The Layered Security Approach
Cyber threats are constantly increasing in complexity, with billions of records being exposed by data breaches in 2020 alone. These cybersecurity attacks include phishing, ransomware, Distributed Denial of Services (DDoS), and Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks, with new malware and viruses being discovered every day. Complicated and multi-prong threats necessitate layered security, ensuring that there are no […]
Simplifying Cyber Threat Intelligence
In battling the constant threat of security breaches, many organizations rely on solutions that provide real-time security alerts. The average enterprise employs dozens of tools, leaving security teams inundated with cyber threat intelligence and focused on multiple interfaces every day. Unsurprisingly, organizations find multi-vendor environments challenging, particularly when faced with tightening budgets and an already […]
CleanINTERNET x Mid-Atlantic Cyber
Getting ahead of the curve on the cyber threat landscape Maintaining the upper hand against cyber threats to guard against network intrusion means employing the right tools to keep you informed of potential and real threats. Mid-Atlantic Cyber, an organization offering physical security and infrastructure solutions, has been utilizing our cyber threat intelligence service, CleanINTERNET, […]
Next-Generation Cyber Threat Intelligence For Your Business
The cyber threat landscape is constantly expanding, with security breaches increasing by 67% since 2014 and the cost of cyber crime expected to be $6 trillion annually by 2021. As threats are evolving and advancing at an alarming rate, threat actors utilize automation to overwhelm security teams and force organizations to re-evaluate their cyber security […]
Maintaining Security With Remote Working
88% of organizations worldwide mandated their employees to work from home in 2020 to slow the spread of COVID-19. And with the pandemic looking to leave office buildings empty for the foreseeable future, organizations are having to embrace new ways of working. Remote working on the rise Even pre-pandemic, remote working numbers have been steadily […]
Centripetal Features in Deloitte’s 2020 Technology Fast 500™
Portsmouth, New Hampshire – November 30, 2020 — Centripetal today announced it ranked 124th on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, and energy tech companies in North America now in its 26th year.
CleanINTERNET Blocks Potential Exploit Attempts
Centripetal Networks observed 472,584 potential exploitation attempts from Iraq targeting a SonicWall VPN host only hours after SonicWall published advisory SNWLID-2020-0010[1]. Centripetal’s CleanINTERNET service was able to block all of these inbound attempts targeting the vulnerable infrastructure in order to defend the environment. This advisory was assigned CVE-2020-5135[2] with a CVSSv3 of 9.4 as it […]
Cybersecurity Challenges for Retailers
Retail is one of the most vulnerable and targeted industries when it comes to cyber attacks, with half of U.S. retailers experiencing a data breach in 2019, up 19% from the year before. Marking the start of the busy holiday shopping period, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the most important days for retailers worldwide, […]
Mitigating Data Breaches within Healthcare
Last week, the US government warned hospitals and healthcare providers of an increased and imminent ransomware threat, linked directly to Eastern European hackers. The FBI, the DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have all received credible information that threat actors are targeting the healthcare sector […]
Bridging the Cybersecurity Skills Gap
Security breaches have increased by 67% since 2014, and (ISC)2 have reported that the global security workforce has to increase by 145% to cope with a surge in demand for cybersecurity professionals. This rise in demand has resulted in a cybersecurity skills gap that is consistently growing. The Cybersecurity Skills Gap Over half of cybersecurity […]