The Human Factor 2015

"Most advanced attacks rely as much on exploiting human flaws as on exploiting system flaws. Proofpoint developed this report, The Human Factor, to explore this under-reported aspect of enterprise threats using data gathered from the Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection product deployed in customer environments, tracking threats in email attachments, social media posts, and URLs.

This paper uses original field research to provide insight on who is clicking, and what they are clicking on, as well as when, where, and why they are clicking — because as the data show, the weakest link in security is all of us."

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How to Build and Mature Your AppSec Program

whitePaper | January 24, 2023

Achieving an optimal security posture for your business happens when technology, automation, infrastructure, architecture, and security policies are in alignment across the company. This white paper provides concrete strategies to mature your AppSec program and achieve code security at scale based on your organization’s needs.

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2023 Hybrid Cloud Security Survey

whitePaper | June 26, 2023

While we are witnessing a modest slowdown in cloud migration due to rising costs and economic uncertainty, it remains that a multitude of organizations now have a hybrid infrastructure in place. According to Forrester analysts,1 this is deemed very much the norm and reports show 72 percent of organizations exist in the hybrid cloud.2 This is because enterprises will likely have paired their own data center/private cloud with one or more public clouds as a result of acquisition or to reap a number of benefits: Cisco, for example, identified 42 percent of organizations believe they achieve a more agile and scalable development environment within the hybrid cloud, alongside 40 percent who realize accelerated business agility and innovation.3

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How to Prepare For & Respond to Ransomware in Operational Technology Environments

whitePaper | March 14, 2023

Targeted intrusions for gaining long-term access and collecting data about industrial control systems (ICS) are becoming much more frequent. Many of these attacks are about understanding the network and preparing for future activities without causing any immediate impact. The most recent Dragos Year in Review6 report shows that the ransomware groups Lockbit 2.0 and Conti were responsible for more than half of the observed ransomware attacks in industrial environments in 2021, and that these instances resulted in actions on objectives. These attacks have been observed in almost every industrial vertical, primarily targeting small to medium-sized organizations in manufacturing.

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The Definitive WFH Security Checklist: 10 Easy Steps to Safer Remote Access

whitePaper | September 15, 2022

Providing secure, fast remote access is a top priority as the modern workforce has become predominantly remote. Working from home (WFH) or outside the office was once a choice or a stopgap measure, but today, it’s critical for business agility.

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Intel® Converged Security and Management Engine (Intel® CSME) Security

whitePaper | October 26, 2022

Intel platforms are designed with a strong built-in security foundation. This allows the ecosystem partners to help protect the platform data and to build more trusted applications.

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Ransomware: How to prevent, predict, detect & respond

whitePaper | January 9, 2020

The malicious programs known as ransomware have attracted a significant amount of coverage in the mainstream media over the last few years, as major companies and organizations announced that their operations had been affected by the threat. Examples of affected businesses include hospitals, universities and major international corporations [2, 3]. Despite the alarming nature of the threat, the way ransomware gains entry onto a user’s device is actually no different from the methods used by other threats. Ransomware is most commonly spread by two methods.

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