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This article provides a comprehensive overview of threat intelligence services, highlighting the importance, methodology, benefits, etc.

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via the respected Software Engineering expertise of Mikkel Noe-Nygaard and the lauded Software Engineering / Enterprise Agile Coaching work of Luxshan Ratnaravi at Comic Agilé!

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Software bill of materials (SBOMs) are essential elements for managing software security and compliance, especially in light of increasing open source risks.

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As businesses enhance their risk management techniques, the importance of efficient audit procedures and robust internal controls cannot be overstated. Audit procedures are used by audit teams to identify and assess risks. Auditors can also recommend mitigation, such as a control effectiveness deficiency that could impact an organization’s operations and financial health. But how do...

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As we move through 2024, three events are causing significant disruption in the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) landscape – the Entrust CA distrust incident, Google’s proposal for 90-day TLS certificate validity, and post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standardization. These events come with unique challenges and opportunities and are compelling organizations to rethink their approach to PKI and […]

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DigiCert today announced it is acquiring Vercara, a provider of Domain Name System (DNS) and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) security services delivered via the cloud.

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In the fast-paced world of cybersecurity, every second counts. When an API attack occurs, the speed at which your security team can detect, understand, and respond to the threat can mean the difference between a minor incident and a major data breach. This is where Mean Time to Resolve (MTTR) comes into play. MTTR is a key performance indicator (KPI) that measures the average time it takes to resolve a security incident, from the moment it's detected to the point where it's fully mitigated.

The Importance of MTTR in API Security

APIs are vital for modern applications as they enable smooth communication and data exchange. However, they also pose a significant security risk. API attacks can result in data breaches, service disruptions, and financial losses. The longer an attack remains undetected and unresolved, the more severe the potential damage.

A high MTTR indicates that your security team is struggling to keep up with the pace of attacks. This may be due to a variety of factors, including:

• Alert overload: Many security tools produce an overwhelming number of alerts, making it difficult for analysts to identify and prioritize legitimate threats.
• Lack of context: Without sufficient context about an attack, understanding its scope and impact, which can lead to response delays, can be challenging.
• Manual processes: Depending on manual processes for incident response can be time-consuming and prone to errors.

How Salt Security Helps Reduce MTTR

The Salt Security Platform is designed to help organizations minimize MTTR and improve their API security incident response capabilities. The platform achieves this through several key features.

• High-Fidelity Alerts: Our AI-infused API security platform generates fewer high-fidelity alerts, which are more likely to indicate actual threats. This reduces alert fatigue and enables analysts to focus on the most critical incidents.
• Rapid Investigation Tools: Salt offers powerful investigation tools to aid analysts in rapidly comprehending the context and impact of an attack. These tools include features such as attack timelines, attacker profiles, and API-specific insights.
• Automated Response: We facilitate automated attack blocking and resolution, reducing the necessity for manual intervention and expediting incident response. Additionally, we seamlessly integrate with other security tools, such as SIEMs.
• LLM-driven Attacker Insights: The Salt Security platform uses a custom-built large language model to automatically create detailed profiles of attacker behavior, including their origins, methods, targets, and potential motivations. This gives security teams valuable intelligence for quick and decisive action, improving their ability to understand and respond to API threats effectively. The insights from the language model can help analysts quickly understand the nature of an attack, even if they are unfamiliar with the specific techniques being used, further reducing MTTR (Mean Time to Respond).

The Impact of Reduced MTTR

By reducing MTTR, Salt Security helps organizations:

• Minimize the impact of attacks: Faster incident response means less time for attackers to exploit vulnerabilities and cause damage.
• Improve operational efficiency: Salt Security streamlines incident response processes, freeing security teams to focus on other critical tasks.
• Enhance overall security posture: A lower MTTR demonstrates a strong security posture and a commitment to protecting critical assets.

Conclusion

In the context of API security, time is of the essence. Salt Security's AI-infused platform, focuses on reducing MTTR by providing high-quality alerts, faster investigation capabilities, automated responses, and insights into attackers powered by AI. This allows organizations to promptly and effectively deal with threats. By doing so, not only is the impact of attacks minimized, but it also enhances their overall security posture, ensuring the protection of their valuable APIs.

If you want to learn more about Salt and how we can help you on your API Security journey through discovery, posture management, and run-time threat protection, please contact us, schedule a demo, or check out our website.

