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Palo Alto Networks announced on Monday that it has agreed to acquire incident response and digital forensics consulting firm The Crypsis Group. Under the terms of the agreement, Palo Alto Networks will pay $265 million in cash, subject to adjustment, to acquire Crypsis.

Many companies today have developed a Cybersecurity Incident Response plan. It's a sound security practice to prepare a comprehensive IR plan to help the organization react to a sudden security incident in an orderly, rational manner.

In April 2020, Cynet launched the world's first Incident Response Challenge to test and reward the skills of Incident Response professionals. Providing the thought process and detailed steps to solve each of the challenges will serve as a training aid and knowledge base for incident responders.

Establishing a clear communication strategy is a must for any incident response policy. Jerry Ray, chief operations officer at SecureAge, said incident response plans need to take into account how to allocate resources depending on the criticality of the infrastructure components affected by the breach.

Cybersecurity firm Cynet today announced the launch of a first of its kind challenge to enable Incident Response professionals to test their skills with 25 forensic challenges that were built by top researchers and analysts. The challenge of the incident responder is to identify and collect the scattered traces the attackers have left them and connect the dots to understand the how, what, and where of the attacks.

IR providers face a unique challenge when approached by these organizations since, due to the Coronavirus mass quarantine, conducting incident response engagements by arriving physically to the customers' offices is impossible. Cynet 360, a tool of choice for a number of IR providers, enables responders to compensate on the lack of physical access with the ability to conduct a full IR operation remotely by seamless and rapid remote deployment, complete visibility into the attacked organization's environment, automated threat detection, and integrated MDR services.

This 17-page e-book examines the increasing pressures faced by cybersecurity teams, risks of ineffective alert triage and new automation capabilities that dramatically improve the efficiency of...

GreatHorn, the leading cloud email security provider focused on managing risk from advanced email threats, achieved substantial product innovation, customer growth, and expansion during 2019 with improvements to its industry-leading adaptive threat detection, user protection, and incident response capabilities. With a focus on increasing visibility and control of an organization's email security environment, these enhancements to GreatHorn's flagship product improve threat identification, reduce user engagement with suspicious email, and automate post-delivery remediation.

Aon announced the acquisition of Cytelligence, a Canadian-based cyber security firm that provides incident response advisory, digital forensic expertise, security consulting services and cyber security training for employees to help organizations respond to cyber security threats and strengthen their security position. The acquisition will help Aon expand its current coverages within the cyber market at a time when cyber claims are almost doubling year-over-year.

With NetWars SANS has raised the ante with a set of cyber-tournaments that let participants work through a range of challenging levels and master the skills employed by information security professionals. SANS certified instructor Steve Armstrong, with SANS since 2007, explains how NetWars work.