Advanced Attacks Require Federal Agencies to Reimagine IT Security

whitePaper | February 27, 2020

According to research from ESG and the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), 91% of cybersecurity professionals believe that most organizations are either extremely or somewhat vulnerable to a significant cyber-attack or data breach.1 This level of cyber-risk demands immediate attention and action from CISOs, CIOs, and business executives. As a result, 62% of organizations plan to increase cybersecurity spending in 2020.2 Here’s the problem: Increasing security budgets alone isn’t enough. CISOs need quick and easy wins that can greatly bolster security efficacy and streamline operations without demanding massive projects and vast resources. There is a lot of work ahead. This white paper concludes.

whitePaper | March 14, 2023

Security automation cannot replace the creativity of humans. In fact, 92% of ethical hackers say they can find vulnerabilities scanners can’t. For the past six years, we’ve been surveying hackers to learn more about how they see the evolving security testing industry. We combine these insights with the world’s largest dataset of vulnerabilities to identify trends that inform our customers how to build an impactful security strategy.

whitePaper | December 28, 2022

Cloud security truly is a team sport that requires strong collaboration between security, IT and line of business teams. The dynamic nature of cloud is forcing information security teams to rethink how they operate and partner with other groups to address emerging security and compliance challenges their organizations face.

whitePaper | September 28, 2022

The present White Paper will focus on MEC (Multi-access Edge Computing) technologies and intends to explore security-related use cases and requirements with the aim of identifying aspects of security where the nature of edge computing results in insufficient industry approaches to cloud security. Edge computing environments are by nature characterized by a complex multi-vendor, multi-supplier, multi-stakeholder ecosystem of equipment including both HW and SW devices. Given this overall level of system heterogeneity, the areas of security, trust, and privacy are key topics for the edge environments. Finally, the advent of edge cloud federations and the presence of (far) edge devices, e.g., in Internet-ofThings environments, requires tackling MEC security with an end-to-end (E2E) approach by leveraging existing standards relevant in the area, as carefully selected to be applicable in edge computing systems.

whitePaper | May 25, 2022

Cybersecurity breaches do more than expose data to malicious actors. They generate headlines, captivate the public’s attention, and shine a light on security gaps. Whether it’s weak passwords or the software supply chain, if a vulnerability exists, cybercriminals will exploit it.

whitePaper | December 29, 2022

Data has become a new global currency. As with other currencies, it has also become a target for threats from those who wish to exploit its value. Ransomware is the new threat to data and it’s wreaking havoc on businesses of all sizes around the world. Until recently, if you ask an IT organization to describe typical causes for service outages they would most likely mention network failures, power failures, hardware failures, user error, etc. In today’s world, we can add ransomware to that list.