Security and Governance in the Hybrid Multi-Cloud

Most cybersecurity protections are based on looking for threats. The problem is, malware is evolving at an alarming rate and threat detection solutions, antivirus and EDR can no longer keep up. ThreatLocker CEO, Danny Jenkins will explain how he’s changing the entire approach and paradigm to cybersecurity with a clean and comprehensive approach to ensuring ransomware does not end up in your environment.

One of the most-heard complaints from security experts is that often they find their work repetitive ("The CFO's laptop has been compromised... again!"), which results in the desire of trying something "new", meaning "leave for another company." Another common complaint is that the work is very compartmentalized, and there are few occasions in which the various security specialists can enjoy working as a team. One activity that can help build a team while improving the security skills of the people involved is participating in Capture the Flag (CTF) hacking competitions. In 2003 at the University of California at Santa Barbara, one of the world's largest attack-defense CTF competitions began and has grown year-after-year, pushing the limits of the players and providing opportunities for better learning. In addition, hacking competitions are a great opportunity for recruiting new talent: CTF participants are highly skilled, well-motivated, and hard-working, which are great traits for a future employee.

Workers in finance know more than workers in other industries about cubersecurity, according to a report from Proofpoint. After analyzing more than 100 million answers to cybersecurity questions from employees in 16 industries, Proofpoint found that finance workers answered 80% of questions correctly. Transportation and education sector workers had the least knowledge among the various sectors, answering 24% of questions correctly on average, Proofpoint determined.

SurfWatch serves as our threat intelligence team, providing us with critical link analyses and insights to proactively address any potential cyber threats to our customers and our business. Knowing what cyber threat and Dark Web activity is occurring helps us ensure the safeguarding of customer information and focus our cybersecurity efforts in the right areas.