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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Friday published a repository of free tools and services to enable organizations to mitigate, detect, and respond effectively to malicious attacks and further improve their security posture. The "Free Cybersecurity Services and Tools" resource hub comprises a mix of services provided by CISA, open-source utilities, and other implements offered by private and public sector organizations across the cybersecurity community.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has published a list of free cybersecurity services and tools to help organizations increase their security capabilities and better defend against cyberattacks. While the set is neither comprehensive nor impervious to change, it aims to mature an entity's cybersecurity risk management when combined with baseline security practices for a strong cybersecurity program.
Cyber threat intelligence is a concept that is crucial to the security of corporate networks, yet it can be difficult to really understand the ideas behind it, not to mention the implementation of threat intelligence within the company's IT and security structures. Before diving into what cyber threat intelligence is, it is essential to understand what the word "Threat" defines.
"CISA is super proud to announce the start of a new catalog of free resources available to those critical infrastructure owners and operators who would benefit from tools to help their security and resilience," said CISA director Jen Easterly in a statement. The Register asked CISA to clarify the selection criteria for inclusion on the list.
Offensive Security has released Kali Linux 2022.1, the latest version of its popular open source penetration testing platform. Visually refreshed and with improved usability for visually impaired users, it comes also with a new "Kali-linux-everything" image, wider compatibility for Kali's SSH client, and new tools.
Kali Everything Image - An all-packages-in-one solution now available to download. Kali-Tweaks Meets SSH - Connect to old SSH servers using legacy SSH protocols and ciphers. As the first version of the new year, the Kali Team has performed a visual refresh adding new backgrounds for the desktop, login, and boot displays, and a new installer theme.
5 services and tools helping companies with digital safety. As more companies and people use different digital platforms to advertise and promote their products and services, online integrity and safety are rapidly becoming a priority topic of concern.
Microsoft 365 has all the tools you need to run your organization in the cloud, from personal productivity to group collaboration, to advanced analytics and security management. While it does include compliance and policy tools, it doesn't claim to offer a full set of data recovery tools.
Toronto-based Citizen Lab has warned that an app required by Beijing law to attend the 2022 Olympics contains vulnerabilities that can leak calls and data to malicious users, as well as the potential to subject the user to scanning for censored keywords. The playbooks [PDF], which are documents that serve as info guides for Olympics-goers, instruct international visitors to download the app and use it to monitor health for 14 days prior to their departure for China.
As more companies focus on digital adoption goals in 2022, finding security tools to detect malicious activity is top-of-mind for executives. As cybercrime is set to cost the world 10.5 trillion dollars annually by 2025, IT executives and their teams will need to make policy changes, step up security training and use cybersecurity tools such as these to manage digital security in 2022 - and beyond.