It is one of the oldest concerns of conducting business transactions: How can you be sure that the other person is who they say they are. In the past, business validation was more straightforward. Customers could visit physical stores or financial centers, visually confirming the establishment’s legitimacy. Personal interactions, such as eye contact or handshakes,…

Login credentials are your organization’s first line of defense against cybercriminals. Yet, in a surreal twist of fate, instead of providing protection, they have become one of the most powerful weapons in a threat actor’s arsenal. According to the 2024 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, stolen credentials are the top attack vector, used in 24%…

During World War I, the French Prime Minister, George Clemenceau said that “generals always prepare to fight the last war.” The problem of course is that the last war used the last war’s technology which is why each subsequent war has such devastating casualties. The new attack methodologies always seem to outflank the defenses.  The…

Imagine logging into your organization’s system one morning only to discover threat actors had exfiltrated all of your current and past customers’ data. Or picture trying to log on and realizing hackers have locked you out of your systems.   Although these two situations are hypothetical, the story is all too familiar. In the last few…

Agent-based or Agentless Security? This has been a longstanding debate among IT professionals. It is a hot topic that has gained more prominence in the cybersecurity community following the well-publicized CrowdStrike incident that disrupted computers globally. But what exactly is an agent, and how can security be managed without one? Before delving into the specifics…

The relentless march of technological evolution ensures that today’s cutting-edge innovations will inevitably give way to tomorrow’s superior alternatives. While these old technologies continue to be used by some, almost everyone eventually moves on. DVD players, once ubiquitous, have been largely replaced by streaming services, yet some still maintain personal libraries. While some older generations…