July 23, 2024 at 01:39PM The CrowdStrike chaos highlighted the importance of understanding delayed updates in the anti-malware world. Many administrators assumed faulty updates would be fixed before affecting their systems. However, the N-2 policy only applied to part of the system, causing widespread Blue Screen of Death issues. The incident underscores the need for … Read more
April 26, 2024 at 08:37AM Mike Wagner, the former information security professional at Johnson & Johnson, transitioned to become the first CISO of J&J’s spin-off Kenvue. He aimed to create a streamlined, cost-effective security architecture using key roles and incorporating machine learning and AI. Wagner’s team also determined which J&J cybersecurity tools and processes to … Read more
April 12, 2024 at 01:35PM The text “Cybersecurity Decluttered: A Journey to Consolidation” discusses the evolving cybersecurity landscape and the need for businesses to streamline their security stack. It emphasizes the challenges of managing disparate security tools and proposes a consolidation strategy to achieve a core set of safeguards. The authors advocate for a proactive … Read more
February 12, 2024 at 05:39AM This article discusses the challenges associated with Incident Response (IR) and the critical role of identifying compromised user accounts in containing and mitigating cyber attacks. It introduces Silverfort’s Unified Identity Protection Platform, highlighting how its real-time Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and identity segmentation address blind spots and accelerate the IR process, … Read more