If you are embracing DevOps, cloud and containers, you may be at risk if you’re not keeping your security methodologies up to date with these new technologies. New security techniques are required in order to keep up with current technology trends, and the Center for Internet Security (CIS) provides free cybersecurity best practices for many newer platforms. The CIS benchmarks and controls provide clear instruction to help any organization tackle threats and reduce risk. Meanwhile, Tripwire makes benchmark alignment…

A new collaboration has been formed by 10 strategic organizations as part of efforts to enhance cyber-resilience and increase awareness of cyber-risks in Scotland. The CyberScotland partnership, which includes the Scottish Government, Police Scotland and the Scottish Business Resilience Center (SBRC), will work on ensuring individuals and organizations have easy access to up-to-date guidance on cybersecurity and resilience. The UK’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) will act as a technical advisor to the partnership. The partnership’s first…

Digital attackers are increasingly targeting energy organizations including those that support national electric grids. As reported by Morning Consult, security researchers found that utilities worldwide had suffered a recorded 1,780 distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks between June 15 and August 21, 2020. That’s a 595% year-over-year increase. Brandon Robinson, a partner at Balch & Bingham LLP, said that these research findings highlight how malicious actors of varying motivations continue to prey upon utilities entities. “Whether one’s…

Most organizations don’t give the same thought and attention to their non-human workers, such as bots, RPAs and service accounts, as they do human workers and identity lifecycles. Image: iStock/NanoStockk The term non-human worker conjures up several images. In this case, we’re talking about “non-living workers,” so no worries about mistreating any animals. Some examples include chatbots, robotic process automation, robots and more. They’re now likely to be working alongside us in the office. SEE: Robotics…

How to Optimize SIEM Performance With Threat Intelligence and IOC Matching The nature of information technology is such that it is always expanding and being innovated at a pace that can be daunting to keep up with. The cybersecurity market in particular is constantly updating itself with the development of new technologies, methodologies, and best practices to deal with equally evolving cyberthreats. The security challenges faced by enterprise clients, however, have changed very little over…

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW), the global cybersecurity leader, announced today financial results for its fiscal second quarter 2021, ended January 31, 2021. Total revenue for the fiscal second quarter 2021 grew 25% year over year to $1.0 billion, compared with total revenue of $816.7 million for the fiscal second quarter 2020. GAAP net loss for the fiscal second quarter 2021 was $142.3 million, or $1.48 per…