Tag: vulnerability-management
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Build a vulnerability management program with internet exposure in mind
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/perspective/how-to-build-a-vulnerability-management-program-with-internet-exposure-in-mind
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Navigating the Future: Key IT Vulnerability Management Trends
As the cybersecurity landscape continues to evolve, proactive vulnerability management has become a critical priority for managed service providers (MSPs) and IT teams. Recent trends indicate that organizations increasingly prioritize more frequent IT security vulnerability assessments to identify and address potential security flaws.Staying informed on these trends can help MSPs and IT teams First seen…
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Proactive Vulnerability Management for Engineering Success
By integrating security into CI/CD, applying automated policies, and supporting developers with the right processes and tools, infosec teams can increase efficiency and build secure software. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/proactive-vulnerability-management-engineering-success
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39% of IT leaders fear major incident due to excessive workloads
Enterprise security operations teams find themselves stretched thin and contending with an escalating cyber threat landscape today. Many are understaffed and underfunded, leaving CISOs on edge about the consequences for the enterprise, and their careers.A recent survey from Adaptavist about fallout from last summer’s CrowdStrike outage found that two out of five (39%) IT leaders…
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US takes aim at healthcare cybersecurity with proposed HIPAA changes
Tags: access, authentication, best-practice, breach, compliance, control, csf, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, dora, encryption, finance, framework, government, group, healthcare, HIPAA, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, intelligence, jobs, law, malware, mfa, network, nist, penetration-testing, phishing, privacy, ransom, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, security-incident, service, skills, technology, threat, tool, update, usa, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementThe US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched a consultation on stricter rules for the safeguarding of electronic health records.The proposed revamp of security rules covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is designed to address the increased risk from cyberattacks such as ransomware against healthcare environments.The revamped rules…
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Is Your Vulnerability Management Strategy Doing More Harm than Good?
Most organizations believe they have a solid process for managing vulnerabilities and exposures. Yet attackers continue to exploit vulnerabilities as one of the most common paths to breaches. This isn’t because these organizations use antiquated methods but because they struggle to keep up with all exposures. Security leaders can significantly reduce risk by adopting a……
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Taking a Threat Adapted Approach to Vulnerability Management
As cyberthreats grow in complexity and frequency, vulnerability management requires more than just patching systems; it demands a dynamic, threat-adapted approach. As part of Cyber Rhino Threat Week ( December 9-13, 2024) which aimed to inform, share threat intelligence insights and best practices with our customers, partners and industry ecosystem, we held a session that..…
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5 Things Government Agencies Need to Know About Zero Trust
Tags: access, application-security, attack, best-practice, business, cloud, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, gartner, government, identity, incident response, infrastructure, Internet, jobs, monitoring, network, nist, risk, skills, strategy, technology, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustZero trust as a concept is simple to grasp. Implementing a zero trust architecture, on the other hand, is complex because it involves addressing a unique mix of process, procedure, technology and user education. Here are some considerations to keep in mind as you begin your journey. Draft guidance on implementing a zero trust architecture,…
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Stop wasting money on ineffective threat intelligence: 5 mistakes to avoid
Tags: business, ciso, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, edr, finance, group, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, jobs, malware, monitoring, risk, risk-management, siem, soc, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementStrong capabilities in cyber threat intelligence (CTI) can help take a cybersecurity program to the next level on many different fronts. When organizations choose quality sources of threat intelligence that are relevant to their technology environments and their business context, these external sources can not only power swifter threat detection but also help leaders better…
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SOAR buyer’s guide: 11 security orchestration, automation, and response products, and how to choose
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, business, chatgpt, cisco, cloud, compliance, container, cybersecurity, data, detection, edr, endpoint, firewall, fortinet, gartner, google, group, guide, Hardware, ibm, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, jobs, LLM, malware, mandiant, marketplace, microsoft, mitigation, monitoring, network, okta, risk, saas, security-incident, service, siem, soar, soc, software, technology, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-daySecurity orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) has undergone a major transformation in the past few years. Features in each of the words in its description that were once exclusive to SOAR have bled into other tools. For example, responses can be found now in endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools. Orchestration is now a joint…
