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Behavioral analytics, long associated with threat detection (i.e. UEBA or UBA), is experiencing a renaissance. Once primarily used to identify suspicious activity, it’s now being reimagined as a...
Imagine this... You arrive at work to a chaotic scene. Systems are down, panic is in the air. The culprit? Not a rogue virus, but a compromised identity. The attacker is inside your walls,...
The Wazuh active response module triggers actions in response to specific events on monitored endpoints. Wazuh active response automatically executes some specific actions in response to certain security alerts by default, on both Windows and Linux endpoints.
What are the key components of an effective security incident response strategy? An effective security incident response strategy includes four key components that work together to ensure a rapid and effective response to cybersecurity issues.
The worst time to find out your company doesn't have adequate access controls is when everything is on fire. That's why having adequate identity access management policies in place - which include both authorization and authentication - is especially critical when it comes to your incident management tooling.
In the tumultuous landscape of cybersecurity, the year 2023 left an indelible mark with the brazen exploits of the Scattered Spider threat group. Their attacks targeted the nerve centers of major...
This policy from TechRepublic Premium provides information on defining an incident, assigning an incident response team, documenting a plan and conducting a response. DOCUMENT AN INCIDENT RESPONSE PLAN. Draw up a plan for incident response and start by including a detailed list of system/application/device information.
Athena AI, the new generative AI layer that spans across the entire Varonis Data Security Platform, redefines how security teams protect data - from visibility to action. Athena AI is embedded within the Varonis Data Security Platform and appears in a variety of user interfaces to speed up security and compliance tasks.
AWS Kill Switch is an open-source incident response tool for quickly locking down AWS accounts and IAM roles during a security incident. "I recently left my role as Sr. Director, Security Engineering at Robinhood and have been using my free time to sharpen my skills as an individual contributor and contribute to open source. I find it stimulating and a great way to build stronger ties with the security community," Jeffrey Lyon, the creator of AWS Kill Switch, told Help Net Security.
Modern security tools continue to improve in their ability to defend organizations’ networks and endpoints against cybercriminals. But the bad actors still occasionally find a way in. Security...