Recently, someone asked me how organizations can take advantage of untapped cloud consumption capabilities.

At first, the question stumped me. After all, public cloud computing is a well-established model at this point, and virtually every organization is taking advantage of cloud software, infrastructure or platforms on some level. Even organizations that are keeping a sizable chunk of their resources in-house typically have a reason to do so — whether that has to do with cost, security or the need to run legacy applications on certain infrastructure. (It’s not as though these IT administrators simply haven’t considered the cloud.)

Organizations face many challenges when it comes to keeping their operations secure and driving the most value from their next-generation firewalls (NGFWs). How to overcome these challenges is one of the most common discussions I have with customers. They often don’t have the personnel resources to tackle these important but mundane tasks. One fix is…

Threat hunting has become an important cybersecurity practice. Building on the presumption that sophisticated attackers have already successfully penetrated many enterprise networks, threat hunting seeks to uncover evidence of these compromises, enabling a rapid response. While few of the organizations I work with are conducting threat hunting activities, many of them are talking about it….

In December 2015, more than 200,000 Ukrainians found themselves without power during a blackout cause by a cyberattack launched from within the Russian Federation. The attack was carried out by a spear-phishing campaign that was used to install malware on energy company computers. The malware, dubbed BlackEnergy, was specifically designed for use against industrial control…

Just how bad is the security landscape in healthcare? In 2017, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights reported that 358 breaches of 500 or more records impacted more than 5 million individuals, according to HIMSS Analytics. What’s more, a 2018 Ponemon report focusing on the financial impact of breaches notes…

Next-generation firewalls and other advanced security tools can be a double-edged sword. They’re great at ferreting out and thwarting attacks that get past older technologies. But they also generate far more alerts and logs, which overload IT staff. No wonder one of the first things IT departments do after deploying next-gen security tools is minimize…