The patterns of cyber attacks are well known and so are the targets. The bad guys are seeking to break in to get valuable data or take actions that benefit them, and want to go undetected for as long as possible. There are a number...
Security-focused service providers that don't have a deception strategy, take note: This market is on track to hit $1.5 billion by 2021 and can be the cure to the false-positive blues. MSPs looking to spot malicious insiders trying to move laterally through a network and reduce attacker dwell...
An active defense is the use of offensive actions to outmaneuver an adversary and make an attack more difficult and to carry out. Slowing down or derailing the attacker so they cannot advance or complete their attack increases the probability that the attacker will make a mistake and expose their presence or reveal...
Attivo Networks will present alongside the FBI at this year’s FS-ISAC Annual Summit, held May 20-23 in Boca Raton, Fla. This year’s event theme is Strength in Sharing and will focus on how to solve the challenges of the evolving threat landscape and support corporate...
Deception technology is an emerging category of cyber defense that is particularly useful when it comes to IoT devices, SCADA systems and medical devices. Threatpost talks to Tony Cole, CTO of Attivo Networks, about how deception technology has evolved, the challenges behind and opportunities of...
Security professionals have long dismissed security by obscurity or attempts to hide information from hackers. In such schemes, hackers will sniff through the decoys and find the real assets. A new class of security technology – distributed deception – may change that thinking. Distributed deception...
By: Carolyn Crandall, Chief Deception Officer/CMO From Sun Tzu to George Washington, some of the greatest military strategists in history have lived by the philosophy that “the best defense is a good offense,” and the proverb also rings true when it comes to IT...
Digital transformation is becoming increasingly mainstream, with the majority of organizations in the region either planning or already starting their journey. To assist this process, they have started using innovative technologies such as cognitive systems, virtual and augmented reality, robotics, and the Internet of Things...
Attivo Networks announced today that it has received two 2018 InfoSec Awards from Cyber Defense Magazine. The company was named Most Innovative in the Deception Based Security category and received a Best Product Award in the Insider Threat Detection category. Winners will be honored at the...
There is widespread industry discussion and debate about the current Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act (ACDC), introduced to Congress in March of 2017, that would allow companies the right to hack back after a “persistent unauthorized intrusion.” This bill has become increasingly relevant in the...