Studies have shown a direct correlation between data breaches and non-compliance. This isn’t to say that compliant companies never get breached, but to reinforce the importance of incident detection and response. Businesses have begun to realize the devastating consequences of data breaches—their finances and reputation are at stake, so many have been taking steps over the last few years to comply with the PCI DSS. The main goal is often an emphasis on achieving continuous compliance.

Properly utilizing and thoroughly analyzing your event logs is one of the cornerstones of IT security. Today, cybersecurity is more important than ever and is an entire growing industry all in itself, with the global cybersecurity market estimated to reach almost $250 billion value by 2023.

A recently disclosed vulnerability in Kubernetes dashboard (CVE-2018-18264) exposes secrets to unauthenticated users. In this blog post we’ll explore some key takeaways regarding monitoring privilege escalation on Kubernetes.

We finally made it to another new year, and that means it’s time to reflect on the learnings from the previous year while also preparing for many new opportunities and challenges ahead. The enterprise tech and security industry didn’t seem to slow in 2018, so there’s no reason we would expect 2019 to be any different. So what will those “hot button” topics be this year?

The impact of the colossal Starwood Hotels & Resorts data breach continues to reverberate across the global technology community. In its wake, the importance of log management and security information event management (SIEM) systems has once again come to the forefront. Let’s explore what SIEM is, the many acronyms emerging in the SIEM space and where logging fits into the picture.

We all know the phrase, “New year, new me.” However, for hackers, this mantra has been long since forgotten. Regardless of the year, malicious parties will continue to find innovative and new ways to target the healthcare industry.

2018 was a busy year for the ManageEngine IT operations management team. We tackled everything from major concerns like poor network performance, security, cost, enterprise growth, configuration management, and vendor lock-in to enterprise-specific issues such as providing uninterrupted connectivity to critical apps and departments, managing BYOD policies, and predicting future bandwidth needs.

In this latest SnapSecChat video series, our CSO, George Gerchow, talks about the imperative for building the next-gen security operations center (SOC) of the future. Why? Because today’s IT landscape is becoming increasingly complex and cloud-based.

Internet of Things (IoT) security ranks as a major concern for many enterprises. A 2018 survey of over 600 IT decision-makers worldwide conducted by 451 Research found that 55% of those polled rated IoT security as their top priority. It’s easy to see why.

There’s no denying the importance of communication. Businesses cannot function without the proper means of communication, such as phone calls, faxes, emails, text messages, and more. However, not all forms of communication are secure, meaning the information transferred by them doesn’t always stay confidential. This is where steganography comes into play.