Once upon a time, strong cybersecurity could be achieved with a few simple actions. You would lock down your computers using antivirus protection, run a few scans, and bam! You'd be protected and all would be peachy.
The Reality is that threat actors have adapted and become more sophisticated - more dangerous in their quest to steal data, compromise vulnerabilities, and gain monetary rewards through methods like ransomware, phishing, and business email compromise (BEC). Due to unknown threats and the introduction of serverless and fileless malware, it is now harder to tell the good from the bad. In addition, employees are now working remotely, from home and around the world, all while utilizing a variety of devices and cloud services.
The good old days are over.Despite advancements in cybersecurity over the past decade, data breaches are actually getting worse. Threat actors are becoming stealthier, more informed, and organized. According to a study from IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach 2020 analysis, “The average time to identify and contain a data breach, or the “breach lifecycle,” was 280 days in 2020. Speed of containment can significantly impact breach costs, which can linger for years after the incident.” Criminals recognize that there is a widening skills gap within the cybersecurity sector and that more organizations are becoming susceptible to poor security hygiene, and they are taking advantage of this. Simply put, cybercrime is no longer child’s play. It is big business for the criminals, not to mention potentially catastrophic for those who fall victim. |
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But that doesn’t mean the bad guys have won.In fact, it is the contrary. As organizations continue to evolve cloud infrastructures and support a work-from-anywhere workforce, they are likewise evolving security approaches. Over the past few years, endpoint detection and response (EDR) has proven to be a game changer when it comes to security. Modern EDR does not just detect and respond to threats; it employs advanced detection capabilities, such as behavioral analysis, pre-execution machine learning, runtime machine learning, and vulnerability protection. Before EDR, an organization was left with very little visibility and context into a breach. It was difficult to determine where an attack originated, how long endpoints had been under attack, and who may have been affected by the attack. “As organizations continue to evolve cloud infrastructures and support a work-from-anywhere workforce, they are likewise evolving security approaches.”- Eric Skinner, Vice-President for Market Strategy, Trend Micro |
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- -- A frictionless method to assess the security of your Microsoft 365 and Gmail™ email services, as well as critical endpoints, for potential threats.
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- -- Upon completion you will receive a detailed, downloadable report and recommended response actions.
- -- Email Assessment - Scan all user messages sent and received in the last 15 to 30 days for vulnerabilities. Discover business email compromise (BEC) messages, phishing messages, ransomware, and malicious files and URLs.
- -- Endpoint Assessment - Uncover malicious files and critical vulnerabilities by scanning high-profile endpoints for file-based threat indicators.
