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October 15, 2020 • 6 min read

CISO Stressbusters: 7 tips for weathering the cybersecurity storms

An essential requirement of being a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is stakeholder management. In many organizations, security is still seen as a support function; meaning, any share of the budget you receive may be viewed jealously by other departments. Bringing change to an organization that’s set in its ways can be a challenge (even…

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July 28, 2020 • 5 min read

Empower your analysts to reduce burnout in your security operations center

Strategic use of automation and metrics can help you create a continuous learning culture that keeps your team engaged in the work.

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May 28, 2020 • 4 min read

Managing cybersecurity like a business risk: Part 1—Modeling opportunities and threats

We often talk about risks only in term.s of potential loss, but most risks have the potential for gain too. To manage cybersecurity as a business risk, we need to better understand the opportunities and risks of key business drivers

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April 10, 2019 • 3 min read

Building the security operations center of tomorrow—better insights with compound detection

Learn how compound detection can help you apply the law of data gravity and correlate insights across your security platforms.

October 15, 2018 • 3 min read

Making it real—harnessing data gravity to build the next gen SOC

In this post we address the question: "How do we make data gravity a reality in the security operations center (SOC) while we are under increased and constant pressure from motivated threat actors?"

August 30, 2018 • 4 min read

Building the security operations center of tomorrow—harnessing the law of data gravity

How can we build the SOC of tomorrow? By respecting the law of data gravity. If we can perform security analytics close to where the data already is, we can increase the speed of response.

April 4, 2018 • 4 min read

Announcing: new British Standard for cyber risk and resilience

Technology is an integral part of the fabric of everyday life. There is almost no organization that does not rely on digital services in some way in order to survive. The opportunity that technology provides also brings with it more vulnerabilities and threats as organizations and data become more connected and available. This trend results…