ReliaQuest 2021 Security Leader Survey: Top Findings
ReliaQuest, in partnership with Ponemon Research, just released the results of a survey unveiling the priorities, concerns, and challenges of security operations teams. In the survey, we asked over 1,000 security leaders in the United States and the United Kingdom about how they approach security priorities in the face of today’s dynamic IT environment, the […]Essential Reading
Adient: Driving Resiliency across a Global Supply Chain
Note: This blog is a summary of a recent installment of our webinar series, “Secure Smarter, Not Harder.” Supply-Chain Attacks: A Growing Threat The spate of recent attacks aimed at disrupting the supply chain serves as a wakeup call to the security community. It is not just about protecting enterprise assets anymore, but resiliency—the ability […]
How to Eliminate Security Tool Sprawl
This blog spotlights a section of the 2021 Security Technology Sprawl Report. INSIDE Technology sprawl can worsen your skills gap. Your security tools probably don’t play nicely together. How to address the tech sprawl problem. Security tool sprawl is a growing problem. Security team members and business leaders often turn to new tools […]
Staying Secure in a Multi-Cloud World
Many organizations are now using multiple cloud environments. A 2021 survey found that most (92%) organizations use a multi-cloud strategy. That’s slightly higher than the 82% of respondents who admitted to using a hybrid cloud strategy consisting of both public and private cloud deployments in their organizations. When asked to elaborate on what their multi-cloud […]
Threat Hunting: DNS Queries Use Case
First published December 2020 In one of our previous Threat Hunting Use Case blogs, Firewall Targeting DNS, we focused on using firewall data to observe outbound DNS (Domain Name System) traffic in an environment to identify threats and potential security hygiene issues. One specific objective involved identifying potential endpoints bypassing internal DNS forwarders, in order to […]
Breaking: How the Conti Ransomware Gang Orchestrates Their Attacks
At ReliaQuest, we constantly monitor the internet for anything that can be used to help our customers make security possible. When the recent “Conti Lessons” leak appeared from what is presumably a disgruntled operator working for the Conti ransomware gang, we quickly grabbed a copy, translated it (big thanks to Oksana!), and got to work […]
How a Unified Security Approach Can Address the Rising Costs of a Data Breach
IBM recently came out with its Cost of a Data Breach Report 2021. One of the main takeaways is the fact that the average total cost of a data breach increased from $3.86 million in 2020 to $4.24 million a year later. That’s a growth of 9.8%, the largest margin seen in seven years. The […]
Evaluating an MDR Solution? 10 Things to Consider
So you need an MDR solution—managed detection and response. Let’s break that down and figure out which piece is most critical for your business. Below, we’ll discuss how to determine which aspect you should focus on, plus some questions you should ask as you’re evaluating an MDR service. What’s most important to you? The “Managed” […]
Using TweetDeck for Threat Hunting
Keeping Up on Endless IoCs with TweetDeck Keeping up on the latest news is never an easy task. With endless newsletters, feeds, and social media to keep track of, it can be a daunting task. To help with streamlining information security feeds, I’ve recently turned to TweetDeck, a very useful feature of Twitter. TweetDeck offers […]
Defending Against Supply Chain Attacks
Supply chain attacks have been making lots of news recently. Before we explore this phenomenon, let’s first make sure we’re clear on what we’re talking about. A supply chain attack is a type of security incident in which a threat actor inserts code into a trusted software product or hardware device. This technique opens an […]
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