As ransomware attacks continue to claim hundreds of thousands of victims, organizations are scrambling to figure out if their current security tools can effectively stop, detect, and remediate large-scale ransomware attacks.While the major WannaCry ransomware attack was stopped by an uncovered kill switch, experts...
Q&A with Carolyn Crandall, CMO at Attivo NetworksFortinet sits down with Fabric-Ready Partner, Attivo Networks, to learn what’s top of mind for its customers, the key IT challenges they are facing, and how Attivo Networks’ approach to integrated security is helping drive business and customer...
Yesterday, a huge outbreak of phishing emails was discovered around 11:30 PT when an unknown organization sent out emails saying that someone from the recipient’s contacts list shared a Google document with them. A Google spokesperson said that the company has disabled the accounts...
Written by: Carolyn Crandall, CMO & Chief Deception Officer - Most companies have invested heavily in perimeter defenses, but there remains a gap in detection, which leaves risk and exposure to attack. Internal network monitoring remains a challenging task, and while there are many...
Organizations continue to state that deploying effective and efficient incident response remains one of their top ongoing challenges. Unfortunately, there isn’t an easy solution since the goal line continues to move back, while the “game” gets increasingly more complex. CSIRTs battle with a...
According to a new study by Trend Micro, there is a reason ransomware continues to dominate the security news cycle. The study found that new ransomware families increased a whopping 752% in 2016. The report adds that the availability of open source ransomware and...
For many years, Healthcare records have been extremely valuable to the criminal world. In 2014, it was reported that Healthcare records were 10x more valuable than standard financial data – as the opportunity for identity theft and medical fraud utilizing those stolen records was...
The ISE® Southeast Executive Forum and Awards 2017 were held in Atlanta, GA. and we were extremely pleased to learn that two projects, one by Aflac and the other by Home Depot were recognized for their unique use of deception-based detection technology....
It had all the makings of a blockbuster horror movie: Malicious actors, ineffective agents and plenty of cameras. However, in last week’s hack through thousands of IoT devices, the carnage was real. The irony here is that the surveillance cameras companies use to monitor events...
Performing regular assessments to determine the efficacy of security programs is foundational to understanding the reliability of programs, security gaps, compliance issues, and whether security technology is ending up as “shelfware”. To gain continued program support and funding, information security teams are expected to...