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The best VPN alternatives for businesses
The best VPN alternatives for businesses
If you work in the cybersecurity field, or if you’ve ever worked from home, you’re probably pretty familiar with a virtual private network, or as we all know
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What is drug diversion? A look at the problem, and what happens if you don’t prevent it.
Left unchecked, the devastating toll taken by drug diversion runs wide and deep.
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Leading IGA capabilities with Imprivata Identity Governance 7.3
Check out the all-new updates to Imprivata Identity Governance with version 7.3.
Staying protected against ransomware
Staying protected against ransomware
As we wrap up cybersecurity month, we’d be remiss if we didn’t visit the ever-present threat of ransomware attacks. Every time we look at the trends around ransomware attacks, the news is rarely positive. The frequency of these attacks has yet to slow down, with experts estimating that an attempted ransomware attack occurred every 11 seconds in 2021, with a total 700 million attempted attacks, up 134% from 2020. Phishing attacks continue to be a common and successful method by which attackers gain initial access to an organization’s network.
What you need to know about cyber insurance
What you need to know about cyber insurance
While there are a variety of policies, providers, and cyber insurance offerings in the market, at its foundation, cyber insurance is an insurance policy that organizations purchase in the event of a successful cyber attack or data breach. As home or car insurance helps protect you when the worst happens by helping with the cost of recovery; for cyber insurance, the policy will reimburse the organization for financial losses sustained from the attack.
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Take a look at what’s new with Imprivata Privileged Access Management
Take a look at the improvements we’ve made to Imprivata Privileged Access Management in the first half of 2022.
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Stepping up to a proactive drug diversion prevention strategy
Fighting drug diversion takes a holistic approach aided by powerful technology.
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UNITY
Recently, the word unity has taken on a new meaning at Imprivata. With our team more spread out than ever before, our employees are working out of our various offices around the globe and even their homes.
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PAM and VPAM: The power couple safeguarding critical assets from inside and outside threats
Threats exist internally and externally, so you need to make sure you’re prepared. The powerful combo of PAM and VPAM can help keep your organization safe.
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Imprivata Identity Governance 7.2: Expanded capabilities to keep your organization secure
Take a look at the improvements we’ve made to Imprivata Identity Governance, all in the name of making sure we anticipate the needs of your organization.
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Strengthen your security posture with identity governance and privileged access management
Need to keep identity and access locked down? Then you need identity governance and privileged access management.
Is the future of access management consolidation?
Is the future of access management consolidation?
Not only is cybersecurity changing, but the most recent iteration of the general idea, centered around access management, is itself in flux — threats are constantly changing and technology is evolving faster than most industries can implement.
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Why your Zero Trust strategy needs a third-party privileged access component
Zero Trust isn’t a buzzword. But to do it right, you need to lock down privileged access. Yes, even for third parties.
Five steps to build a strong access management strategy
Five steps to build a strong access management strategy
It’s no secret that organizations are changing the way they operate. Digitization is everywhere, and employees are going from desktops in cubicles to cloud-connected laptops in home offices, coffee shops, and anywhere in between.
The human element is still a major factor in breaches
The human element is still a major factor in breaches
Human error: It’s an everyday occurrence and happens to everyone at some point or another. Unfortunately, when it comes to cybersecurity, human errors, and the human element broadly, can have costly consequences.  According to the 2022 Data Breach Investigation Report by Verizon, human error is still a prominent factor when it comes to breaches.
Law firms are using more third parties, are they protected from third party risk?
Law firms are using more third parties, are they protected from third party risk?
Third party risk is not new. After all, over half of organizations (51%) were the victim of a third-party data breach in the past year. Third parties are opaque, transient, and harder to govern and limit access to.
The biggest challenge to adopting security tech in manufacturing
The biggest challenge to adopting security tech in manufacturing
The manufacturing sector continues to be one of the most appealing targets for hackers. It has the largest average payout for a ransomware attack and the consequences are too visible and disruptive to ignore. The result: companies are much more likely to pay ransoms and meet demands.
User access reviews can neutralize retail sector risks
User access reviews can neutralize retail sector risks
It only took two attacks for Brazilian e-commerce platform, Americanas.com, to lose millions. The attacks, over two days in February 2022, didn’t affect physical stores, but rendered the e-commerce side unavailable, and the total loss added up to $183 million.
How to identify critical access points
How to identify critical access points
The current trends in the cyber landscape are all rotating around one axis — access points. Hackers and cybersecurity professionals alike are all focusing on access points as their means of success — whether that’s to infiltrate or protect those entryways into critical systems, data, and applications. In order to secure access points, you first need to identify them.
Looking back on the Colonial Pipeline hack
Looking back on the Colonial Pipeline hack
It’s been one year since Colonial Pipeline was infamously hacked, creating fuel shortages, driving up gas prices, and creating a state of emergency. We’ve dug into this hack many times before, but looking back on one of the biggest critical infrastructure attacks shows us both why this cyber incident is so important and how organizations should move forward with their cybersecurity strategies after the many lessons learned from the attack.