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Security awareness is something that is considered to be an essential part of having an effective cyber security programme. 

Now, with European Cybersecurity Month (ECSM) set to begin in October, organisations have a valuable opportunity to increase security awareness among employees so that they’re ready to combat the next generation of online threats.

Below we’re going to look at what ECSM is and how organisations can participate. 

Security breaches are part and parcel of running a modern organisation. Research completed by the Clark School at the University of Maryland showed that hackers attack every 39 seconds. With organisations exposed to such a high volume of threats, Incident Response has become just as important, if not more important than threat prevention. 

According to Wired, ransomware is one of the fastest growing threats in cybersecurity, with global damages predicted to reach £15 billion by 2021.

One-third of all cyber attacks in 2020 can be attributed to three main ransomware groups, Ryuk, Maze and Sodinokibi. Other key trends for 2020 ransomware include threats of data exfiltration and publication.

Privileged Account Management (PAM) has been placed at #1 for last two consecutive years (2018 & 2019) in Gartner’s Top 10 Security Projects. This is due to the fact that nowadays, with an ever-expanding infrastructure like on-premises, cloud, IoT, DevOps, mobile devices and SaaS Business Applications, classical Perimeter Security is not as effective as it used to be due to so many control points and gateways. Furthermore, privileged accounts exist on every asset and system out there, not forgetting about Non-Human Privileged Accounts that are even more difficult to monitor and track (e.g. vulnerability scanners, RPA, or Secrets in Jenkins, etc.)

CyberArk, the global leader in privileged access security, was recognised as the market leader in Gartner’s first Magic Quadrant on Privileged Access Management (PAM).

Superpowers aren’t only reserved for superheroes; supervillains have them too.

There’s been some big headlines in the news about data breaches over the last few years. An attack on Equifax exposed the sensitive information of 143 million U.S. citizens; Yahoo! saw hackers compromise 3 billion accounts.