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The Cherry on Top: Add Value to Existing Risk Management Activities With Open Source Tools

Issued by: Security Intelligence

Telling people about the virtues of open source security tools is like selling people on ice cream sundaes: It doesn’t take much of a sales pitch — and most people are convinced before you start. It’s probably not surprising that most security professionals are already using open source solutions to put a cherry on top…

Network Security

Tackle Five Top Security Operations Challenges With Threat Intelligence

Issued by: Security Week

“Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.” When Russian author Anton Chekhov said this more than a century ago, he very well could have been speaking of threat intelligence. More than 80 percent of cybersecurity professionals polled by SANS (PDF) say that threat intelligence is providing them value. Most organizations are…

Network Security

Reducing Dwell Time With Automated Incident Response

Issued by: Security Intelligence

If you do incident response work, you know it doesn’t matter whether you work for a large corporation or a small organization — an incident can strike at any given time. Unfortunately, there are often huge time lapses between when an incident occurs, when it is detected and when the security team can address it….

Malware & Threats

Know Your Security X’s and O’s: Your Cyberdefense Team Is Only as Good as Its Threat Intelligence

Issued by: Security Intelligence

All of us in the security industry realize that we face a virtually insurmountable task to ensure that the data belonging to our organizations and customers is kept safe and secure. If you step back and think about it, the list of potential perpetrators is daunting in scope. It includes cybercriminals, hacktivists, foreign governments, and…

Network Security

Machine Learning Is Our Best Weapon Against Spiraling Cyberthreats

Issued by: Security Intelligence

The security industry is facing a perfect storm created by the combination of an acute skill shortage, an expanding attack surface and increasingly sophisticated adversaries. As a result, the tactics that have served us in the past will no longer suffice. The only way to battle these mounting threats is through collaboration and the strategic use…

Network Security

Fortinet Enhances Network Security OS, Adds AI-based Threat Detection

Issued by: Security Week

Two major new product announcements were made at Fortinet’s Accelerate 18 conference this week, including a new machine learning (ML) threat intelligence and detection offering, along with a major upgrade to the Fortinet Security Fabric (FortiOS). Accelerate 18, held in Las Vegas, Nevada, is Fortinet’s annual global partner and user conference, attended by around 2,000…

Network Security

Identifying Named Pipe Impersonation and Other Malicious Privilege Escalation Techniques

Issued by: Security Intelligence

Privilege escalation is one of the key components of any attack that involves penetrating a system. If threat actors have limited access due to a current user’s privilege levels, they will naturally aim to escalate their privileges before expanding the scope of the attack. How can security professionals detect malicious escalation techniques before adversaries get…

Network Security

Rinse, Wash, Repeat: Defining, Planning and Continuously Improving Your SIEM Strategy

Issued by: Security Intelligence

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…

Network Security

Innovation, Collaboration and Security Awareness: What We’re Grateful for This Thanksgiving

Issued by: Security Intelligence

2017 has been yet another year full of widespread, highly disruptive ransomware attacks, data-destroying malware outbreaks and other headline-grabbing security incidents. However, with more organizations increasing their level of security awareness, sharing threat intelligence, achieving regulatory compliance, and recruiting more women and new collar workers to launch cybersecurity careers, there is plenty to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.

Malware & Threats

3 Pillars of Cyberthreat Intelligence

Issued by: Dark Reading

Strong enterprise cybersecurity programs must be a built on a framework that incorporates strategic, operational, and tactical leadership and goals. As an enterprise, you used to worry about your competitors and your goal was to outpace them, to outservice them, and to outsmart them. Today, you can be the smartest and the fastest and have…