Red teaming is a powerful cybersecurity tactic If you were a bank robber, which kind of banks would you rob? Probably not the bank with a 24-hour police presence on its premises. And most certainly not the banks with an army of armed guards, bollards, and security cameras at every entrance. In cybersecurity, we call that vulnerability analysis. It's where we ask ourselves: "If I were a cybercriminal, what would I attack?" The answer to that question is called the attack surface: the sum of all potential vulnerabilities in a system. Red teaming is the practice of using a "fake" attacker to test the security of a business. The attacker will attempt to gain entry into the company's confidential files and databases, using whatever means necessary. The goal of this exercise is to find any weaknesses in their system, which can then be fixed. The Sugar Security Suite uses these methods to determine how easy it would be for someone without authorization to access yo...
Data Privacy week is here! You have probably heard of data privacy, but why is there a whole week of it? Data Privacy Week was created as an international effort to empower individuals and encourage businesses to respect privacy, safeguard data, and enable trust. Here are the 7 Principles that are recognized most: Principle 1: Lawfulness, Fairness, transparency Principle 2: Purpose Limitation Principle 3: Data Minimization Principle 4: Accuracy Principle 5: Storage Limit Principle 6: Integrity & Confidentiality (Security) Principle 7: Accountability We highly recommend checking out: Here It's a great reminder to check in on how you're handling customer data and maybe see ways to better it! Data privacy has been getting more traction as we go further into tech and is a necessary step to ensure customer data is in the right hands. Not only that, your customers trust you with their data, so how are you staying up to date with all these changes?