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It’s been rough sailing for organisations in the past year or so. In addition to the ongoing challenges of COVID-19, there are the effects of Brexit, increasing public awareness of privacy rights and regulatory pressure to improve data protection practices. And, of course, there is the threat of cyber attacks. According to a UK government survey, 39% of UK businesses came under attack in the first quarter of 2021, with many incidents causing significant damage….

As we know, Tripwire Enterprise (TE) is the de-facto go-to solution for File Integrity Monitoring (FIM). In normal operations, we deploy a TE agent to a system we want to monitor. TE then uses that agent to baseline the system against the appropriate rules, creating a known good state for that system. Moving forward, that system is monitored for change per the rules that were used to create the baseline.  The list of supported operating systems…

Tripwire recently hired Naoufal Mzali as its first local regional sales manager specifically for the Africa and Levant region. I therefore decided to sit down with Naoufal and have a chat about cybersecurity and Tripwire’s mission for the region. Here’s what he had to say. Joe Pettit: Is the Levant and Africa a new territory for Tripwire? Or do you already have customers and partner networks there? Naoufal Mzali: Africa and Levant is not new…

Cyber insurance is gaining favor in the business world. An expert offers tips on how to get what’s needed for the best price. Image: iStock/Getty Images Plus In his TechRepublic article IBM finds cyberattacks costing companies nearly $4 million per breach, Jonathan Greig mentioned, “On average, breaches now cost organizations $3.86 million per attack, with the United States having the highest average cost per breach and healthcare being the most heavily hit industry.” That was nearly…