A Smarter Approach to Cybersecurity Monitoring “24/7 Eyes on Glass” is a cybersecurity concept that emphasizes the need for continuous human monitoring of an organization’s digital environment to identify potential threats. It implies that security analysts (the “eyes”) actively monitor the SIEM dashboard or console (the “glass”) around the clock to promptly identify anomalies, suspicious […] The post Do You Really Need 24/7 Eyes on Glass? appeared first on Blumira ..read more

In his insightful article “Breaking Free from Cyber Complacency: A Five-Step Guide,” Mike Toole, Blumira Head of Security and IT, outlines actionable strategies to promote proactive vigilance against evolving threats. Toole draws on over a decade of industry experience to provide practical recommendations for continuous security improvement. Given the complex threat landscape, he argues that […] The post Breaking Free from Cyber Complacency: A Five-Step Guide appeared first on Blumira ..read more

The City of Bettendorf, a thriving community in southeastern Iowa, faced the challenge of finding a cost-effective and low-maintenance SIEM solution to meet CJIS compliance requirements. With a small IT team responsible for managing various aspects of the city’s technology infrastructure, they needed a tool that could provide the necessary security without overburdening their resources. […] The post City of Bettendorf Achieves CJIS Compliance with Blumira’s Cost-Effective SIEM + XDR Solution appeared first on Blumira ..read more

Welcome to our weekly security detection and report update. Our Incident Detection Engineering (IDE) Team is constantly hard at work. Creating, testing, and writing detections for you! This week, we’ve made several important updates to improve your security posture and enhance the functionality of our detections. As you might know, monthly, we also release an […] The post Security Detection Update – 2024-4-16 appeared first on Blumira ..read more

This article was originally published on Forbes; you can read the original article here.  In the past, the general attitude around cybersecurity was that a company’s security team would protect the organization from external threats, or a company might think it was too small to be a target. Companies would lean on technology such as […] The post Building A Cyber-Aware Company Culture: Make It A Team Effort appeared first on Blumira ..read more

The 2024 Globee® Awards for Cybersecurity has recognized the tenacious efforts of Blumira to provide robust cybersecurity solutions to SMBs by presenting the company with a Silver Globee® Award for SIEM and XDR. To achieve the silver distinction, entrants must secure an average score between 8.0 and 8.9 from the judges’ evaluations. “Cybersecurity is a […] The post 2024 Silver Globee® Awards for Cybersecurity: SIEM, XDR appeared first on Blumira ..read more

What Happened? On Friday (4-12-24), Palo Alto announced a new critical vulnerability in devices running their GlobalProtect Gateway. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability leads to command injection and allows an attacker to run arbitrary code as root on the device. Palo Alto disclosed that they are aware of a “limited number of attacks” using this […] The post CVE-2024-3400: Palo Alto Vulnerabilities in GlobalProtect Gateway Lead to RCE appeared first on Blumira ..read more

What is FINRA? To protect investors and ensure the market’s integrity, FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) is a not-for-profit organization that oversees U.S. broker-dealers. FINRA is overseen by the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission). FINRA compliance regulations are designed to protect PII (personally identifiable information) and ensure financial data security. The requirements ensure financial institutions […] The post Now Available: FINRA Compliance Reports appeared first on Blumira ..read more

As we move further into 2024, organizations worldwide are strategically allocating their technology budgets to stay competitive and drive growth. TechTarget and Enterprise Strategy Group’s latest review of tech spending trends provides valuable insights into the priorities, initiatives, and investment plans of technology buyers across various industries and regions. The study, conducted from November to […] The post 2024 Tech Spending Trends: Insights from Enterprise Strategy Group appeared first on Blumira ..read more

Welcome to our weekly security detection and report update. Our Incident Detection Engineering (IDE) Team is constantly hard at work. Creating, testing, and writing detections for you! This week, we’ve made several important updates to improve your security posture and enhance the functionality of our detections. As you might know, monthly, we also release an […] The post Security Detection Update – 2024-4-9 appeared first on Blumira ..read more