Stop ransomware by preventing Active Directory exploitation
Modern Active Directory protection tools can prevent attackers from seeing the data they seek and gaining accurate information when querying AD....
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Stopping the Next SolarWinds Requires Doing Something Different
By Tony Cole, CTO, Attivo Networks Will the SolarWinds breach finally prompt the right legislative and regulatory actions on a broader, more effective scale? The SolarWinds breach is not the first major supply chain breach, but previous similar breaches failed to prompt effective regulatory action. Both governments...
The Top Technology Issue In The Corporate Boardroom Isn’t What You Think
Illustrating that while corporate directors are starting to look forward, protecting the value that their digital strategies and systems create is never far from mind. Tony Cole, CTO of Attivo Networks, said, “It’s time for company boards to understand that our economy is completely reliant on...
Watch now: Protecting Data and AI in Healthcare Summit
Carolyn Crandall, chief security advocate of Attivo Networks, joined a panel discussion that dug into the topic of AI and healthcare security: The risks faced by hospitals when it comes to IoMT (Networked medical devices and the cyber threat to those) and some best practices on...
3 Keys to Defending Active Directory
While perimeter defenses like firewalls and antivirus software remain essential elements of comprehensive network defense, stopping 100% of attacks at the perimeter is an impossibility with today’s ever-evolving attack surface. Eventually, an attacker will successfully breach those defenses, establishing a beachhead within the network from...
Amid Today’s Threat Landscape, Protecting Active Directory is a CISO-Level Concern
Despite Active Directory’s critical role in today’s IT infrastructure, CISOs rarely list protecting it as a top priority. They assume that policy management and periodic audits are sufficient to cover it, and too often, it fades into the background as part of the plumbing —...
SolarWinds cyber strike: Russia did it, say US and UK
The US and UK have officially attributed the SolarWinds cyber attack which affected 18,000 organisations globally to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki, the SVR). In a joint advisory, the NSA, FBI and Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said SVR actors – known among...
Russian infosec firm Positive Technologies trying to stay positive after US sanctions
Tony Cole, CTO of Attivo Networks and an Obama-era US cybersecurity policy official, told The Register that the wider effects of the sanctions against Russia were likely to be “minimal” in the short term....
Tips small businesses can use to strengthen their cyber health
While cyberattacks targeting large corporations or government agencies tend to make splashy headlines, the truth is that many attackers are shifting their priorities to focus on small businesses. Unfortunately, these smaller businesses generally lack the resources and security capabilities of larger organizations. In fact, 83%...
Cloud computing has put security configuration errors in the spotlight
The rapid deployment and expansion of cloud technology over the past year has led to a dangerous rise in misconfigurations—a vulnerability that cybercriminals are only too eager to exploit. It’s increasingly critical for organizations to identify and implement tools to protect themselves from opportunistic attackers...