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5 technologies that help prevent cyberattacks for SMBs 

Malwarebytes

Your level of prevention is determined by how much risk you accept to take on. There are two extremes to prevent cyberattacks: Overly permissive prevention and absolute prevention—and where you fall on that spectrum depends on the level of risk in your organization. DNS filtering. Something like, “Here's a laptop.

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Security Roundup July 2024

BH Consulting

MFA is seen as a critical control in reducing the risk of account takeovers. Sadly, making things mandatory is often the most effective way to manage this risk. Cyber insurance: whisper it, but it seems to be working Cyber insurance premiums have dropped by 15 per cent compared to their peak in 2022.

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CISA, SolarWinds up interest in security scoring

SC Magazine

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently included security ratings or scoring as part of its cyber risk reduction initiative. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently included security ratings or scoring as part of its cyber risk reduction initiative.

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Building a Cyber Resilient Business: The Protection Layer

Webroot

This is all happening while companies are spending trillions digitizing their business operations and trying to obtain secure cyber insurance while keeping up with regulatory changes in GDPR, HIPAA, and Sarbanes-Oxley. The best way to weather these challenges is to become a cyber resilient business.

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A Gap in the Armor: What Was Missing from Black Hat 2024

Security Boulevard

While everyone is talking about AI, both the applications of it and risk from it, ransomware and the latest techniques to detect and stop it, cloud security and other related topics, I unfortunately saw very little about a topic I am passionate about – cyber resiliency.

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Implementing Zero Trust: Beyond Internal Network Models

Security Boulevard

However, the question that needs to be asked is – are people thinking about zero-trust broadly enough, and is your implementation really going to help move forward cyber resiliency and reduce digital risk across your organization? CISA and the NSA call this Protective DNS and recommend it as part of the Shields Up initiative.

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