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It’s been another busy week in the world of cyber security which is why every week Integrity360 highlights just a few of the biggest stories hitting the headlines.  

It’s that time of year again when organisations across Europe and the USA participate in the now annual Cyber Security Awareness Month, and this year the focus is on the dangers posed by phishing and ransomware attacks. 

As modern threats make security breaches more difficult to prevent, enterprises are turning to Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services to protect their IT systems. A survey by IBM revealed that 94% of enterprises not already using an MDR service are currently evaluating or have plans to evaluate MDR over the next 18 months.  

There’s always something happening in the world of cyber security which is why every week Integrity360 highlights just a few of the biggest stories hitting the headlines.

As remote working has steadily become the norm in the post-pandemic period, it’s becoming increasingly clear that many organisations are failing to effectively maintain data security. At the heart of this issue is a lack of data access controls.  

Firewalls are a critical underpinning component of cyber security and implementing the necessary network security controls for the prevention and detection of threats.  

There’s always something happening in the world of cyber security which is why every week Integrity360 highlights just a few of the biggest stories hitting the headlines. 

Is your organisation implementing zero-trust correctly? While thousands of enterprises flocked to implement a zero-trust framework during the Covid-19 pandemic, many have struggled to effectively deploy it within their environments.  

There’s been a cyber security skills shortage for years. It’s an issue the industry continues to struggle with and it’s not going away any time soon. Fortunately, businesses can fill their skill gaps by outsourcing to Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) like Integrity360.

Integrity360 and Caretower, two of the most established and respected providers of cyber security services today announced that they have joined forces with Caretower becoming an Integrity360 company. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

A month ago, Ponemon and IBM released the Cost of a Data Breach 2021 report, an annual study on the cost of data breaches and the modern threat landscape. The report not only highlighted that the cost of data breaches is on the rise but also showed that enterprises are taking longer to contain security incidents. 

Microsoft has disclosed yet another critical vulnerability not long since PrintNightmare was disclosed. This privilege elevation vulnerability lies in the overly permissive Access Control Lists (ACLs) on the important and sensitive Security Accounts Manager (SAM) database, SYSTEM and SECURITY registry hives. This means that an attacker with a standard non-administrative account can in theory achieve local privilege escalation, masquerade as other users and/or achieve the following: