Microsoft and CrowdStrike occupied headlines for weeks after complications following a software update and a DDoS attack that left customers vulnerable and unable to access their data. While the two events were unrelated, the rapid succession of one failure after another leaves a very wide base of customers wondering exactly how much is at stake, […]
Six years ago, we founded DTonomy, a security automation company. As security software engineers and data scientists who had worked at the forefront of security operations — from building large-scale AI-based EDR systems to managing daily security operations — we were acutely aware of the challenges security teams face. Triaging security alerts during national holidays,
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Government security operations (SecOp) teams face unique challenges as they grapple with relentless attacks in an environment that can shift unexpectedly. The pressure intensifies in the government, and budgets are often constrained. This combination of factors creates a perfect storm of stress and uncertainty. SecOps leaders must find ways to ensure their teams can protect
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In a recent conversation with a major educational institution’s CIO, the following circumstance arises: a university administrator is hiring for a position; of over 300 resumes that he receives, 95% of them look so similar that they could have come from the same person. And in a way, they did. With the proliferation of AI-powered
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supply chain Open XDR Platform Open XDR Ai-Driven Security Cybersecurity The news earlier this week about the CDK hack reveals the major flaw—and prevalent issue—in a vulnerable supply chain. The vulnerability of the CDK Global system turns out to have had far reaching consequences as nearly 15,000 dealerships across the continent are still struggling to
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Unless you have lived under a rock for the past year, you know that generative artificial intelligence applications, such as ChatGPT, have penetrated many aspects of our online lives. From generating marketing content, creating images for advertisements and blogs, or even writing malicious code, we are all interacting with the results of generative AI in
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For an MSSP, the key to a CIOs heart is reducing risk for a cost that is less than what they’re spending now, Stellar Cyber asserts. A CIOs or CISOs job is never easy, but it’s more difficult now because cyberattacks are more frequent and more complex than ever before. Cybersecurity is a top priority
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Reduce business risk with early and accurate identification and remediation of all attack activity while reducing costs, maintaining investments in existing tools, and accelerating analyst productivity. Open XDR: Overall view and alerting of all potential attacks on the IT landscape In order to successfully protect a company from cyber attacks, a large number of different
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By nature, humans are wired to avoid undue risks. While there are always exceptions to the rules, by and large when given the choice between the known and unknown, the typical person one will choose the known even though the choice might only deliver a marginally positive result. It is this natural bias towards the
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Managers of MSSP cybersecurity teams face many challenges, including the growing number and complexity of threats, tight budgets, a shortage of security analysts, and overworked teams who are frustrated by high volumes of alerts. Analyst teams have struggled for years with the philosophy of using a dozen or more discrete security tools to hunt for
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As a cybersecurity vendor, making a great product or service that solves a big problem is our goal. If we do our job right, we will help security teams better protect their environments and grow our business. Now, a million variables play into a company’s ability to grow. While many are directly related to the
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Written by Patti Hallock, Director of XDR Operations/Engineering at Agio Your security operations are critical, and every decision you make impacts those operations. When you have separate service providers–one for managed IT and another for extended detection & response (XDR)–you run the risk of delayed response and service. Patti Hallock, our Director of XDR Operations
Recently I wrote a blog about what makes a lean security team tick, however, after I posted, it occurred to me that I probably should have spent a few minutes talking about the different types of security teams we run into and how to determine if you fit into the lean security team category. You
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Providing endpoint security for all your customers is a major challenge. First, it is very rare that partners can deploy an entire endpoint security stack. In many cases, there are servers or other endpoints that do not get covered, or you have customers in the middle of contracts with one EDR provider or another and
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Resource strapped companies trying to put together a comprehensive cybersecurity defense in today’s environment have three key challenges: there’s not enough time, there aren’t enough people, and there isn’t enough money. Most companies look at their monthly spend on security tools, training and headcount and the typical reaction (after the groaning) is to stand pat,
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What are the most common misconceptions about XDR? One of the common misconceptions is that XDR is automatically the ideal security solution. Point security solution vendors position XDR as the Holy Grail if you are using their product suite. By default, this positioning has limitations, since customers can’t onboard data sources from other vendors and
Security Event and Information Management platforms (SIEMs) collect data from security logs and in doing so are supposed to identify blind spots, reduce noise and alert fatigue, and simplify detection and response to complex cyberattacks. However, SIEMs have not lived up to these promises. Now, the new idea is XDR – what are its advantages,
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What is NDR? Today’s network detection and response (NDR) has a long history, evolving out of network security and network traffic analysis (NTA). The historical definition of network security is to use a perimeter firewall and Intrusion Prevention Systems to screen traffic coming into the network, but as IT and security technology have evolved, the
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