, on average, in 2022. Consequently, organisations need to take their malware mitigation … Read More
7 Benefits of Dynamic Malware Analysis
Malware analysis is the process of understanding the purpose and behaviour of a suspicious file, website, server, or application. The analysis output helps with the detection, reduction and/or mitigation of potential threats. Malware analysis is a key process that ensures overall computer and cyber security as well as the security and safety of an organisation’s digital assets. Malware analysis not only … Read More