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KPI for Measuring Vulnerability Management Performance

Every business has mission critical activities. Security controls are meant to protect those critical activities to ensure business operations and strategic goals can be sustained indefinitely. Using an “Install and forget”-approach to security provides few assurances for achieving these objectives. An ever-changing digital landscape means a security gap could lead to a high stakes data […]

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Greenbone Basic – Vulnerability Management for SMEs

Greenbone Basic: Small Businesses Can Now Easily Protect Themselves from Vulnerabilities Cyber attacks have become the greatest threat to modern businesses of all sizes. An abundant amount of attacks have caused a stir, cost billions, and resulted in production downtime and significant damage all over the world. Not a lot has changed in 2024, and […]

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Helsinki Education System Breached via Unpatched Vulnerability

The cybersecurity threat environment has never been hotter or the stakes higher, and the cybersecurity community forecasts more of the same.  But, while there are more vulnerabilities for attackers to exploit, analysts also report that perpetrators are exploiting vulnerabilities faster, weaponizing new security advisories in a matter of days, maybe even hours after their publication.  […]

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#nis2know: BSI launches NIS2 vulnerability test

The German implementation of the EU’s NIS2 directive is becoming more and more defined: End of July, the NIS2 Implementation Act passed the German government’s cabinet, a final decision in the Bundestag is imminent. For all companies and authorities wondering whether this concerns them, the BSI has now launched a comprehensive website with an impact […]

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How CSAF 2.0 Advances Automated Vulnerability Management

IT security teams don’t necessarily need to know what CSAF is, but on the other hand, familiarity with what’s happening “under the hood” of a vulnerability management platform can give context to how next-gen vulnerability management is evolving, and the advantages of automated vulnerability management. In this article, we take an introductory journey through CSAF 2.0, […]

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“Only 62 minutes”: From security provider to security problem

“Your company can be ruined in just 62 minutes”: This is how the security provider Crowdstrike advertises. Now the US manufacturer has itself caused an estimated multi-billion-dollar loss due to a faulty product update – at breakneck speed. On 19 July at 04:09 (UTC), the security specialist CrowdStrike distributed a driver update for its Falcon […]

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CVE-2024-31497: PuTTY Forfeits Client ECDSA Private Keys

Public-key cryptography underpins enterprise network security and thus, securing the confidentiality of private keys is one of the most critical IT security challenges for preventing unauthorized access and maintaining the confidentiality of data. While Quantum Safe Cryptography (QSC) has emerged as a top concern for the future, recent critical vulnerabilities like CVE-2024-3094 (CVSS 10) in […]

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AI and cybersecurity: The promise of artificial intelligence

How is artificial intelligence (AI) changing the cybersecurity landscape? Will AI make the cyber world more secure or less secure? I was able to explore these questions at the panel discussion during the “Potsdam Conference for National Cybersecurity 2024” together with Prof. Dr. Sandra Wachter, Dr. Kim Nguyen, Dr. Sven Herpig. Does AI deliver what […]