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As software development reaches new heights, ensuring the security and management of your code is more crucial than ever. Seeing the need of the hour, Strobes CTEM is now integrated...

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its first three post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standards, a world-first designed to meet the threat of powerful quantum computers as well as the increasing encryption vulnerability to AI-based attacks.

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By pushing past the hurdles that can make threat modeling challenging, business leaders can take full advantage of threat models to give their organizations a leg up in the battle against cyberattacks.

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Authors: Rui Ataide, Hermes Bojaxhi GuidePoint’s DFIR team is frequently called upon to respond to Ransomware incidents. While many such […]

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Learn How Kaseya is Changing the Game for MSPs

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The FBI and law enforcement agencies from the UK and Germany seized servers and domains belonging to the Dispossessor ransomware gang, which had emerged into the spotlight following a similar operation against the notorious LockBit gang in February.

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Authors/Presenters:Chao Wang, Yue Zhang, Zhiqiang Lin

Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the organizations strong commitment to Open Access. Originating from the conference’s events situated at the Anaheim Marriott; and via the organizations YouTube channel.

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By Deb Radcliff, DevSecOps analyst and editor of CodeSecure’s TalkSecure educational content (syndicated at Security Boulevard & YouTube)LAS VEGAS – One day before the Black Hat Briefings started in Vegas last week, a group of experts met at the Wynn Las Vegas to talk about SBOMs (software bills of materials) during the Software Supply Chain Security Summit hosted by Lineage. Despite…

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Securing your API ecosystem is increasingly complex, leaving organizations unsure where to begin. Gartner's®  2024 Market Guide for API Protection offers clear guidance:

"Start using API protection products to discover and categorize your organization's APIs. Identify critical APIs that are publicly exposed and provide access to sensitive data."

Understanding your API attack surface and prioritizing your security efforts is crucial. Once you have visibility into your API landscape, you can implement appropriate security measures to protect your APIs from abuse and access violations. This might involve deploying an API protection product, implementing security best practices, and conducting regular security assessments.  It also becomes critical to design and develop APIs from the start that meet your organization’s governance standards.

The API protection market is undergoing a period of rapid evolution, with consolidation and new entrants from various sectors. According to one of the findings in the 2024 Gartner® Market Guide for API Protection,

"While the early adopters of API protection have been acquiring products from specialized vendors, the market is rapidly consolidating with offerings from web application and API protection (WAAP), API management and cloud infrastructure and platform service (CIPS) providers competing with stand-alone API protection providers."

While these traditional application security providers offer some API security capabilities, they often don’t have the depth and specialization of dedicated API security vendors such as Salt Security.

Salt Security is a specialized API security vendor uniquely positioned to address the evolving API threat landscape. Our platform is purpose-built for API security, leveraging deep API expertise and cutting-edge AI-infused technology to provide comprehensive visibility and protection for all APIs. We are committed to staying ahead of the curve, ensuring our customers have the best API security solution.

Salt Security's API Protection Platform makes it easy to get started with API protection. Our platform quickly and easily discovers all your APIs, giving you the visibility you need to secure them. We also offer comprehensive security posture governance and runtime protection capabilities to help you mitigate API risks and prevent attacks. Take action now to protect your APIs and safeguard your sensitive data before it's too late.

If you would like to learn more about Salt and how we can help you on your API Security journey through discovery, posture management and run time threat protection, please contact us, schedule a demo, or check out our website.

*Gartner, Market Guide for API Protection, Dionisio Zumerle, Aaron Lord, et al., 29 May 2024 GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved.

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North Korean army of remote IT workers enabled by Matthew Isaac Knoot, alleges DoJ.

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via the comic & dry wit of Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD

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Hackers, possibly from Iran, sent phishing emails to the Biden-Harris campaign and Trump operative Roger Stone hoping to gain access into the systems of both presidential campaigns. It worked with Stone, who compromised email account opened the door to the Trump campaign infrastructure.

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Learn how to minimize the impact of vulnerabilities like social media use, private jet tracking, and more As an executive protection (EP) professional, you’re likely experiencing a rise in physical threats against your principal(s). You’re not alone. According to Ontic’s State of Protective Intelligence Report, 8 out of 9 EPs say their companies are experiencing…

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