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MSPs can also perform regular testing of backups and disaster recovery plans to ensure that the most effective processes, procedures, and policies are in place when an attack strikes. Lastly, they can provide ongoing cyber awareness training to address user-specific paths like phishing and poor security hygiene, if contractually obliged. Cyber insurance No longer a nice-to-have, cyber insurance is an absolute must for organizations of any size. Unfortunately, an uptick in ransomware attacks and costly…

It’s never an ‘easy’ day for cybersecurity teams. On one hand, they’re facing the potential concerns related to an economic downturn, especially tech start-ups. And on the other hand, organizations of every size are experiencing a significant cybersecurity skills gap paired with budget cuts despite the fact that there’s more malicious cyber activity than ever, including state-sponsored attacks on US businesses. The good news is that history shows that cybersecurity teams are very unlikely to…

Carriers who require EDR as a security control should accept XDR as a solution. And with the main objective being to improve security maturity, organizations should be looking to enhance detection and response capabilities beyond EDR with XDR. XDR is simply an extension of EDR. Whereas EDR only detects at the endpoint level, XDR can collect and correlate threat activity data across endpoints plus servers, cloud, networks, and email. Done well, XDR can help to…

Trend Micro CEO Discusses Need for a Unified Cybersecurity Platform Risk Management In the face of evolving cyberattacks, an ever-expanding digital attack surface, and a global skills shortage, organizations need a more unified approach to managing cyber risk. Trend Micro co-founder & CEO Eva Chen discusses our vision and strategy for delivering a unified cybersecurity platform. By: Trend Micro June 23, 2022 Read time:  ( words) Undoubtedly, COVID-19 has been a big accelerant for digital…

Zero day and known vulnerabilities Increased media attention and big payouts will motivate cybercriminals to launch an unprecedented number of zero-day exploits, surpassing the record-setting number in 2021. However, security leaders still need to look out for older, known vulnerabilities. As we previously mentioned, old vulnerabilities are still traded and purchased in underground markets, as enterprises often struggle with complex patch management. In 2022, we’ll see malicious actors continuing to take advantage of the growing…

So, how can security leaders stay on top of their attack surface and ahead of the bad guys? By leveraging a unified cybersecurity platform that enables continuous security visibility and monitoring across the discovery, assessment, and mitigation phases of the attack surface risk lifecycle. Let’s dive deeper into how a platform can enhance attack surface risk management versus utilizing point products. Discover your digital attack surface First, you need total visibility to be able to…