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Cyber Heads Up: Tenable Plugin Update Causes Agents to Disconnect from Cloud Console (Read for Fix)
Overview: We hope you had a fantastic holiday! Unfortunately, the Grinch might have left one last surprise for us Tenable has identified a critical issue affecting Nessus Agent versions 10.8.0 and 10.8.1, causing some headaches for vulnerability management teams. A recent plugin update has rendered these agents offline and unresponsive, halting vulnerability scans on”¦ Continue…
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Nuclei Patches High Severity Flaw in Security Tool
Flaw Enabled Signature Bypassing on Nuclei ProjectDiscovery. Open-source vulnerability scanner Nuclei patched a critical flaw in its open-source vulnerability management tool ProjectDiscovery. Security firm Wiz uncovered the flaw, a signature verification system flaw that could allow attackers to execute malicious code using custom code templates. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/nuclei-patches-high-severity-flaw-in-security-tool-a-27224
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A Mixed Bag for Cybersecurity Stocks in 2024 as Paths Differ
Data Protection, Firewall Stocks Surge as Vulnerability Management Stocks Struggle Fortunes diverged for publicly-traded cybersecurity companies in 2024, as the technology category they played in and market share they held largely determined their fate. Investors last year looked favorably upon companies in the data protection space, with Commvault and Rubrik recording big gains. First seen…
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Blown the cybersecurity budget? Here are 7 ways cyber pros can save money
Tags: access, advisory, ai, automation, business, cio, ciso, cloud, control, cyber, cybersecurity, finance, governance, group, guide, infrastructure, intelligence, international, jobs, office, risk, service, skills, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementIt’s hard to find a CISO or cybersecurity leader who has the money they need to pay for all the work they want to do.A majority of CISOs (57%) said they expect to see an increase in their cybersecurity budgets over the next one to two years, according to Deloitte’s Global Future of Cyber Report,…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: What Looms on Cyberland’s Horizon? Here’s What Tenable Experts Predict for 2025
Tags: access, ai, attack, best-practice, breach, business, cisa, ciso, cloud, computer, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, exploit, flaw, guide, hacker, ibm, incident response, intelligence, lessons-learned, monitoring, office, resilience, risk, service, software, strategy, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustWondering what cybersecurity trends will have the most impact in 2025? Check out six predictions from Tenable experts about cyber issues that should be on your radar screen in the new year, including AI security, data protection, cloud security… and much more! 1 – Data protection will become even more critical as AI usage surges…
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Anton’s Security Blog Quarterly Q4 2024
Tags: ai, automation, ciso, cloud, cyber, defense, detection, edr, google, governance, incident response, metric, office, security-incident, siem, soc, threat, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustAmazingly, Medium has fixed the stats so my blog/podcast quarterly is back to life. As before, this covers both Anton on Security and my posts from Google Cloud blog, and our Cloud Security Podcast (subscribe). Meta AI creation, steampunk theme Top 10 posts with the most lifetime views (excluding paper announcement blogs): Security Correlation Then…
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Attackers exploit zero-day RCE flaw in Cleo managed file transfer
Tags: advisory, attack, cve, edr, exploit, firewall, flaw, group, Internet, malicious, mitigation, moveIT, powershell, ransomware, rce, remote-code-execution, software, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, windows, zero-daySecurity researchers have warned about in-the-wild attacks that exploit a remote code execution vulnerability in managed file transfer (MFT) solutions developed by enterprise software vendor Cleo Communications.The impacted products include the latest versions of Cleo LexiCom, Cleo VLTrader and Cleo Harmony, with experts advising to temporarily disconnect these systems from the internet until a patch…
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Black Hat Europe preview: Cryptographic protocol attacks and AI in the spotlight
Tags: access, ai, application-security, attack, authentication, backdoor, best-practice, computer, conference, control, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, dns, encryption, exploit, finance, github, government, hacker, healthcare, identity, injection, Internet, LLM, malicious, microsoft, mitigation, office, open-source, radius, RedTeam, risk, service, sophos, technology, tool, training, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, windowsThis week in London Black Hat Europe will feature a diverse range of talks and presentations covering the latest developments in cybersecurity.The opening keynote on Wednesday will be delivered by Frédérick Douzet, a professor of geopolitics at the University of Paris 8, and director of the French Institute of Geopolitics research team. No preview is…
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Surviving the Weekly CVE Review Gauntlet
Every week, IT and security teams gather be it in a virtual conference room or a cramped huddle space prepared to spend an hour or two wincing at massive lists of “Critical” and “High” severity vulnerabilities. The vulnerability management tools have done their job, dutifully regurgitating every fresh CVE from public feeds. On… Read More…
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Vulnerability Management Challenges in IoT & OT Environments
By understanding the unique challenges of protecting IoT and OT devices, organizations can safeguard these critical assets against evolving cyber threats. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/vulnerability-management-challenges-iot-ot-environments
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Want to Grow Vulnerability Management into Exposure Management? Start Here!
