For the second consecutive year at the Black Hat Conference, McAfee, a part of Intel Security, polled security practitioners to gauge their challenges with advanced malware used in low-prevalence and targeted attacks. Despite many investments in “silver bullet” products, detection continued to lead the list of challenges. Key to detection is filtering the signal from ...

In digital combat, cybercriminals benefit from the success of others. Successful breaches provide the motivation and resources for further attacks, whether for financial gain, economic disruption, or corporate intelligence. Organizations of all sizes are at risk from nation-states, hacktivists, organized crime, malicious and accidental insider threats. The knowledge and capabilities gap between attackers and defenders ...

Gain Insight on SIEM architecture–Intel IT’s approach is an IT best practice of three layers: common logging service, correlation layer, and predictive analytics. This security BI architecture consumes 4 billion events per day to deliver near real-time reporting. Subscribe to the Cybersecurity Insider Newsletter Strengthen your organization's IT security defenses by keeping abreast of the ...

Big data, computer models, and sophisticated algorithms have brought us much closer to accurately predicting things such as actuarial tables, inventory levels, and financial behavior. These tools help with pricing, manufacturing, and application approvals. Advanced analytics can also help security analysts understand the probable path of an attack and enable faster actions to contain or ...

Security practitioners have basically failed to keep pace with adversaries for the past decade. It is a sad story but true. So threat intelligence (TI) has garnered considerable interest as a counter to adversaries launching new attacks using new techniques, and an alternative to the broken negative security model. Looking specifically for attacks you have ...

To be successful in business today, an enterprise must operate securely in the cyberdomain. We’re in a period of unprecedented change where transformation and disruptive technologies are the new constant. This transformation and disruption are having a profound effect on security perception and architecture within the business. Security is recognized as an essential element to ...

The steady parade of attacks disclosed in 2014 has made it abundantly clear that current security efforts and checkbox compliance aren’t sufficient for data protection. In a new survey commissioned by McAfee, part of Intel Security, 74% of respondents remain highly concerned about their ability to handle targeted attacks and advanced persistent threats (APTs). Over ...

The Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) recently worked with Intel Security to analyze the results of a research project based upon a survey of 700 IT and security professionals at mid-market (i.e., 500 to 999 employees) and enterprise (i.e., more than 1,000 employees) organizations located in Asia, North America, EMEA and South America. Survey respondents came ...

For the second consecutive year at the Black Hat Conference, McAfee, a part of Intel Security, polled security practitioners to gauge their challenges with advanced malware used in low-prevalence and targeted attacks. Despite many investments in “silver bullet” products, detection continued to lead the list of challenges. Key to detection is filtering the signal from ...

As a small to medium-sized business (SMB) owner, you know how complex the threat landscape is getting and how costly it is to protect your business devices, data, and networks. Intel Security breaks down how they are able to offer SMBs top tier protection without breaking the bank. Subscribe to the Cybersecurity Insider Newsletter Strengthen ...