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How To Safely Reintroduce Devices Onto School Networks

School IT professionals should take a methodical approach when bringing devices back onto school networks after several months of distance learning.

April 13, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Distance learning helped students and educators connect during the pandemic-induced lockdown, but returning to the physical school buildings with devices that have been home for more than a year could introduce significant cyber risk to the organization at a time when schools are an attractive target of cybercriminals. When schools closed their buildings last and […]

Elastic Announces New Capabilities to Accelerate Threat Hunting Workflows, Prevent Ransomware, and Eliminate Blind Spots in Elastic Security

March 25, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Arming Practitioners With Analyst-Driven Correlation, Behavioral Ransomware Prevention, and Nearly Unlimited Data Lookback Capabilities Accelerating threat hunting and investigation workflows with analyst-driven correlation powered by Event Query Language (EQL). Adding a new layer of ransomware prevention with behavioral analysis in the Elastic Agent. Leaving cyber threats nowhere to hide by making more data available to […]

Cybersecurity Vendor FireEye Says It Was Attacked By ‘Sophisticated’ Actor

FireEye CEO says a highly trained threat actor stole tools the company uses to test the network defenses of its customers.

December 9, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Nation-state hackers with access to advanced tools broke into the network of U.S. cybersecurity firm FireEye and stole tools it uses to test the network defenses of its customers, the company announced Tuesday. According to a statement from FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia, the attacker appears to be highly sophisticated and has access to advanced tools […]

CrowdStrike: Ransomware, Nation-State Attacks Dominate Security Threats

State-backed attacks and ransomware demands averaging around $1 million are the top concerns for security professionals, CrowdStrike survey finds.

November 23, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

According to a new survey from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, nation state attacks and ransomware remain top priorities of security professionals as the global pandemic and remote work continue to shape our professional lives. The company’s third annual Global Security Attitude Survey, produced by an independent research firm, includes the results of a survey of 2,200 […]

My TechDecisions Podcast – Episode 58, Tunde Odeleye of PCM

Host Jonathan Blackwood speaks with Tunde Odeleye about malware, ransomware, cybersecurity technology, and more.

February 12, 2019 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Host Jonathan Blackwood speaks with Tunde Odeleye about malware, ransomware, cybersecurity technology, and more.

Passcodes Are Protected By the Law – Sort Of

Citing a case from Florida, Naked Security delves into the Fifth Amendment, and how legal cases involving passcodes are affected.

November 20, 2018 Jessica Messier Leave a Comment

Citing a case from Florida, Naked Security delves into the Fifth Amendment, and how legal cases involving passcodes are affected.

Getting a Grip on the Micro-Segmentation Market to Envision Next-Gen Cybersecurity

The global micro-segmentation market is expected to reach $2 billion in the coming years. Here’s what you need to know about how it will affect cybersecurity.

March 19, 2018 Katherine Johnson Leave a Comment

The global micro-segmentation market is expected to reach $2 billion in the coming years. Here’s what you need to know about how it will affect cybersecurity.

Pax8 Adds Symantec Cloud Workload Protection to Lineup

The cloud workload protection from Symantec is designed to help buesinesses embrace cloud without exposing themselves to threats, and adds to the Pax8 portfolio.

February 19, 2018 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

The cloud workload protection from Symantec is designed to help buesinesses embrace cloud without exposing themselves to threats, and adds to the Pax8 portfolio.

Anti-Phishing Added to Intermedia Email Security Solution

The cloud business application vendor’s Intermedia Email Protection offering now comes with six different safeguards against one of today’s most rampant threats at no additional cost.

August 21, 2017 Rich Freeman Leave a Comment

The cloud business application vendor’s Intermedia Email Protection offering now comes with six different safeguards against one of today’s most rampant threats at no additional cost.

New Anti-Spear Phishing Solution, Sentinel, Launched by Baracuda

Called Sentinel, the cloud-based system uses artificial intelligence technology to block dangerous messages in real time, and includes domain fraud prevention and end user awareness functionality as well.

July 5, 2017 Rich Freeman Leave a Comment

Called Sentinel, the cloud-based system uses artificial intelligence technology to block dangerous messages in real time, and includes domain fraud prevention and end user awareness functionality as well.