While discussing military strategy more than 200 years ago, George Washington offered some advice that modern-day cybersecurity professionals are now taking to heart. “Offensive operations,” he wrote in 1799, “are oftentimes the surest means of defense.

Monitoring services alert organizations to potential threats from stolen information.

More than 24 billion stolen username and password combinations are now for sale on the dark web, according to a new study from the threat intelligence firm Digital Shadows.

Old cybersecurity habits increasingly inadequate against evolving threats.

The Whack-A-Mole approach to cybersecurity doesn’t work anymore. Years of continually adding new security products for every emerging threat has only resulted in overly complex and often counterproductive security environments.

Compromised endpoint devices such as laptops, tablets, mobile phones and printers have become primary access points for cybercriminals attempting to infiltrate networks. More than two-thirds of IT security professionals say their organizations have experienced one or more endpoint attacks that successfully compromised their data and infrastructure, according to research from the Ponemon Institute.

Threat actors, including state-supported groups and cybercrime organizations, are actively ramping up attacks that leverage a recently discovered zero-day flaw in a Microsoft Windows support tool. The flaw, known as Follina, allows attackers to remotely take control of targeted computer systems through the use of altered Office documents.

Remember the early days of ransomware attacks? The approach seems almost comical today. Send an email to as many people as possible about needing help transferring millions of dollars to an American bank from a far-off land. Tell users that they’ll get a nice cut of the loot if they click a malicious link.

A new version of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, PCI DSS 4.0, was released on March 31, 2022, the first major update to the standard since 2018. As the news release states, the update “brings major changes to the payments ecosystem” and “places an increased focus on targeted risk analysis, organizational maturity and governance.

Today’s consumers are no longer satisfied with receiving the right product at the right price at the right time. When they have a question or a problem, they expect the question answered or problem resolved quickly, with clarity, through the communications channel of their choosing.

Higher premiums and stricter requirements force organizations to boost their IT security posture.

Cyber insurance provides an important hedge against business-crippling cyberattacks, but policies have become increasingly expensive and difficult to obtain as malicious attacks become more frequent, severe and costly.

As employees return to the office, outdated Wi-Fi networks create connectivity challenges.

Connectivity is king in a work-from-anywhere world, but outdated and unreliable Wi-Fi networks threaten to undermine hybrid and remote work models. Legacy wireless infrastructure based on older standards do not adequately support changing Wi-Fi usage patterns.