95% of Information Security breaches are from known vulnerabilities and misconfigurations (CERT)

It’s a shocking but true statement.

But then if the vulnerabilities and misconfigurations are known, why are steps not taken to correct them?

Well, the answer lies in the question itself. The vulnerabilities are known but which ones exist in your systems/ network need to be identified. The first step towards protection against security breaches is identification of these vulnerabilities. Th...

We all know that the war against terror is currently on and it has spread to various parts of the world. Terrorist hideouts are being looked for and terrorists are being killed.  But, this should have nothing to do with Kaspersky (leading developer of ant-virus and information security solutions) and Microsoft (the developers of windows operating system and much more).  Well, Microsoft and Kaspersky are fighting a war of different kind. This war is against the terror that affects the l...