Threat & Vulnerability

6 Steps to Effective Vulnerability Prioritization

6 Steps to Effective Vulnerability Prioritization

Once you’ve identified vulnerabilities in your system, what do you do next? You have a list of threats that need mitigation measures, and it can often feel like a race against the clock to address them before hackers breach your network. Most organizations can’t address all vulnerabilities at once. It’s not time or cost-effective. Thus, …

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Have You Patched These Five New Microsoft Vulnerabilities

Have You Patched These Five New Microsoft Vulnerabilities?

Microsoft makes some of the most popular software on the planet. This includes the Windows operating system, its Office suite of products, Windows Server, and Microsoft 365 SaaS tools. With this popularity comes the potential for system vulnerabilities. Every second Tuesday of the Month (aka Patch Tuesday), Microsoft puts out security updates and patches for …

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The ABCs of Vulnerability Detection

The ABCs of Vulnerability Detection

A big area of cyber security and compliance includes addressing vulnerabilities before they result in a cyberattack. Vulnerabilities are flaws in software code that allow a hacker to take advantage of a weakness using malicious code that exploits the vulnerability. For example, code in a Windows process can be accidentally written in such as way …

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What is a Zero-Day Vulnerability & How Can It Impact My Business

What is a Zero-Day Vulnerability & How Can It Impact My Business?

Recently, there was a report about a zero-day vulnerability being patched for Windows. This was a significant threat that could allow an attacker to gain elevated permissions on compromised devices. The flaw was in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS). It was noted as the patch was released that hackers were actively exploiting this …

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5 Cybersecurity Trends to Prepare for in 2023

5 Cybersecurity Trends to Prepare for in 2023

There are certain constants that one defends against when planning critical infrastructure cybersecurity. One example would be vulnerabilities. These are an ongoing issue every time there is an OS or software update. Another would be phishing emails, which remain the main conduit for a wide variety of different types of attacks. But, while defending against …

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What Are the Biggest Barriers to Effective Vulnerability Assessment & Mitigation?

What Are the Biggest Barriers to Effective Vulnerability Assessment & Mitigation?

It’s obvious that keeping mission-critical facilities secure depends upon identifying threats and removing them. But vulnerability management sounds much clearer cut than it actually is in practice. Organizations want a smooth process, but they run into barriers of budget, resources, tools, and knowledge. This leads to network vulnerabilities sitting unaddressed for months after they’ve been …

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How Automation Can Help with Vulnerability Prioritization & Management

How Automation Can Help with Vulnerability Prioritization & Management

Once a vulnerability is discovered, hackers waste no time launching attacks on as many organizations as possible to exploit it. And they’re not doing this manually. AI and machine learning aren’t only used by legitimate companies. Cybercriminals use them to conduct automated attacks that are unleashed in less time and take fewer resources to conduct. …

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The 9 Most Significant Vulnerabilities Hackers Are Exploiting Right Now

The 9 Most Significant Vulnerabilities Hackers Are Exploiting Right Now

Keeping up with updates and patching may be something you hear cyber professionals harping on quite often. There is a reason for this. Unpatched vulnerabilities cause unforced errors when it comes to network security far too often. As many as 60% of organizations admit to being the victim of a cyberattack that could have been …

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Vulnerability Management vs Vulnerability Assessment (Why You Need Both)

Vulnerability Management vs Vulnerability Assessment (Why You Need Both)

One of the constant dangers that organizations need to have on their radar is vulnerabilities. These can be flaws in software code or misconfigurations of cloud tools that create an open door for hackers. Cybercriminals are continuously on the lookout for any loophole in the code of an operating system or software application that will …

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How to Handle the Global Supply Chain Crisis for IT Products

How to Handle the Global Supply Chain Crisis for IT Products

Ever since the beginning of the pandemic, the global supply chain has been in disruption. On top of a chip shortage that has caused delays in getting just about anything electronic, there are also logistics problems. Factories have shut down, opened, and shut down again due to the pandemic. Because many electronic components and chips …

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