FireMon Blog
October 1, 2019 •
Five Stars – FireMon Security Manager 8.26
The Global Policy Controller (GPC) was built onto the platform and shows the overall intent of a policy and streamlines the process of pre-compliance checks through automation without breaking security policy.
Read More March 4, 2019 •
Are employees the weakest (cybersecurity) link? Sometimes
The weakest link in cybersecurity, it’s often said, is the occupant of the space between the chair and keyboard. Indeed, with phishing attacks not only still seeing widespread success but actually on the uptick, employees...
Read More August 28, 2017 •
The Top Security Challenges for 2017
The first half of 2017 has not exactly been a ride in the park for cybersecurity professionals. Some of the highlight events so far this year have been the Shadow Brokers regularly dumping NSA hacking...
Read More June 9, 2017 •
Botched security: Celebrities, other patients, affected after plastic surgery files are breached and stolen
Hackers have published medical files stolen from the plastic surgery clinic Grozio Chirurgija, including (reportedly) patient photos, passport scans, insurance information and social security numbers.
Read More May 26, 2017 •
Here comes the cloud…and it’s all right
While the cloud is inevitably the future home for data storage that doesn’t mean it’s perfect and those who entrust a third-party storage company to safely and competently house their data have nothing to worry...
Read More March 3, 2017 •
Uber fights phishing with custom email IDS platform
Uber is proactively fighting phishing attacks by developing and implementing its own custom email intrusion detection systems (IDS).The ride-sharing firm announced it is deploying its own intrusion detection solutions designed to analyze payloads in sandboxes...
Read More March 3, 2017 •
Cybersecurity pros tell Trump to heed commission’s recommendations
yber industry executives are weighing in on the presidential Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity's Report on Securing and Growing the Digital Economy identifying several areas they feel the commission nailed when...
Read More March 3, 2017 •
FireMon appoints Paul Calatayud as CTO
Paul Calatayud has been appointed as chief technology officer at FireMon. With 16 years of experience in the security industry behind his belt, Calatayud will lead enterprise security programs to strengthen relationships and contribute real-world...
Read More March 3, 2017 •
65% of IT pros would be grounded by Mum for their messy firewall rules
Nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of IT security pros would be grounded in some capacity for the messy state of their firewall rules. Of those, over half or one-third of the total said that if their...
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