Tag: hackers

Benefits and Challenges of Bug Bounty Programs

Bryan Becker | April 2, 2020 | bug bounty, bug bounty programs, hackers, white hat hackers, white hats, Xbox, Xbox Bounty Program

Trying to get ahead of the bugs and vulnerabilities that cause security breaches and hacks has become an increasingly high priority in recent years across a variety of industries. With a growing ...

Server Security: Minimizing Risk in 3 Steps

Greg Keller | February 12, 2020 | hackers, hardware security, IT admin, server access, server control, servers, threats

Servers located directly on the internet run one of the highest risks of being compromised. It’s just too easy for hackers to find an open “door” or “window” into those servers and ...

DevOps: Here’s How to Slack Securely

Pete Cheslock | May 1, 2017 | collaboration, hackers, privacy, protocols, security, Slack

With 1.7 million daily active users, it’s clear Slack has come to dominate the team chat world, especially in the tech industry. This, however, means that a fair amount of security is ...

Meeting the Need for Speed in Cyber Threat Response

contributor | April 25, 2017 | automation, cyberattack, cyberthreat, data breach, hackers, IT security, security information and event management, security response, SIEM

In the very early days of the internet, hackers most likely were "lone wolves." They might be an unhappy customer, a disgruntled employee or a tech-savvy youth who just wanted to see ...

8 Ways to Focus on Cloud Software Security

contributor | November 29, 2016 | audits, cloud, Cloud Security, compliance, continual compliance, cyberthreats, hackers, web applications

Cloud Software Security Examined Cloud software security is critically important. Take, for example, health care: Doctors and other healthcare professionals are one of the biggest users of cloud software, yet recent studies ...

DEF CON: Where Have All the Black Hats Gone?

contributor | September 2, 2016 | black hats, conference, DEF CON, hackers, security, white hats

DEF CON is one of the most controversial conferences in the world. Only at that annual event have arrests been made, legal threats shut down presentations and zero-day attacks been anted in ...

Cloud Security Tips: How to Prevent Hackers from Breaching Your Cloud

Brian Wheeler | August 19, 2016 | backups, Cloud Security, cloud security tools, encrypted data, hackers

Recent data system breaches at Oracle and Sage reminds us all that the continuous threat of criminal hacking of cloud security systems is not abating. Rather, it’s becoming routine. Business managers, lawmakers ...