Guide
Fortra's Complete Guide to Layered Offensive Security
Most organizations have a decent understanding of the types of defensive security tactics they need to employ to thwart cyberattacks. But offensive security techniques are just as important for detecting existing vulnerabilities that a threat actor has yet to discover and exploit.
Learn how to approach offensive security from the ground up, including the value of using a layered security...
Datasheet
How Fortra Supports the Zero Trust Journey
What Zero Trust means, tips for getting started, and how Fortra solutions support your Zero Trust security journey.
On-Demand Webinar
Infrastructure Protection for Proactive Security
By Nick Hogg
Infrastructure Protection for Proactive Security
Today’s threat landscape is moving so rapidly that it’s essential to anticipate attacks and adapt your cybersecurity strategy to avoid becoming the next security breach. Such devastating breaches can cripple an organization, slowing or halting day-to-day operations and doing significant harm to a business’ reputation.
Join our infrastructure...
News Article
Forbes: Common Online Scams and How To Avoid Them
From fake holiday home rentals to counterfeit medications, online scams are now an unfortunate common occurrence. Forbes contributor, John Wilson takes a detailed look at online scams and provides 5 ways to protect yourself from them.
Originally published on Forbes Advisor.
Excerpt:
“Mary was lonely. The recently divorced mom of three was ready to dip her toe back into the Orlando, Florida,...
News Article
Keeping Personal Data Secure
With the rise in phishing attacks and identify theft, Ciaran Rafferty, Managing Director, Email Security at Fortra looks at emerging trends and ways organizations can keep their sensitive data secure. He also provides an update on what to expect from Fortra in 2022.
News Article
AMEX Business: Top 5 Cybersecurity Threats for Small Businesses
What are the cybersecurity threats small-business owners need to be aware of and how can they be addressed?
Press Release
Vishing Attacks Reach All Time High According to Latest Agari and PhishLabs Report
Vishing (voice phishing) cases have increased almost 550 percent over the last twelve months (Q1 2022 to Q1 2021), according to the latest Quarterly Threat Trends & Intelligence Report from Agari and PhishLabs, both of which are part of the Fortra cybersecurity portfolio.
News Article
Blunting BEC Capers that Continue to Target and Devastate SMBs and Enterprises
In his guest blog on The Last Watchdog, John Wilson looks at why Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks are on the rise, how they are orchestrated, and what organizations can do to stop this all-too-common attack vector.
Datasheet
Fortra's Security & Automation Portfolios
Today’s IT environment is filled with the challenges of securing infrastructure despite lean resources and a mounting list of projects. Fortra strives to be your trusted partner as you simplify your strategy, consolidate your technology stack, and harden security across all aspects of your environment. Fortra offers a comprehensive approach to security and automation that reduces the costly...
On-Demand Webinar
Survival of the Fittest: Defending IBM i Against a Cyber Attack
By Robin Tatam
Your odds of experiencing a data breach are now one in four, but a much larger number of attacks are unsuccessful. So, how are some organizations able to escape an attack unscathed while others suffer crushing financial losses?
The difference is often found in the cybersecurity controls in place to guard mission-critical systems. Of course, the devil is in the details.
In this webinar, IBM i...
Datasheet
Fortra Cybersecurity
Chances are, your team is struggling to keep up with the ever-growing workload, increasing security threats, and shifting priorities that have become hallmarks of today’s IT environment. Instead of proactively building your security posture, you’re forced to be reactive, always fighting the biggest fire first. You need a better way.
It’s time to protect your organization with proactive, automated...
On-Demand Webinar
Combating Ransomware: Building a Strategy to Prevent and Detect Attacks
By Bob Erdman
Go in-depth on the ransomware attack cycle, the need to protect every endpoint, and how to spot signs of infection before data is encrypted by malicious actors.
Blog
Endpoint Antivirus Software: What It Is, and Why You Need It
By Bob Erdman on Mon, 10/19/2020
The threat landscape can be a frightening scene when you look at the malicious attacks and ransomware infiltrating organizations around the globe. The good news: Endpoint antivirus applications are making enormous strides in their ability to protect enterprise-level equipment and data from attack. The bad news: Many companies overlook the need to secure non-Windows infrastructure and focus their...
On-Demand Webinar
Eliminate the Most Common Cause of a Data Breach with Multi-Factor Authentication
By Sandi Moore
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) protects you from the most common cause of a data breach: compromised user credentials. Watch this webinar to learn how MFA can protect your IBM i systems.
Blog
The Evolution of Cybersecurity Solutions for Organizations
Tue, 08/11/2020
In the early days of the internet, cybersecurity was fairly straightforward, with all solutions and strategies geared toward prevention. While prevention remains critical, cybersecurity has also had to evolve, with businesses layering their defenses and regularly evaluating the status of their safeguards to adapt to change—whether those be organizational or within the wider cybersecurity sphere.
On-Demand Webinar
Cybersecurity Trends in 2019 and Predictions for 2020
By Bob Erdman
Count down the top cybersecurity trends of 2019 and hear predictions for what’s to come in 2020. 2020 looks to be just as exciting as 2019, with ample opportunities for organizations to improve their cybersecurity stance.
On-Demand Webinar
Expert Tips for Securing AIX Systems
By Bob Erdman
Servers running AIX and other operating systems are frequent targets of cyberattacks, according to the Data Breach Investigations Report. From DDoS to malware, attackers have many strategies at their disposal—and common cybersecurity mistakes make their attacks much easier.
One of the most serious mistakes is failing to create a well-defined security policy.
A written statement of how your...
Blog
Linux Security: Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.
By Bob Erdman on Thu, 04/18/2019
Cybersecurity expert, Bob Erdman, sits down with Linux Journal to discuss security threats Linux users face on a daily basis.
Blog
Key Functionality of a Great Cybersecurity Software Solution
Mon, 04/08/2019
Evaluating and implementing cybersecurity software requires diligence. And if your InfoSec team is short staffed, choosing the right tools is more important than ever.