In a recent AgioLive session, our cybersecurity experts Virginia Carty and Kirk Samuels explored the high-stakes battle between ransomware attackers and your business-critical databases. They explained why and how databases are targeted and provided strategies to protect yours. Here are the highlights.
As your firm’s digital footprint expandsâfrom cloud services to remote work environmentsâso does your attack surface. At Agio, we view comprehensive risk assessments as the foundation for proactive cybersecurityâgiving you the intelligence needed to deploy the right controls in the right places before incidents occur.Â
The risk registerâa powerful tool that’s often underutilized but when in place, you can better identify, assess, and manage cybersecurity risks. For financial firms, implementing a robust risk register isn’t just good practiceâit’s essential for several reasons. Dive into those reasons here.
At Agio, we understand that effective cybersecurity can’t come at the expense of legitimate business operations. The challenge isn’t whether to implement region blockingâit’s how to maintain this critical security measure while accommodating the legitimate needs of traveling employees. Take a tour.
Last week, we hosted an AgioLive on LinkedIn with our Director of Cyber Operations, and Associate Director of Cyber Operations, to discuss the unprecedented risk brute-force attacks pose to virtual private networks (VPNs) and the remote access infrastructure that firms rely on for daily operations. Read the highlights.
Artificial intelligence is transforming how financial services firms operate, communicate, and manage risk. While the technology’s potential is immense, many firms ask the same question: “How do we implement AI effectively while ensuring compliance and security?”
Get practical answers about SEC cybersecurity requirements, from 48-hour incident reporting to vendor oversight. Agio’s Chris Harper breaks down what financial firms need to know and do now.
Over the last month, Agio’s cybersecurity monitoring systems have detected a significant rise in sophisticated brute force attacks targeting publicly accessible virtual private networks (VPNs). Here’s what we’re seeing.
What started as a typical year of cybersecurity headlines reveals a more complex story — organizations are now facing an unprecedented three-front battle: regulators driving aggressive compliance measures, adversaries evolving at AI speed, and technology innovation outpacing the preparedness to secure it.  Â
If your organization has branches in the EU, provides services to EU organizations, or supplies ICT services to EU financial institutions, DORA impacts you. Read for a comprehensive analysis of DORA: Its scope, implications, and critical compliance frameworks for financial organizations and ICT providers.
Endpoint detection and response (EDR) monitors endpoints to identify threats and automatically mitigate them. If you manage a large team of remote, in-office, and hybrid workers, outsourcing EDR solutions can help keep your company devices safe. How EDR works Here’s how EDR works: Detects and uncovers stealthy attacks: EDR solutions pair indicators of attacks (IOAs)
Cloud environments demand continuous maintenance, making cloud security essential to your enterprise’s overall security measures. Security is a shared responsibility between cloud providers and users. Provider-based security:Â Cloud providers secure physical data centers and network architecture.