What’s the best way to stop a cyberattack from turning into a full breach? Prepare in advance. Often, after an organization experiences a breach, they’ll realize they could have avoided a lot of cost, pain, and disruption if they had an incident response plan in place. This incident response guide will help you to:• Gain a deep understanding of incident […]

Looking for best practices and recommendations that you can add to your security strategy? This guide provides actionable insights that you can employ to strengthen your security based on an analysis of 232 major cyber incidents remediated by Sophos X-Ops incident responders, revealing: • The one security essential that many breached organizations didn’t do• Sneaky approaches that attackers deploy to […]

The remarkable decline in attacker dwell time is now well-documented, but what does that mean for those doing the hands-on work of infosecurity? Unlike business leaders or tech leaders, practitioners are focused on finer details and actionable intelligence with which to protect the organization. Among the roles commonly handled by practitioners, threat hunters do the forward-facing work that, when done […]

Cybersecurity professionals are a core element of an organization’s cyber defense. Yet there has been very little focus on how to best set them up for success. This analysis explores whether organizational structure affects cybersecurity outcomes. It looks at cybersecurity experiences through the lens of the organizational structure deployed across three key areas:• The impact of ransomware attacks• Delivery of […]

The cyber insurance market is changing fast and conditions remain tough as premiums and the bar to get coverage go up. Fortunately, good cybersecurity can help you optimize your cyber insurance position. Read this guide to learn about:• The state of the cyber insurance market• How good cybersecurity can positively impact cyber insurance• Sophos technologies and services that can help […]

To help organizations better understand the role cyber defenses play in optimizing their insurance position, Sophos has conducted a study of 3,000 IT/cybersecurity professionals that reveals: • The level of cyber insurance adoption in 2023• The role of cyber defenses in securing coverage• The impact of cyber insurance on an organization’s ability to recover from a ransomware attack

Read the report to discover the impact of ransomware on both lower education (up to 18 years) and higher education (above 18 years) providers over the last 12 months, including: • The percentage of establishments hit by ransomware• The most common root causes of attacks• How often data is encrypted following a ransomware attack• The rate of ransom payment and […]

Did you know more than 68% of organizations fell victim to a cyberattack in the last year? That’s why world-class protection is the foundation of any effective security strategy. This guide provides clarity by walking you through the key endpoint security technologies to ensure you have the right protection in place. See how the different security vendors stack up in […]