Vulnerability Management (VM) has long been a cornerstone of organizational cybersecurity. Nearly as old as the discipline of cybersecurity itself, it aims to help organizations identify and address potential security issues before they become serious problems. Yet, in recent years, the limitations of this approach have become increasingly evident. At its core, Vulnerability Management First…
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GigaOm zeichnet Qualys VMDR erneut als Leader im Continuous Vulnerability Management aus
Das unabhängige Analystenunternehmen GigaOm hat mehr als 20 Anbieter untersucht und jeden auf einer Achse für Reife versus Innovation und Feature Play… First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/gigaom-zeichnet-qualys-vmdr-erneut-als-leader-im-continuous-vulnerability-management-aus/a38776/
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The effect of compliance requirements on vulnerability management strategies
In this Help Net Security interview, Steve Carter, CEO of Nucleus Security, discusses the ongoing challenges in vulnerability management, including prioritizing … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/11/29/steve-carter-nucleus-security-vulnerability-management-challenges/
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9 VPN alternatives for securing remote network access
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, automation, best-practice, business, cloud, compliance, computer, computing, control, corporate, credentials, cve, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, dns, encryption, endpoint, exploit, firewall, fortinet, group, guide, Hardware, iam, identity, infrastructure, Internet, iot, least-privilege, login, malicious, malware, mfa, microsoft, monitoring, network, office, password, ransomware, risk, router, saas, service, software, strategy, switch, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, waf, zero-trustOnce the staple for securing employees working remotely, VPNs were designed to provide secure access to corporate data and systems for a small percentage of a workforce while the majority worked within traditional office confines. The move to mass remote working brought about by COVID-19 in early 2020 changed things dramatically. Since then, large numbers…
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Walking the Walk: How Tenable Embraces Its >>Secure by Design<< Pledge to CISA
Tags: access, application-security, attack, authentication, best-practice, business, cisa, cloud, conference, container, control, credentials, cve, cvss, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, exploit, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, injection, Internet, leak, lessons-learned, mfa, open-source, passkey, password, phishing, risk, saas, service, siem, software, sql, strategy, supply-chain, theft, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementAs a cybersecurity leader, Tenable was proud to be one of the original signatories of CISA’s “Secure by Design” pledge earlier this year. Our embrace of this pledge underscores our commitment to security-first principles and reaffirms our dedication to shipping robust, secure products that our users can trust. Read on to learn how we’re standing…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Prompt Injection and Data Disclosure Top OWASP’s List of Cyber Risks for GenAI LLM Apps
Tags: access, advisory, ai, application-security, attack, backup, best-practice, breach, cisa, cloud, computer, cve, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, exploit, extortion, firewall, framework, governance, government, group, guide, Hardware, incident, incident response, infrastructure, injection, intelligence, Internet, LLM, malicious, microsoft, mitigation, mitre, monitoring, network, nist, office, open-source, powershell, privacy, ransomware, regulation, risk, risk-management, russia, service, skills, software, sql, strategy, supply-chain, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, windowsDon’t miss OWASP’s update to its “Top 10 Risks for LLMs” list. Plus, the ranking of the most harmful software weaknesses is out. Meanwhile, critical infrastructure orgs have a new framework for using AI securely. And get the latest on the BianLian ransomware gang and on the challenges of protecting water and transportation systems against…
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Wiz Fortifies Application Security With $450M Dazz Purchase
Buy of Application Security Startup Enhances Code-to-Cloud Vulnerability Management. Wiz acquired application security posture management startup Dazz for $450 million to provide enterprises with a unified code-to-cloud solution. CEO Merav Bahat highlights how this partnership will streamline vulnerability management and strengthen remediation capabilities for global organizations. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/wiz-fortifies-application-security-450m-dazz-purchase-a-26875
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How Veriti Evolves Vulnerability Management Into Exposure Management which we believe aligns with the Gartner® approach
Effective vulnerability management has moved from a reactive process to a proactive, strategic imperative. Gartner 2024 report, How to Grow Vulnerability Management Into Exposure Management, says “Creating prioritized lists of security vulnerabilities isn’t enough to cover all exposures or find actionable solutions. Security operations managers should go beyond vulnerability management and build a continuous threat……