News Article
How to Fortify Defenses Before Threats Materialize
By Chris Reffkin on Mon, 09/09/2024
Cyber threats are becoming more sophisticated and frequent, yet many organizations still face challenges due to limited resources. In ITSecurityWire, Fortra's Chris Reffkin highlights prioritizing remediation, closing the skills gap, and ongoing improvement.
Guide
Avoid These Common Ransomware Prevention Oversights
Most breaches and data losses are caused by simple "honest" mistakes that inadvertently create security weaknesses for attackers to target. In fact 68% of data breaches originate from some type of non-malicious human element*. When it comes to ransomware prevention, if you focus too intently on your defensive cybersecurity tactics, you may be overlooking some fundamental security measures, like...
Blog
Malware, Ransomware, and Viruses vs Your IBM i Server
By Sandi Moore on Tue, 09/03/2024
Many of us have heard that you can’t get a virus on this platform, but the reality is that the integrated file system (IFS) is a tree-like structure. This structure can house Word documents, PDFs, MP3s, JPEG images, and these files can be just as infected on the IBM i server as they can on any Windows work station or server.
Guide
How Fortra Supports the MAS TRM Notice and Guidelines
Download this guide to learn how Fortra's solutions can help your organization comply with the MAS TRM notice and guidelines.
Blog
Managing the Rising Tide of CVEs
By Mieng Lim on Fri, 07/26/2024
If you are watching recent security stats, you’ll likely spot an alarming trend.Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) are on the rise and expected to increase by 25% in 2024, reaching 2,900 CVEs per month¹. It’s not a huge surprise that the number of known vulnerabilities is growing, given the proliferation of systems and software. Unfortunately, average time to remediation is increasing as...
Blog
What Is Vulnerability Management? Process & Use Cases
By Antonio Sanchez on Tue, 07/23/2024
Recent years have seen confusion around how to define vulnerability management. In this blog, security expert Antonio Sanchez sets the record straight, exploring the technology’s process and use cases.
Blog
3 Components of a Proactive Security Strategy
By Mieng Lim on Mon, 07/22/2024
Your organization might have many cybersecurity defenses in place, but defenses alone are not enough to protect you from today’s multi-faceted cyberattacks. Proactively adding a layer of offensive security assessment and testing helps you pinpoint your system weaknesses before they are exploited. Proactive security measures help you stay ahead of attackers by:Identifying vulnerabilities and...
News Article
IT Nerd: Exclusive Insights from Fortra’s 2024 Penetration Testing Report
By Chris Reffkin on Fri, 06/28/2024
Fortra CISO Chris Reffkin spoke with IT Nerd and shared valuable insights from Fortra’s 2024 Penetration Testing Report.
Article
How to Implement the CIS Controls and Benchmarks on IBM i
By Amy Williams on Mon, 06/24/2024
Discover what the CIS Benchmarks and Controls are, why IBM i organizations should implement them, and how Powertech can help.
Demo
Watch a Demo of Fortra Vulnerability Management
Fortra Vulnerability Management (formerly Frontline VM) is more than a scan. This risk-based, scalable VM solution streamlines vulnerability identification and prioritization, producing accurate, actionable reports that empower quick remediation. Whether your team is just beginning network security assessments or establishing on-going, automated assessments and reporting, our feature-rich VM is...
Blog
The Top 5 Benefits of Remote Network Monitoring
By Kevin Jackson on Mon, 06/10/2024
If your network equipment is located in multiple locations, or your IT team wants to monitor the network on-the-go, remote network monitoring can help.
On-Demand Webinar
How to Securely Deploy ACS and Use Encrypted Sessions
By Steve Sisk
Watch IBM i pros Steve Sisk and Amy Williams to discover how to securely deploy ACS, how to use IBM i as a Certificate Authority (CA), how to configure ACS to use TLS, and other ACS security best practices.
On-Demand Webinar
Making the Most of the Audit Journal
By Amy Williams
Watch IBM i pros Steve Sisk and Amy Williams to discover how to securely deploy ACS, how to use IBM i as a Certificate Authority (CA), how to configure ACS to use TLS, and other ACS security best practices.
News Article
Healthcare IT News: HHS Offers $50M to Help Providers Patch Ransomware Vulnerabilities
By Tyler Reguly on Fri, 06/07/2024
Is AI enough to help organizations keep up with constantly changing vulnerabilities? Tyler Reguly spoke with Healthcare IT News and shared his take on it.
News Article
ComputerWeekly: Critical Sharepoint, Qakbot-Linked Flaws Focus of May Patch Tuesday
By Tyler Reguly on Fri, 06/07/2024
Tyler Reguly spoke with ComputerWeekly about the elevation of privilege (EoP) vulnerability in Windows DWM Core Library.