Building Stronger Defenses: A Practical Guide to Essential 8
Think your business is secure? The gaps you don’t see are exactly what the Essential 8 is designed to close. The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) established the Essential 8 framework in response to escalating assaults on organizations across industries. Frameworks such as the Essential 8 exist to fill specific gaps that make organizations vulnerable. …
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Feb 13, 2025
The rise of social engineering attacks and how to beat them
90% of phishing attacks, yes, you read that right, incorporate elements of social engineering, revealed Microsoft. Simply, social engineering is the art of manipulating people to give them what they want. So instead of hacking systems, they hack into humans, first by winning their trust, then exploiting it for their purpose, and then clearing their…
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Feb 07, 2025
What are Metrics & KPIs in Cybersecurity – Detailed Guide
As a seasoned security professional, you understand the struggles of convincing the board to approve an increase in the cybersecurity budget or obtain that data privacy compliance certification. You are also familiar with the perplexed faces of non-technical stakeholders when you’re emphasizing the importance of cybersecurity best practices. Edwards Heming aptly states, “Without data, you’re…
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Feb 01, 2025
The Ultimate Guide to Security Essentials for Organizations
Security essentials for organizations aren’t just about stopping cyberattacks – they are about making sure that organizations withstand evolving threats, prevent regulatory fines with security diligence, and maintain customer and stakeholder trust with strong security fundamentals rooted across the organization’s culture. But here’s the catch – most of the security breaches, don’t happen because of…
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Jan 31, 2025
How to Create Cybersecurity Dashboard
Data does not always guarantee visibility. More often than not, CISOs find themselves entangled in a maze of tools offering siloed views of security and performance. And with such skewed views, organizations are often susceptible to blind spots that can be extremely hard to trace and resolve. With a lack of insightful and actionable data,…
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Jan 29, 2025
Cybersecurity Readiness Assessment: The First Move Toward Proactive Defense
The 2024 CISCO cyber readiness index revealed that only 3% of organizations worldwide have the security maturity and readiness to be resilient against emerging risks. However, strangely, 80% of organizations feel moderately to highly confident in their readiness capabilities. The report highlights how organizations today are ‘underprepared’ and ‘overconfident’ regarding cyber readiness. But honestly, tell…
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Jan 28, 2025