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Understand How Social Media Is Fuelling Social Engineering Attacks
Social media has now become an easy way to access the sensitive information for online crime, including the personal data and professional data. It provides all the things to attackers for social engineering attacks. We are living in the digital world where social media platforms are considered as the best communication medium for both personal […]
The Alarming Rise of Social Engineering Attacks in the Financial Sector
Click here to register! Gone are the days of masks and guns for bank and financial institutions robberies. Criminals have shifted to more sophisticated methods to get funds and data. They have shifted from masks and guns to social engineering attacks for scripts and ransomware. From the past few years, there is a drastic increase […]
Unlock the Power of IAM: Securing and Managing Identities in a Digital Transformation World
Click here In the today’s digital world, understanding the roles and responsibilities of individuals in the workplace is an important thing. To safeguard the assets of the business and pave the way for seamless processes, secure authorization and faster digital transformation, it is must to have identities and access management (IAM) solution. Establishing an individual’s […]
SOC-ing Out Threats: How a Security Operations Center Keeps Your Business Safe
Protecting against potential cyber attacks requires constant and quick monitoring and response as the cyber threat landscape is evolving rapidly. The potential expense and damage to the organization is greater as longer as a cyber security incident goes before it is remediated. It is the responsibility of the Security Operations Center (SOC) of an organization […]
The Cyber Mayday Trilogy: Prepare, Manage and Recover from a Cyber Mayday with Dann Lohrmann, CISO at Presidio.
~ No technology that’s connected to the Internet is unhackable- Abhijit Naskar ~ Introduction The preparedness, handling, and recovery from business disturbances caused by cyber threats is of utmost importance for organizations in the present digital era. With the widespread adoption of technology, organizations have become more susceptible to cyber-attacks, which can lead to catastrophic […]
The Ethics of Cybersecurity: Debating the Gray Areas
Cyber security Ethics play a key role in all fields of work, more importantly in professions that affect the lives of others. There are codes of conduct for each profession. For instance, doctors can be penalized for violating these codes of conduct. Similarly, lawyers can be expelled for the same reason. Based on the current […]
The Real-World Impacts of Social Engineering
~Amateurs hack systems, professionals hack people- Bruce Schneier~ What Is Social Engineering? Social engineering is a type of attack that takes place due to human interaction and usually involves manipulating people into breaking normal security procedures and best practices to gain unauthorized access to systems, networks or physical locations or for financial gain. To hide […]
Leveraging Human Intelligence in Cyber Security: A Guide for SOC Teams
~Day-by-day, cyber threats are accelerating and widening~ The unforeseen effects of emerging technologies increasing cyber attacks from enterprise assets and elections to health data and physical infrastructure. According to Gartner report, in 2022, global infosec spending is expected to reach $170 billion. Because of which all eyes are on the cyber security industry to innovate […]
Why Identity and Access Management is Critical for Cyber Security in 2023?
Identity and Access Management (IAM) is inseparably linked to the cyber security and productivity of the organizations. Because of which it plays a critical role in any company’s security plan in today’s digitally enabled world. It is very critical to ensure that data remains secured as more and more businesses store their sensitive data electronically […]
The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Detecting Phishing Attacks
Phishing is a sophisticated social engineering attack that is created to steal the sensitive information of the victim such as credit cards or social security numbers and other sensitive data. To make the email look like it comes from trusted sources, most phishing attacks take the form of emails disguised. The subject line of that […]
The Importance of Employee Security Awareness Training in Preventing Phishing Attacks
We live in a digital world, where our daily activities are shifting towards online in an increasing amount. Our dependency on cyber security has increased as we work, communicate, conduct commerce, and interact online. To safeguard the organization, employee security awareness training is necessary. On the other hand, cyber-criminals are effortlessly trying to cause damage […]
The Rise of Phishing Attacks and How to Protect Yourself
Recently, there has been a huge rise in phishing attacks because, to put it bluntly, they work. According to the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), 1.09 million phishing attacks were recorded in the second quarter of 2022. It is becoming necessary to learn what phishing attacks entail as phishing attacks are rising continuously. The most common […]