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Take The Stress Out of Securing Your Workforce

Jane Frankland

The average data breach lifecycle is still too lengthy, malware variants are growing by 45%, and although ransomware attacks were lower than last year, ransom payments are rising as more companies are prepared to pay out than ever before. Smart IT decision makers are paying attention.

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Top Third-Party Data Breaches of 2024: What You Need to Know

Responsible Cyber

UnitedHealth Group Change Healthcare Incident The February 2024 ransomware attack on Change Healthcare emerged as the largest healthcare data breach in U.S. The BlackCat ransomware gang exploited vulnerabilities in the company’s Citrix remote access service, stealing 6 TB of sensitive data.

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McAfee NSP Provides Superior Security and Performance

McAfee

The NSP Next Generation Intrusion Prevention System (NGIPS) solution was independently assessed by Miercom engineers for security, performance, and hands-on use to provide unbiased verification of McAfee Enterprise’s unique qualities. About the Testing. Key Findings. Prevented 98.7% Detected 97.8%

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APT Attacks & Prevention

eSecurity Planet

These attacks focus on financially-rewarding exploitation such as cryptojacking , botnet proliferation, business email compromise, or ransomware. For example, the Cuba ransomware gang exploited ProxyShell and ProxyLogon vulnerabilities in Windows exchange servers to plant backdoors into the exchange server and deliver additional malware.

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What Is EDR in Cyber Security: Overview & Capabilities

eSecurity Planet

Integrating with other security solutions: Combine EDR with SIEM systems, threat intelligence feeds , and other tools to improve overall threat detection and response capabilities throughout your security ecosystem. This capability minimizes damage and considerably shortens the recovery period.

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EDR vs EPP vs Antivirus: Comparing Endpoint Protection Solutions

eSecurity Planet

Benefits of Using EDR Solutions EDR tools improve threat hunting by detecting hidden threats, restoring ransomware to its pre-infection form, increasing visibility through continuous analysis, reducing dwell time by immediately neutralizing threats, and streamlining incident response. per device. What Is Antivirus Software?

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Introducing next-generation firewall from Palo Alto Networks to support 5G-enabled IoT, OT and IT use cases

CyberSecurity Insiders

Next-generation firewalls from Palo Alto Networks with AT&T Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) solutions are designed to help protect enterprises while optimizing security performance for these new use cases. Prime time for innovation.