“Life moves pretty fast. If you stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”– Ferris BuellerOh how quickly the times change. Over the past 5 years, as Logz.io has executed its annual DevOps Pulse Survey and created the accompanying report, the state of “modern” cloud engineering and monitoring practices have advanced at a torrid pace.As a result, so has the project … [Read more...] about Survey: Complexity and Costs Threaten Health of Strong DevOps
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Forrester names Elastic a Strong Performer in the Endpoint Detection and Response Wave
Security at scaleForrester stated in the EDR Wave that “Threat hunters can search data and visualize it with graphs and charts, and can also schedule queries.” The analyst firm also mentioned that “Elastic is best suited for security teams with a depth of knowledge that want a flexible offering with features of SIEM and EDR.” Elastic purposefully combined SIEM and EDR so that … [Read more...] about Forrester names Elastic a Strong Performer in the Endpoint Detection and Response Wave
Forrester Wave Names CrowdStrike Strong Performer For Cloud Workload Security
“In its current CWS offering, the vendor has great CSPM capabilities for Azure, including detecting overprivileged admins and enforcing storage least privilege and encryption, virtual machine, and network policy controls.” – The Forrester Wave™: Cloud Workload Security, Q1 2022 CrowdStrike is excited to announce we have been named a “Strong Performer” in The Forrester Wave:™ … [Read more...] about Forrester Wave Names CrowdStrike Strong Performer For Cloud Workload Security
Forrester Recognizes Cisco Secure Endpoint Advancements – Promotes to Strong Performer
Secure Endpoint offers more as shown in new Forrester Wave report At the publishing of the previous Q3 2019 Forrester Wave report for Endpoint Security Suites, Secure Endpoint was lauded as one of the least obtrusive security products to end-user productivity. Now, per Forrester’s Q2 2021 report, Cisco has increased its market presence to the next level and has moved upward … [Read more...] about Forrester Recognizes Cisco Secure Endpoint Advancements – Promotes to Strong Performer
How to Balance IT Stability and Strong Security
Remember the old days of deploying Anti-Virus (AV) across your organization? Most often, it was a “set it and forget it” approach. It worked back then. Until it didn’t. This leaves us with a perplexing dichotomy. On the one hand, the mindset of the old AV days still persists, where many companies are reluctant to update, upgrade, or even touch their existing security … [Read more...] about How to Balance IT Stability and Strong Security
Creating A Strong Password Policy With Specops and NIST Guidelines
End-user passwords are one of the weakest components of your overall security protocols. Most users tend to reuse passwords across work and personal accounts. They may also choose relatively weak passwords that satisfy company password policies but can be easily guessed or brute-forced. Your users may also inadvertently use breached passwords for their corporate account … [Read more...] about Creating A Strong Password Policy With Specops and NIST Guidelines