Information. Data. Personal details. Particulars. Intelligence. Call it what you like—the universal truth is that in the present age, personal data has become one of the most valuable possessions. Companies around the world are scrambling to secure the data they have collected, while those with malicious intentions are vying for these coveted bits of information.

It’s official. Ransomware isn’t just one of the most common types of malware, it is the most prevalent malware used in cyberattacks according to the 2018 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). This report found that of the data breaches involving malware in 2017, 39 percent made use of ransomware, which was twice the amount used the previous year.

We’ve added a new feature we think you’ll want to hear about—Single Sign-on. Uptrends is now compatible with Single Sign-on. Single Sign-on (SSO) is a great way to easily manage user accounts, improve productivity, and improve security, and now you can use SSO with Uptrends.

Security information and event management (SIEM) helps with managing and analyzing the vast amount of log information generated by networks. Of all the capabilities of SIEM, event correlation is the most powerful. This technique analyzes log data from your servers, applications, routers, firewalls, and other network devices, and identifies patterns of activity that indicate potential attacks.

The news is filled with stories about horrible attacks against corporate and government networks. It’s almost enough to make administrators for small and mid-sized networks give up. But it’s important to note not all of these attacks are the same. There’s a vast difference, for example, between the incredibly sophisticated long-term attacks against high-profile companies and government agencies, and the mere smash-and-grab attacks.

We sometimes get requests from customers asking for help understanding a File Sight report. It often involves some user account is shown as having read 100’s of files very quickly. This post is to help explain what might have happened.

As time goes on, more and more organizations are abandoning the outdated waterfall development methodology for more practical and efficient Agile development practices. As this movement has occurred, development teams are moving faster than ever by employing Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) practices that are serving to shorten development cycles and get new features into production with increasing speed.

Netflix recommends Stranger Things to you because it knows you like watching sci-fi thrillers. Tinder lets you swipe right into your next date because it’s learned your interests and partner preferences. Amazon keeps showing you Fitbit because you’ve spent a considerable amount of time browsing through the fitness and wellness category.

The founders of RapidSpike built, managed, and successfully exited from a leading UK Security Company called RandomStorm before launching RapidSpike. One of the main areas that RandomStorm excelled in was Penetration Testing and the founders of RapidSpike have recently launched Pentest People to once again provide Penetration Testing services to the worldwide market.

One of the most common business requirements data handlers face is the numerous data privacy standards present as industry standards. Each industry has their own variation, each with their own specific requirements — but regardless of the standard or the applied dataset, compliance is extremely important.