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A Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) is a fantastic way to manage intelligence and its process amongst individual teams and communities, including....

The year 2018 was not much different than recent years in the world of security: Several massive security incidents at large companies and government....

In this information age, security threats are commonplace and can be devastating to a business. The ability to quickly and accurately detect cyber....

Intelligence seems to be full of three-letter acronyms, including Indicators of Compromise (IoC) and Indicators of Attack (IoA). The difference....

With the year quickly coming to a close, the web is full of blogs titled, “A Look Back at 2018,” and “2018: A Post-Mortem.” We’ve decided to give you....

Information is varied and complex, involving many data types, structures, and protocols for different types of data sets. This increases challenges....

Don’t you hate it when you forget something? Like when you take your kids on a hike and forget a snack, or take your dog for a walk and forget those....

The marriage of a well-managed risk program and a targeted Darknet operation to move towards mitigation of risk is an ROI most mature companies have....

Having just returned from the U.S. to Europe, we recently met for breakfast around the corner from the new London HQ of Optiv Security, a market....

I was in a store the other day and saw something that, being in cyber security, stopped me fast: A Password Journal. Seriously. A place to write down....

If we were to relate the Grinch to cyber security terms, we’d call him a quintessential threat actor. His sole focus is finding a way to stop....

Ah, Thanksgiving. Time to breathe, greet the holidays and revel in a few days off, time with family, and…what’s that call on your cell? “Suspicious....