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Protection against insider risks works when the process involves controlling the data transfer channels or examining data sources. An employee of the Federal Migration Service in one of the Russian regions was approached by his friend, who asked him to hide information about two offenses in his file in the migrant database.

Sophos' Rapid Response team had, among other things, the new Sophos XDR solution at their disposal - an industry-first extended detection and response solution that synchronizes native endpoint, server, firewall, and email security. Sophos XDR gathers relevant sensory information from the organization's entire IT environment and security ecosystem and allows threat hunters to view the complete picture and detect and inspect clues that may otherwise go unnoticed.

That is why Acronis has been a pioneer in the field of cyber protection, which integrates best-of-breed data protection with cutting-edge cybersecurity and protection management in one easy-to-manage cyber protection solution: Acronis Cyber Protect. With Acronis Cyber Protect's unique integration of data protection and next-generation cybersecurity capabilities - including real-time protection with AI-enhanced behavioral detection that stops zero-day attacks, URL filtering that counters phishing attacks, vulnerability assessments to identify security risks, and automated patch management to ensure every endpoint is protected - organizations protect against modern cyberthreats while ensuring they can recover their data and systems faster than any other solution.

Each one of these supply chain attacks targeted a different piece of implicitly trusted infrastructure-infrastructure that you may or not be paying attention to as a potential target in your organization. Package squatting via software package repositories.

Power plants are one of the most vitally important components of modern civilization's infrastructure. At one time, power plant security only involved physically protecting facilities and generating equipment.

As modern infrastructures get more complex everyday, DevOps teams have a hard time tracking infrastructure drift. The multiplicity of parameters turns infrastructure drift into a multidimensional issue as this situation implies tracking changes across a combination of setups over time.

Additional insights 93% of organizations who use Microsoft 365 report suffering negative impacts following an email data breach, compared to 84% of organizations who do not use Microsoft 365. 15% of organizations using Microsoft 365 have suffered over 500 data breaches in the last year, compared to just 4% of organizations not using it.

While 68% of U.S. consumers report that they are connected to more devices and digital activity since the start of the pandemic, roughly half have implemented additional levels of security protection. "As travel becomes an actual possibility for people once again, it's an opportunity to remember just how important maintaining your digital wellness and security is outside the home," said Judith Bitterli, SVP of McAfee Consumer Marketing.

More than one year into the pandemic, banks, insurers, and other financial institutions report costly consequences to falling short of protecting their massive data troves from cloud-based attacks and network disruptions. Biggest cybersecurity issues for financial institutions Data breaches are an increasingly significant cost burden for the industry: Worldwide, financial firms that experienced a data breach reported estimated average losses of roughly $4.2 million per attack, with U.S. organizations hit hardest at $4.7 million in estimated losses.

Elevate Security launched a new platform that addresses one of cybersecurity's biggest unsolved problems - human error - with an intelligent, customized and automated response to employee risk across an organization. Pioneering a new category in cybersecurity, human attack surface management, the Elevate Security Platform ingests the entirety of an organization's data to gain benchmarked visibility into human error, enabling CISOs to proactively tailor security controls and create 'safety nets' for the riskiest employees.