What Is Security Intelligence? Here’s What Your Business Leaders Want to Know
Every so often, a new phrase or buzzword does the rounds for a bit before it goes off to join the other forgotten buzzwords in the sky, only to be recalled at corporate parties for a laugh, or to gauge how long someone has been in the trade. However, a select few remain firmly embedded…
Rinse, Wash, Repeat: Defining, Planning and Continuously Improving Your SIEM Strategy
Designing your security information and event management (SIEM) strategy can be very challenging, particularly in complex environments that depend on many systems and stakeholders. For security leaders, it may seem as though this work is never complete. Indeed, maintaining an effective SIEM program requires a cyclical approach of reviewing business objectives, planning detection and response…
Seven Steps to Improve Your Security Operations and Response
It’s hard to escape the reality that every day, cyberthreats morph and expand, escalating the need to improve and tighten security operations and response practices. While it may feel overwhelming, there are ways to help level the playing field. Cognitive computing and machine learning are new technologies that can empower security practitioners to focus on…
The Role of the Security Intelligence Analyst and the Three Main Elements of Cybersecurity
In the modern security operations center (SOC) model, the security intelligence analyst (SIA) represents a core role. In my opinion, it is one of the most important roles in the field of the cybersecurity. Customers often ask me what the role of the SIA actually is. The SIA is responsible for protecting the organization against…
Mirror, Mirror: Using Self-Protection to Boost App Security
Last week while reading to my toddler, I came across the story of “Snow White,” in which the evil queen consults a magic mirror to find her greatest threat, the fairest person in the land. While my kid fell asleep — probably due to my effective storytelling technique — I kept thinking about why the…
Migrating Security to the Cloud: A Model for Total Cost of Ownership
Sometimes the more things change, the more they stay the same. Businesses are migrating from traditional on-premises maintenance of their hardware and software to software-as-a-service (SaaS) and cloud at record levels. But any evaluation of such a move must include more than just the obvious costs of hardware and software. When migrating security to the…
Obama orders review of election hacks as Trump doubts Russia’s role
President Barack Obama has ordered U.S. intelligence agencies to conduct a full review of the cyberattacks that allegedly tried to disrupt this year’s election, as his successor Donald Trump casts doubt over Russia’s possible involvement. Obama’s homeland security advisor Lisa Monaco first mentioned the need for the review while speaking to reporters on Friday morning, according…
Is Your Security Intelligence Solution Stuck in the Past?
A few years back, I invested in a video gaming platform that was a little different. To play it, you had to get off the couch, fling your arms around, jump, balance and more. I continued to buy into new games and gadgets that even allowed me to be a rock star. But then it…
What can we do about the critical cybersecurity skills shortage?
Tech-savvy youth could plug a widening skills gap as employers seek to combat the growing threat of cybercrime and avert mass disruption to public and private lives. But the industry is failing to provide a clear path for young people to find work, hone their skills, and serve society. Instead, they are being tempted to…
SMB security: The evolving role of SaaS and IT outsourcing
SMBs need to bridge the gap between smaller IT security budgets and a shortage of expertise to face the very real and growing threat of cyber attacks, according to Kaspersky Lab. Over half (54 percent) of SMBs believe that their IT security will be compromised at some point and that preparation is essential, with 40…