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A Pivotal Moment for Cybersecurity

Anup Ghosh is the CEO at Fidelis Cybersecurity. An established cybersecurity leader, Ghosh brings extensive senior leadership experience, successfully managing and expanding markets for start-ups and mature cybersecurity companies. There’s a cycle of intense action followed by complacency that comes with any major security incident including the recent SolarWinds breach. Speaking of the importance of taking advantage of the urgency of the moment, Ghosh remarks:

“It’s a career-defining moment for security professionals. … This is the time to bring out your A-game. If you’re in the business of building better security systems this is your moment, get at it. If you’re in the business of defending the enterprise, you’ve got a hard job in front of you.”

10 Best XDR Solutions: Extended Detection And Response Services In 2021

An XDR Solution is a platform that provides comprehensive protection from a wide range of threats to your endpoints, network, users, and cloud workloads through continuous and automated monitoring, analysis, detection, and remediation.

Verdict: Fidelis provides advanced endpoint detection and response services that will give you deep visibility and insights into endpoint activity. It shows all endpoint activity across Windows, Mac, and Linux systems.

Sizing Up the Role of Deception Technology

Chris Kubic, former CISO at the National Security Agency, describes how deception technology can change the defensive landscape. “Where deception comes into play is for the unknown threats, the things that are either an attack you haven’t seen before or the attacker evolved their technique,” he says.

Agencies Scrambling to Get a Grip After Solarwinds Hack

It’s hard to tell, but it’s likely a mad scramble going on among federal information security officers as the extent of the SolarWinds hacking becomes more visible. For some likely scenarios, we turned to the former National Security Agency chief security officer, now with Fidelis Cybersecurity, Chris Kubic.

How the Russian hacking group Cozy Bear, suspected in the SolarWinds breach, plays the long game

As U.S. government agencies and thousands of companies around the world assess whether they’ve been compromised in the SolarWinds breach, cybersecurity experts are concerned that the full reach of the suspected hackers may only be just coming to light.

People familiar with the matter have told outlets including The Washington Post that the culprit is one of the most persistent and savvy hacking groups on the planet: the Russian government-backed APT29, also known as Cozy Bear. Cyber threat intelligence firms have been more cautious in assigning blame, even as they acknowledge significant similarities.

Former NSA security chief details what’s happening inside DoD to respond to SolarWinds hack

The number of government agencies affected by the supply chain attack on SolarWinds network monitoring software grows daily, ratcheting up alarm among private and public sector security pros. Former NSA Chief Security Officer Chris Kubic, now CSO at Fidelis, spoke with SC Media about what’s happening behind the scenes in the CIO and CISO offices of the Pentagon, military services and government agencies, as they scramble to respond to the attack believed to be the work of Russia’s APT29, or Cozy Bear.