application aware protection
Defining What it Means to Secure Software in Runtime
The most critical and challenging weakness in cybersecurity is the inability to protect applications, or software, at runtime. Runtime is a vulnerable blind spot deep within the application infrastructure. Today’s cybersecurity tools ...
Blocking the Exploitation of PrintNightmare
Last week, in its Patch Tuesday update, Microsoft Security Response Center released an additional security fix for the series of zero-day vulnerabilities known collectively as “PrintNightmare,” which can be used to break ...
Make Cyberattacks Like Hafnium Irrelevant
Recent statements issued by the United States, European Union, and the United Kingdom have accused China of conducting the cyberattack against Microsoft’s Exchange Servers. China continues to deny the claims, but officials ...
Critical Capabilities for Cloud Workload Protection Platforms
The Gartner Market Guide for Cloud Workload Protection Platforms addresses what industry professionals should look for in a cloud workload protection platform. After reviewing the guide and evaluating, two things remain clear—protection ...
Essential Protection for Legacy Applications – Part 1
Legacy applications are essential components of almost every organization yet are fraught with vulnerabilities and security challenges. Effective protection of legacy applications is a rich and complex topic that we will detail ...
CTO Perspective: Examination of the REvil Ransomware Attack
By Satya Gupta, Founder and CTO, Virsec Over the July 4th weekend, the REvil ransomware syndicate hit software supplier Kaseya Ltd. and crippled more than 200 United States companies. The criminals took ...
Anyone Can Be Hacked
The truth is no organization is un-hackable. As John Chambers, former CEO of Cisco, and current CEO and founder of JC2 Ventures, stated several years ago, “There are two types of companies: those ...
Ransomware: A Thriving Business
Ransomware has become an industry unto itself, crippling organizations around the world. Some attacks, such as the recent ones perpetrated against the Colonial Pipeline, JBS, and Acer, are discovered quickly. Others can ...
Behind the Scenes: A Conversation with Virsec’s CTO of the Year
Several weeks ago, we were thrilled to learn that our Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Satya Gupta, was named CTO of the Year in the 2021 Global InfoSec Awards. For the last ...
Protecting Industrial Control Systems Against Cyberattacks – Part 3
In the third installment of our series, Protecting Industrial Control Systems Against Cyberattacks, we explore additional risk factors and vulnerabilities facing ICS SCADA systems. If you haven’t already, please go back and ...
