Patching really, really matters – patching is what keeps technology solutions from becoming like big blocks of Swiss cheese, with endless security vulnerabilities punching hole after hole into critical solutions. But anyone who's spent any amount of time maintaining systems will know that patching is often easier said than done. Yes, in some instances, you can just run a … [Read more...] about Why Database Patching Best Practice Just Doesn’t Work and How to Fix It
Work
SASE, ZTNA and XDR market trends must work together for simplified security
Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), and Extended Detection and Response (XDR) are market trends that had started well before the year 2020. But last year they were both accelerated and catalyzed at warp speed to fundamentally overhaul the security industry. Some observers say as much as a decade’s worth of digital transformation occurred across … [Read more...] about SASE, ZTNA and XDR market trends must work together for simplified security
Securing Remote Work: Questions You Should Ask
No one could have anticipated the overnight need to rapidly pivot from working in an office to working remotely. Today, 76% of employees are working from home, needing remote access to corporate systems from all sorts of devices from unknown, potentially unsecure home networks. But with 68% of breaches originating on endpoints and bad actors intensifying pandemic-themed malware … [Read more...] about Securing Remote Work: Questions You Should Ask
Securing Remote Work: Protecting Endpoints the Right Way
The remote work environment has been around for years. In fact, 56% of employees in the US have a job where some of what they do could be done remotely even before the pandemic. However, no one could have predicted the sudden need to fast-track remote worker access to corporate systems. Overnight, we’ve gone from environments where most of us were confined to an office … [Read more...] about Securing Remote Work: Protecting Endpoints the Right Way
Cisco and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Work Together to Accelerate Cloud Adoption
The cloud is an interesting paradigm that takes on multiple personas, depending on who you ask. For the purposes of this post, by the “cloud” I am referring to Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) public cloud providers, also referred to as Cloud Service Providers (CSPs). Presently, the IaaS market is experiencing the “highest growth rate” among all cloud services and is expected … [Read more...] about Cisco and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Work Together to Accelerate Cloud Adoption
Why CrowdStrike’s Work Culture is Remote-First
Over the past decade, remote work has been gradually shifting from a coveted perk to a popular arrangement, especially in the tech sector — and in recent months, COVID-19 has expedited that shift across many industries. For digital-native companies like CrowdStrike®, the ability to work remotely is a deliberate strategy that fuels rapid innovation and attracts the best and … [Read more...] about Why CrowdStrike’s Work Culture is Remote-First
Our Work with the DNC: Setting the record straight
June 5, 2020 UPDATE Blog update following the release of the testimony by Shawn Henry, CSO and President of CrowdStrike Services, before the House Intelligence Committee that was recently declassified. What was CrowdStrike’s role in investigating the hack of the DNC? CrowdStrike was contacted on April 30, 2016 to respond to a suspected breach. We began our work with the DNC on … [Read more...] about Our Work with the DNC: Setting the record straight