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How to Talk to Stakeholders About Cybersecurity

Mon, 09/13/2021
Productive cybersecurity conversations are more critical than ever as vulnerabilities continue to grow every year. Support from business leaders, including the board and C-suite, is essential to building organizational awareness and cultivating cross-divisional partnerships. Unfortunately, communicating about cybersecurity can be a challenge for many IT professionals. Sometimes stakeholders lack...
Vulnerability Management
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Agent-Based vs. Agentless Scanning: Choosing the Right Vulnerability Scanning Method

Fri, 08/27/2021
Preventable AttacksAnother day, another data breach. Cybercrime is on the rise, and the only way to stop a cyberattack is to think like an attacker. In many cases, the bad actor’s first step is scanning the victim’s systems for vulnerabilities that allow them to gain a foothold. According to Forrester’s State of Application Security, 39% of external attacks exploited holes found in web...
Vulnerability Management
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Application Security on a Shoe-String Budget

Tue, 08/17/2021
Boost Your Security Posture Without Breaking Your BudgetHeadlines scream about a new cyberattack every few days, and organizations worldwide scramble to buff their cybersecurity posture. Welcome to the era of high-stakes hacking, and high-profile breaches. No one wants to be the next big news story, but robust cybersecurity comes at a price.You can do everything with a big enough budget. But that...
Application Security
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Asset Reconciliation: The Best Way To Secure Dynamic Network Assets

By Mieng Lim on Tue, 08/17/2021
CTOs and IT managers are no strangers to risk assessment and the urgent need to keep security frameworks up-to-date and effective. But in recent years, the surge in cloud and hybrid solutions has greatly complicated matters. Additionally, the COVID-19 pandemic brought a frantic shift to remote work, resulting in more scattered and ad-hoc hardware outside of corporate control, among other changes...
Vulnerability Management
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Open PGP for IBM i (iSeries)

Tue, 08/10/2021
GoAnywhere MFT for IBM i (iSeries) includes native commands for performing PGP encryption and decryption functions directly on the IBM i (formerly known as and often still called AS/400). These commands can be placed in CL programs, the job scheduler or run from IBM i menus. With GoAnywhere MFT, files can additionally be digitally signed with a private key on the IBM i. In turn, you can verify...
Data Loss Prevention
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Cybersecurity Tips for 2021
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IBM i MFT for Secure FTP and PGP

Tue, 08/10/2021
GoAnywhere MFT will automate and secure file transfers on the IBM i platform using Secure FTP, Open PGP and other popular protocols and encryption standards. GoAnywhere's IBM MFT can be installed on IBM iSeries - version 7.1 and higher on IBM Power Systems, as well as many other operating systems. Automates and secures file transfers with trading partners, customers and internal servers ...
Data Loss Prevention
Secure File Transfer
Compliance
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Think Mutual Bank Uses GoAnywhere MFT for Robust Features and PCI DSS Compliance

Tue, 08/10/2021
Industry: Banking and Finance About a year ago, Think Mutual Bank, a bank located in the Midwest, was searching for a way to transfer data between disparate banking systems. Although Think Bank’s core system is the IBM i, the business banking segment runs on MS SQL. Getting all the data into one place (the IBM i), then copying updated files back to the MS SQL system was a challenge that had to be...
Data Loss Prevention
Secure File Transfer
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The State of Maryland DLLR Secures and Simplifies File Transfers with GoAnywhere

Tue, 08/10/2021
Maryland’s Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation (DLLR) must transfer sensitive data in a secure and reliable fashion. Besides the challenge of ensuring information is protected in transit, each DLLR trading partner requires information to be sent in different file formats, such as fixed width, Excel, CSV, or XML. The DLLR chose GoAnywhere to meet their growing file transfer needs and...
Data Loss Prevention
Secure File Transfer
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Why Do Ransomware Attacks Keep Happening

Fri, 07/23/2021
Did you know the first instance of ransomware was in 1989? Though we’ve moved on from floppy disks containing malware and cashier’s checks used to pay attackers, we are far from moving past ransomware. Instead, ransomware has become more streamlined, and is one of the most popular tools of both amateur and expert threat actors. Just about anyone can purchase a ransomware strain off the dark web or...
Vulnerability Management
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Container Adoption Introduces Efficiency – and Vulnerabilities

Thu, 07/08/2021
When Adopting Containers, Be Sure to Adopt the Relevant Security PracticesContainers have evolved to address the market need for a more flexible and repeatable application development process. Application container adoption increased more than 300% since 2016 and is expected to grow 29% annually over the next five years. With this growth in container usage has come increased attention from...
Vulnerability Management
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Moving Away from Cloud: Making the Case for Hybrid IT

By Per Bauer on Wed, 06/30/2021
HelpSystems’ Per Bauer discusses article touting a move back from the cloud and makes case for hybrid IT spend to drive costs down.HelpSystems’ Per Bauer discusses article touting a move back from the cloud and makes case for hybrid IT spend to drive costs down.
Infrastructure Management
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A Beginner’s Guide to the ISO/SAE 21434 Cybersecurity Standard for Road Vehicles

By Jasmine Zaker on Thu, 05/27/2021
According to Juniper Research, 206 million vehicles will have embedded connectivity by 2025 — with 30 million vehicles utilizing 5G connectivity. The connected car now contains units for communication, in-voice assistant, geolocation sensors and cloud-platforms that connect vehicles to mobility services. To ensure that these hyper-connected vehicles remain secure, a standard known as ISO SAE 21434...
Application Security
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The Four Essentials for Scalable Cloud Security and Compliance

Thu, 05/20/2021
In the evolution of cloud computing, at first it was just about moving some workloads to the cloud. Next, companies realized that whatever they move to the cloud needs to be secured. As time went by, it seemed that everything moved to the cloud, including data that not only had to be secured, but also had to be in compliance with one or more regulations.As more and more workloads migrate to the...
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More Than a Scan: Vulnerability Management Provides Vital Context and Direction

Tue, 05/18/2021
With sophisticated and persistent cyberattacks on the rise, it has never been more critical for organizations to outpace savvy criminals and prevent costly security risks. It is essential that businesses today are able to utilize risk-based vulnerability management scans to identify and eliminate system weaknesses before they are exploited. This is best accomplished by proactively and effectively...
Vulnerability Management