While SSL/TLS provides privacy and authentication, it also creates a blind spot for enterprise security. Cybercriminals can use SSL to hide their exploits from an organization’s security controls, including Next Generation Firewalls (NGFW), Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), Unified Threat Management (UTM), secure gateways, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), anti-malware solutions, and more. Cybercriminals use SSL/TLS to ...

For most organizations, Secure Shell (SSH) key credentials are left unprotected and leave the door open to be exploited. System administrators and automated applications, which use SSH keys for authentication and access, have the highest level of rights and privileges for accessing servers, applications, and virtual instances. APTs and other attackers want to gain and ...