What is Vendor Risk Assessment – Download Checklist
December 19, 2023. Comcast, a U.S. telecom giant acknowledged that the data of 36 million Xfinity customers had been stolen because of a third-party breach. The third-party supplied security patches in October, but not all customers applied them. Unaddressed third-party risks are often the loose ends that threat actors focus on to infiltrate organizations. Continuous…
Sep 12, 2024
Audit Logging: Understanding Its Importance and Functionality
Transparency and visibility enhance the flexibility and resilience of a cybersecurity program. In the absence of audit logs, security professionals heavily relied on manual records and periodic review reports as their watchful eyes. However, as threats advanced, the demand for real-time updates increased and necessitated an automated and continuous system of tracking activities. Enter audit…
Sep 11, 2024
Vulnerability Disclosure: Ensuring Transparency and Security
Vulnerability disclosure programs and policies are often compared to neighborhood surveillance or a whistleblower program, where website visitors, customers, researchers, and security professionals report security lapses as and when they discover them. White-hat hackers, researchers, and ethical hackers can be strong aid to your vulnerability tracking efforts. And it helps to have a formal, well-structured…
Sep 10, 2024
How the Unified Compliance Framework solves framework commonalities?
Imagine your organization has meticulously gathered and documented all the necessary evidence to achieve compliance with a specific regulatory framework. Now, as your business expands to a new location, you encounter a new set of regulations requiring similar evidence and additional new requirements. Without a streamlined process, you’d have to start the compliance process from…
Sep 09, 2024
Effective Cloud Incident Response: How to tackle and solve common challenges?
At the recent Bsides Las Vegas security conference, Roei Sherman, Field CTO at Mitiga, and Adi Belinkov, Director of IT and Security at Mitiga, delivered a sobering message to security professionals: “Attacking cloud instances is significantly easier, and defending them is much more challenging compared to on-premise networks.” The absence of a clearly defined perimeter…
Sep 09, 2024
Mastering Document Control Procedure: Steps for enhanced access, efficiency and compliance
1 in 4 employees spends 2-3 hours searching for a document, disrupting productivity and undermining workflow efficiency. Despite a growing focus on strengthening data governance, many organizations overlook a critical element: a structured document control procedure. Effective data governance relies on two key pillars—strong data hygiene practices and an efficient document control system. Without these, even…
Sep 05, 2024