The terms vulnerability scans, vulnerability assessments and vulnerability management are often mixed up and still cause confusion on many accounts. To make sure that your organization can focus on the most effective tactics when it becomes to dealing with vulnerabilities, we’ve explained the main differences between vulnerability assessments and vulnerability management once and for all.

Securing ATMs and other payment channels is no longer a choice but a necessity to avoid serious financial and reputational damage.

Understanding the cost savings an MSSP (Managed Security Service Provider) provides is critical for companies in our increasingly digital age.

Executives have become overwhelmed with the threat of a breach, compliance, exploding security budgets and frankly, not understanding what information security really is and how it is best managed. A solution that organizations are increasingly touting is partnering with a managed security services provider (MSSP) to empower their security organizations with the people, processes and technology to secure their critical assets and data.

One way for businesses to respond to the latest threats is through the services provided by managed security service providers at a fraction of the cost of a similar capability built in-house...

Building a SOC is not to be taken lightly, and presents a myriad of challenges. To help you get a head start in your planning and decision making process, we’ve gathered a list of six questions you should ask yourself.

We rely on connectivity for nearly all aspects of business which puts companies at risk to a multitude of hacks such as malware, phishing, ransomware, and denial-of-service attacks. It is more important than ever for organizations to escalate their level of protection against cyber-attacks. Fortifying your organization’s security posture has become one of the top priorities for businesses across all industries. Building a Security Operations Center or SOC in order to centralize defenses, coordinate and deploy people, processes and technology is a growing part of the strategy of information security leaders in even small and medium-sized businesses.

When it comes to trusting your MSSP, it’s quite a big deal. You are basically inviting a third party to get under your kimono. For a threat monitoring service to be effective, the service provider needs to have access to all network traffic and to have the ability to perform deep packet analysis in many cases to determine if there is a real evolving threat or not. That begs the question: what can your service provider see or not see?

This is not an easy question to answer and one that many CISOs, CIOs and CSOs struggle with.