Leveraging Security Risk Intelligence - The strategic value of measuring Real Risk

The ongoing struggle to prevent hackers from breaching assets and malware from gaining a foothold requires a vulnerability management strategy that begins with a comprehensive measurement of security risk. Starting with an understanding of the need for effective risk management followed by a definition of the elements of risk, this whitepaper presents the advantages and strategic value of Rapid7 Security Risk Intelligence for your environment and illustrates its operation.

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Adaptive Systems Inc

Adaptive Systems Inc is a consulting firm focused data security for unstructured & structured data. Why care about unstructured data? Many companies realize they have thousands of documents in file shares (SharePoint) and no idea who within the company has access to them! User Access Control/Permission Visibility should be one of the first things a company should do -- you may discover hundreds of users that no longer work at your company but they are still active users and may still have access to your sensitive unstructured data (file shares and NAS).

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Identity and Zero Trust: A Health-ISAC Guide for CISOS

whitePaper | August 25, 2022

These days, you can’t have a conversation about cybersecurity without talking about zero trust. The security concept requires that all individuals and devices on a network be continuously authenticated, authorized, and monitored. Gone are the days of letting someone in the front door, giving them a role with access privileges and then having them go about their merry way.

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Google Cloud security foundations guide

whitePaper | April 19, 2021

This guide presents an opinionated view of Google Cloud security best practices, organized to allow users to adopt or adapt them and then automatically deploy them for their estates on Google Cloud. This document can be useful to you if you are a CISO, security practitioner, risk or compliance officer.

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Securing Today's Convenience Stores with Fortinet

whitePaper | June 14, 2023

Today’s convenience stores (C-Stores) rely on a variety of digital tools to support an evolving retail engagement model that includes everything within the store interior and the forecourt. This can involve point-of-sale (POS) infrastructure, self-service kiosks, intelligent building systems, digital signage, fuel dispensers, guest Wi-Fi, security cameras, loyalty system integration, and store-in-store services. Plus, today’s stores contain a wide array of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices, such as walk-in cooler sensors and occupancy sensors. Protecting these critical systems against cyberthreats is paramount for compliance and maintenaning brand value.

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Cyber Risk Appetite: Defining and Understanding Risk in the Modern Enterprise

whitePaper | January 16, 2020

Managing risk is a balancing act for organizations of all sizes and disciplines. While some organizations take on too much risk, others arguably do not take on enough. Complicating this equation is the emergence of cyber as one of the most impactful sources of risk in the modern enterprise. In fact, cyber security is now increasingly reviewed by corporate boards of directors and often discussed with financial analysts who see cyber security risk as an imminent and paramount business risk. Because the consequences of cyber security failures can be damaging to business revenues and brand reputation, CEOs have lost their positions as a result of data breaches and inept preparation and planning.

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Awesome Cyber Security Facts - Infographic

whitePaper | November 15, 2019

Check out our "Awesome Cyber Security Facts" infographic below to see how crucial cyber security attack was for some businesses, what are our main weaknesses in terms of personal cyber security and even more.

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Security Protocol and Data Model (SPDM) Architecture White Paper

whitePaper | September 26, 2022

This white paper presents an overview of the SPDM architecture, its goals, and a high-level summary of its use within a larger solution. The intended target audience for this white paper includes readers interested in understanding the use of SPDM to facilitate security of the communications among components of platform management subsystems.

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Adaptive Systems Inc

Adaptive Systems Inc is a consulting firm focused data security for unstructured & structured data. Why care about unstructured data? Many companies realize they have thousands of documents in file shares (SharePoint) and no idea who within the company has access to them! User Access Control/Permission Visibility should be one of the first things a company should do -- you may discover hundreds of users that no longer work at your company but they are still active users and may still have access to your sensitive unstructured data (file shares and NAS).

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