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Latest product updates – November 2024

Our latest updates include improved breach monitoring, SIEM suppression, and task delegation, helping your team manage alerts more effectively.

Product & Tech

Product Update – Threat Management

Our enhanced notification system introduces bi-weekly threat digests, intelligent de-duplication, and streamlined alert management, giving your better control and visibility over your security environment.

Product & Tech

Product Update - Phishing & Training

Our updated phishing simulator offers new templates, easy setup, and custom learning paths, enhancing functionality for better visibility and control over your team’s cyber awareness.

Security Advice

Ransomware Demands – A Record Breaking Fee

Record $75 million ransomware payment highlights escalating cyber threats. Learn 10 crucial protection strategies and stay ahead of evolving risks.

Security Advice

CrowdStrike & Microsoft IT Outage Guidance

Practical guidance on overcoming the Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD) affecting millions of users due to the CrowdStrike and Microsoft IT outage.

Product & Tech

SIEM vs. EDR: What’s the difference?

Learn about the differences between SIEM and EDR technologies and the roles they both play in enhancing your cyber security strategy.

Product & Tech

Product Update – Microsoft 365 Integration

Find out how you can integrate your Microsoft 365 account with Defense.com to get alerted to new threats, improve your Secure Score and get tailored security advice.

Security Advice

Fighting fatigue: 5 ways to avoid cyber burnout

Ignoring the warning signs of cyber burnout can have serious consequences both for you personally and your organisation’s security posture, learn five ways to ensure your team is performing their best.

Security Advice

Getting board buy-in for cyber security by engaging each stakeholder

Discover how to improve the way you pitch to get cyber security buy-in from the board and C-Suite.

Security Advice

From risk to resilience: The secure by design advantage

Discover everything you need to know about implementing a secure by design approach.

Threat Management

How to reduce the impact of a data breach with SIEM

Discover how you can reduce the overall impact of a data breach and improve your ability to detect and respond to threats with SIEM technology.

Risk & Compliance

How to perform a cybersecurity risk assessment

Understand how to conduct a step-by-step cybersecurity risk assessment to help you identify, assess and manage cyber risks that could affect your business.

Risk & Compliance

ISO 27001: The international standard for information security

ISO 27001 is an international standard for information security management (ISMS). Discover everything you need to know about complying with the standard.

Risk & Compliance

PCI DSS v4.0 – Five changes you need to know

Find out more about the changes introduced with PCI DSS v4.0 and what your business needs to do to stay compliant with the new version.

Risk & Compliance

The FTC Safeguards Rule: What You Need to Know

The FTC Safeguards Rule outlines data security guidelines for organizations. Discover everything you need to know about complying with the standard.

Risk & Compliance

The price of protection: Why cyber insurance premiums are on the rise

Cyber insurance premiums are on the rise and policies are offering lower coverage. Learn how you can secure and protect your business.

Security Advice

Cyber resilience: could you withstand a cyber attack?

How well prepared is your business to withstand and recover from a cyber attack? Discover best practice advice on how to best prepare.

Threat Management

SIEM System: Building In-House or Outsourcing

Discover the best option for your SIEM system & explore the difference between building in-house or outsourcing to a managed SIEM provider.

Threat Management

Difference between MDR, SOC & SIEM

Exploring the differences between an MDR, managed SOC and managed SIEM, and which is best to protect your business.

Risk & Compliance

Security risks in cloud computing

Learn about the security risks involved with cloud computing, how to secure your data, and risk management best practices.

Security Advice

Improve Your Cybersecurity with Password MFA

Learn why multi-factor authentication is crucial to strengthening your cybersecurity and prevent unauthorized access, and how you can implement MFA.

Security Advice

The Importance of Removing User Access

Discover the dangers of retaining user access when employees leave the company and how to manage your risk of data breaches and cyber attacks.

Security Advice

The Importance of Patch Management

Discover the importance of patch management for your organization and the dangers of leaving security vulnerabilities unpatched.

Security Advice

5 Reasons Why You Should Outsource Your SOC

Discussing the benefits of a security operations centre (SOC), the complexities of building a SOC in-house and 5 reasons why business should outsource their SOC.

Product & Tech

Log Monitoring: A Complete Guide

Read our introductory guide for everything you need to know about log monitoring. What it is, how it works, and why it is important for your business.

Product & Tech

What is Phishing? Types & How to Prevent it

Understand everything you need to know about Phishing from how to recognize a phishing attempt, to protecting your business from an attack.

Risk & Compliance

What is a vCISO? A Complete Guide

This introductory guide to vCISO provides a complete overview of our vCISO services, helping you make the right choice for your business.

Product & Tech

Threat Management – Latest Product Updates

Our updated threat management tool has new features to enhance its functionality and to give you greater visibility and control over your threat landscape.

Security Advice

7-Step Guide on Post-Breach Remediation

A 7-step guide to dealing with data breaches covering GDPR, PECR, NIS & eIDAS, including how to recover from a breach and when to notify the ICO.

Security Advice

Top Tips on How to Defend Against Ransomware

Find out how ransomware works and read top tips for defending against attacks by securing your business with employee training and endpoint protection tools.

Security Advice

Cybersecurity in Public Sector Budgeting

Cybersecurity priorities and budgeting for public sector organizations to protect public data from cyberattacks and data breaches.

Security Advice

Ukraine Crisis: The Impact on cybersecurity

Advice on how businesses can improve their cybersecurity to avert risks brought on by the Ukraine crisis.

Security Advice

Log4j & Log4shell Vulnerability Explained

Everything you need to know about the Apache Log4shell & Log4j vulnerability; how it occurred in the Log4j 2 Java library, and how to protect your UK business.

Risk & Compliance

Cyber Essentials Changes & Updates 2022

Everything your business needs to know about the updates to Cyber Essentials & Cyber Essentials Plus certification and how to get your business certified.

Risk & Compliance

Getting Started with Compliance

A complete guide to getting started with compliance including which cybersecurity and data protection standards are important and how to use them.

Product & Tech

Our Saas Platform vs. Microsoft Defender

Find out how our all-in-one cybersecurity SaaS platform stacks up against Microsoft Defender for business to offer a complete security package for SMB's.

Security Advice

Get Your Team Excited About Security Training

Cybersecurity training and general security awareness are vital for protecting your business. Learn top tips for engaging your team in your training schedule.

Product & Tech

Why We Built the Defense.com™ SaaS platform

Defense.com™ is a SaaS platform built to solve the cybersecurity challenges faced by SMBs, startups and enterprise businesses in today's threat landscape.

Security Advice

4 Cybersecurity Quick Wins for SMB Owners

Defense.com™ highlights 4 quick wins that all SMB business owners and IT managers can do to boost their cyber defenses and beat the hackers.

Security Advice

10 Things You Should Know About Cybersecurity

Defense.com™ reveals 10 things IT managers should know to help manage their organization’s cybersecurity and, ultimately, keep their business secure.

Security Advice

Involving Channel Partners in IT Security

Find out how IT service providers who build strong relationships and provide expertise are key for SMBs who want a successful cybersecurity strategy.

Security Advice

What SMBs Can Learn From Big Breaches

Find out how IT service providers who build strong relationships and provide expertise are key for SMBs who want a successful cybersecurity strategy.

Risk & Compliance

Why Cyber Essentials Isn’t Enough

Defense.com™ Cyber Essentials is a great foundation for your cybersecurity. Here we look at next steps in your compliance, Cyber Essentials Plus & more.