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The Traditional SOC Is Dead, Long Live the Remote SOC
If you haven't read our 2021 Cybersecurity predictions whitepaper, I recommend that you do. In it, you'll find one prediction that might be somewhat controversial—the death of the Security Operations Center (SOC).
Assess Outcomes (Not Features)
Cybersecurity Industry
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Discussing Cybersecurity Outcomes (Not Features) with CIOs
As a newcomer within the cybersecurity industry, having joined ActZero just over eight months ago, there have been many learning opportunities to come my way. One of the biggest lessons when selling technology is learning how to talk to your prospects, and gearing the conversation towards what is..
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Why Your Board Doesn’t Need A Security Expert
Would it surprise you if I said you didn’t need a dedicated cybersecurity expert on your board?
Cybersecurity Industry
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Compromised Admin Account
Hackers are what we might call the thorns and thistles of the internet. An egregious nuisance in the age of technology, and a poisonous problem in the evolving landscape of social and business interactions. It is not to be treated casually. To abate the risks of compromised admin accounts, we..
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What To Do When an Admin is Compromised
A common tactic used by hackers once they have landed within your environment, is to escalate their level of access by compromising a user with administrative privileges. In this post, we cover the issues with admin accounts being compromised, and the steps you can take if you believe one of yours..
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How to Choose an MDR Provider
Managed detection and response (MDR) providers are becoming increasingly popular with small-to-medium sized business and mid-market companies alike.
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Regulatory Compliance
How CMMC Measures Up to Other Compliance Frameworks
Note: This article was updated December 2021 to include the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program changes (now known as CMMC 2.0), announced November 2021 by the Department of Defense (DoD).If you’re reading this post, chances are you have been through a regulatory compliance..
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Why More Cybersecurity Threats Since WFH?
As you may have noticed from the headlines, security incidents have increased significantly since the pandemic began. For a start, complaints to the FBI’s Cyber Division are up 400% from before the COVID-19 pandemic and come especially from small and medium-sized businesses.
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No Security Budget? 5 Technologies to Sunset!
No Security Budget? 5 Technologies to Sunset With IT budgets declining for the first time in many years as a result of the pandemic, business leaders and IT decision-makers alike may be looking for places to consolidate, trim fat and even cut corners.
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Announcement
Today, we are sharing the news that our IntelliGO Founder and President Khaled Mansour has decided to retire. He will be stepping back from the day-to-day management of IntelliGO and transitioning to the Founding Chairman role, where he will focus on advising the team and enjoying time with family...
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Supplier Hacked? Next Steps to Take
It's not a call you want to get. One of your suppliers is in touch to let you know they have been victimized by a cyber-attack. Whether it was ransomware or a phishing scheme or just a malicious file that someone clicked on, you immediately start thinking about the ramifications for your business...
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Asking the Right Questions About Cyber Insurance
One of the ways business stakeholders attempt to transfer risk (not to be confused with risk mitigation), is by buying cybersecurity breach insurance. Most of our clients have it—some because they want it, others because they're required to carry it by regulation.
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IntelliGO Acquired by ActZero
It’s not often we get to make an announcement quite this exciting: IntelliGO Networks has been acquired by ActZero, a Palo Alto-based artificial intelligence company! You can check out the press release here.
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The Perfect Phishing Email
Thinking like the bad guys is part of being in cybersecurity. Our ability to anticipate the moves of our opponents is essential, just like in a chess game - except with real business consequences. Drawing on my prediction of worse spam to come in 2020, I had been thinking about the “perfect”..
Cybersecurity Industry
Managed Detection and Response
2020 Cybersecurity Predictions
Foresight is a powerful human capability – and one that is integral in the field of cybersecurity. Today I revisit the predictions I made a year ago about what we could expect to see in this industry in terms of breaches, malware, regulations, and technological developments. I examine whether these..
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