The threat landscape is full of moving targets. Over time, popular tools, tactics, and procedures change. Malicious techniques fall out of fashion, only to come roaring back months, if not years, later. All the while, security practitioners monitor network traffic and adapt their defenses to protect their users and networks. Keeping on top of these trends is one of the most … [Read more...] about How to Monitor Network Traffic: Findings from the Cisco Cyber Threat Trends Report
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Key Findings from the CrowdStrike 2024 State of Application Security Report
As organizations shift their applications and operations to the cloud and increasingly drive revenues through software, cloud-native applications and APIs have emerged among the greatest areas of modern security risk. According to publicly available data, eight of the top 10 data breaches of 2023 were related to application attack surfaces.1 These eight breaches alone exposed … [Read more...] about Key Findings from the CrowdStrike 2024 State of Application Security Report
New Findings Challenge Attribution in Denmark’s Energy Sector Cyberattacks
Jan 14, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Vulnerability The cyber attacks targeting the energy sector in Denmark last year may not have had the involvement of the Russia-linked Sandworm hacking group, new findings from Forescout show. The intrusions, which targeted around 22 Danish energy organizations in May 2023, occurred in two distinct waves, one which exploited a security flaw … [Read more...] about New Findings Challenge Attribution in Denmark’s Energy Sector Cyberattacks
Achieving Security Resilience: Findings from the Security Outcomes Report, Vol 3
I am excited to announce the release of Cisco’s annual flagship cybersecurity report, the Security Outcomes Report, Volume 3: Achieving Security Resilience. It’s about preparing, adapting, and overcoming security challenges and threats, and an organisation’s ability to respond and emerge stronger.It’s the organization’s ability to respond to the inevitable attacks and … [Read more...] about Achieving Security Resilience: Findings from the Security Outcomes Report, Vol 3
Security Outcomes Report: Top Findings from Around the World
The Security Outcomes Study has been out for a few weeks now and I’ve had time to sit back and read it over with coffee in hand. The report empirically measures what factors drive the best security outcomes. The part that really caught me from the outset was the fact that this was based on a survey wherein the respondents didn’t in fact know that it was for Cisco. I think this … [Read more...] about Security Outcomes Report: Top Findings from Around the World
Findings from Gartner’s Market Guide for Email Security 2019
Gartner’s Market Guide for Email Security 2019 reaffirms that an increasing number of organizations are migrating their email platforms to the cloud. According to Gartner, “by 2021, Gartner expects 70% of public and private companies to be using cloud email services.”1 But, that access to email from anywhere and on any device means it is essential that organizations protect … [Read more...] about Findings from Gartner’s Market Guide for Email Security 2019
RSA Conference 2019 Security Operations Center Findings Report Released
RSA and Cisco released the first ever Findings Report from the RSA Conference 2019 Security Operations Center (SOC). The RSA® Conference SOC analyzes the Moscone Center wireless traffic, which is an open network during the week of the Conference. The SOC began collecting traffic on Monday, March 4, 2019 and through 4:00PM Thursday, March 7, 2019. There were 70,440,988 sessions … [Read more...] about RSA Conference 2019 Security Operations Center Findings Report Released