As I highlighted in my first post, no company or government agency is immune to cyberattacks, and these attacks are a growing threat to every organization. To protect against these attacks, you need a layered security system, starting
Security Lesson #6: What Are Endpoints and How Do You Secure Them?
This is the latest post in our Security Lessons series. In our last post, we talked about application security and how the security measures at the application level prevent data or code within the application
Security Lesson #5: How to Think about Your Application Security Strategy
This is the latest post in our Security Lessons series. In my last two posts, I explained what data security is and outlined data security best practices. In this post, I turn to the next
Top 5 Cybersecurity Trends in 2022: Pandemic-Level Ransomware, Talent Gap, Government Involvement, Threat Intel Availability, and more
It’s no secret that cybersecurity attacks and breaches have accelerated in recent years, but the growing impact and volume of such attacks has entered the public eye more aggressively than ever before. From record-breaking ransomware
Advisory: Apache Log4j Vulnerability Log4j zero-day vulnerability AKA Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228)
What is the Log4j vulnerability? On December 9, a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability was identified in Java logging library Apache Log4j, which is a ubiquitous software component used throughout the Internet and many applications. The
Security Lesson #4: Build Your Data Security Strategy on Best Practices
The data security layer is about protecting the data you have. It includes the different cybersecurity practices that you use to secure your data and prevent data breaches and misuse. Data encryption and access restrictions
Security Lesson #3: What Is Data Security (and Why It’s Important)
Data Security: Protecting sensitive data from unauthorized access In Security Lesson #1, we talked about the importance of a business impact analysis and the nine questions you need to ask to help you build the
Netgain’s Security Principles and Why You Should Be Asking about Them
As Netgain’s chief information security officer, I field ongoing questions regarding our security posture – not surprising given last year’s security incident and the dramatic increase in high-profile ransomware attacks in the past eight months.
Netgain Employee Spotlight: Kshitij Kathuria, CISO
Recently, we sat down with our newest executive team member Kshitij Kathuria, who joined recently as Netgain’s new Chief Information Security Officer. In this interview, we discussed the meaning of “Security by Design”, as well
Security Lesson #2: Risk Assessment Checklist
This post on questions that drive your cybersecurity strategy is the third post in our new Security Lessons series. To start from the beginning, read “What we learned as a ransomware victim — so you