Red Teaming: thinking and acting like the enemy to stop them in their tracks

Red teaming exercises help organisations to improve their security posture by using adversarial techniques to pinpoint weaknesses.

Outsmarting attackers: the role of threat hunting in MDR

The ability to infiltrate networks and remain undetected is a key capability for attackers to gain access to systems, hence the need for threat hunting.

The Complexity Trap

Once, managed security services were somewhat limited in nature, managing such tools on behalf of customers. MDR services shift that paradigm.

Telemetry: the vital ingredient in MDR

In the latest of Fran Howarth’s blogs on managed detection and response services, she looks at telemetry, which she feels is a vital ingredient to MDR.

Skills shortages driving the need for MDR services

Estimates from ISC2 indicate that the shortfall of skilled and experienced security professionals could be as high as four million worldwide.

EDR vs EDR MDR

EDR technologies go further than traditional endpoint security controls to enable organisations to move from a reactive to a proactive security stance.

The importance of endpoints to security

At the core of MDR services is endpoint security. Taken at its broadest definition, an endpoint in computing terms is the entry point to a service.

What is MDR and why is it needed?

This is the first in a series of posts on the managed detection and response (MDR) service market, including the capabilities that are on offer.

Cyber Catalyst: driving the future of cyber insurance

Cyber insurance is becoming an essential part of achieving data and information security and should be part of any business resilience plan.

AI and cybersecurity: puppies grow up to be guard dogs

Is AI still the stuff of science fiction, or is it becoming a reality? A subset of AI, machine learning, is starting to underpin many technologies is the cybersecurity space and they are showing much…

Security analytics and insight: mapping the road to success

With the addition of complementary technologies that build on the core, SIEM systems are finally evolving to a state where they fulfil the promise of offering actionable insight into defending against security incidents.