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Ransomware Families & RaaS Groups
Every 19 seconds a ransomware attack launches. Are these standalone attacks? Are they operating within a ransomware family of shared knowledge? Find out here.
Threat Hunting vs. Threat Detecting: What's The Difference?
Hunting threats, detecting threats. Sounds the same — but they are not! Get tons of info (+ free resources) for prevention methods that underpin cybersecurity.
The Triple DES Intro: Triple Data Encryption Standard
Triple DES is an encryption standard that’s NIST-approved for use through 2030. Let’s see how it works and when you want — and don’t want — to use it.
Elliptic Curve Cryptography: An Introduction
Let’s see how elliptic curve cryptography works, in this digestible, less academic look that still thoroughly explains this technical topic.
Splunk OnDemand Services: An Introduction & Example
Get started with Splunk OnDemand Services (ODS), an advisory service that bridges the gap between Technical Support and project-based services delivered by Professional Services.
Honeypots Explained: Hitting Hackers Where It Hurts
Entice hackers to your system to gather cyberthreat intelligence. Get the latest on honeypot types and interactions and see why it isn’t all so sweet.
Advanced Encryption Standard & AES Rijndael Explained
Learn all about AES Rijndael, today's go-to algorithm that won a NIST competition for ensuring data confidentiality — and it does much more than that!
Network Security Monitoring (NSM) Explained
Network security monitoring sounds like other security measures like intrusion detection. Find out why it's not — and what makes it so useful for IT today.
Cybercrime as a Service (CaaS) Explained
Perhaps unsurprisingly, cybercrime is now available for hire. Harnessing the ‘as a service’ model, find out how cybercrime can be enacted by practically anyone.
Cryptography 101: Key Principles, Major Types, Use Cases & Algorithms
Cryptography underpins so many digital interactions — you might not even realize it. Get the full story on cryptography, use cases and emerging types.
Cybersecurity Risk Management: 5 Steps for Assessing Risk
Don’t just guess your risk profile — assess it! Learn about cybersecurity risk management and apply these 5 steps to turn the process into an ongoing practice.
Corporate Espionage: What You Need To Know
Cyber threats are not only anonymous. Find out why people you know, and perhaps partner with, are spying on you — and whether it’s corporate espionage.
Denial-of-Service Attacks: History, Techniques & Prevention
DoS attacks have a long history, but they’re also predicted to get worse in 2023. Find out the many ways they work and learn to prevent them in the first place.
Encryption Explained: At Rest, In Transit & End-To-End Encryption
Humans have encrypted messages for millennia. Today it’s essentially part of daily life. Understand how it works — and decide if you need end-to-end encryption.
Spyware in 2025
Spyware: the name says it all. But not all spyware is bad, as we explain in this article, though each spyware type certainly has real threat potential.
Using Splunk for SEO Log File Analysis
This blog post will showcase just a few of the ways we’re using Splunk to improve our own technical SEO.
What is DevOps Automation?
Automation is essential to DevOps — but it’s not easy. This guide details how to automate DevOps and the best tools for the job so you can succeed in no time!
CMDBs Explained: Configuration Management Databases
Meant to provide visibility into all IT assets, CMDBs are routinely underutilized. Learn how to plan, implement and maintain a CMDB to maximize business value.
What is ETL?
Strengthen your data foundation by knowing ETL. Short for Extract, Transform, Load, the ETL process is vital for turning all that data into business value.
What is Ethical Hacking?
Ethical hacking is one way to understand vulnerabilities within your system. Learn how to hack ethically, get trained and see how hacking supports security.
Logs vs Metrics: Pros, Cons & When to Use Which
In the metrics vs logs debate, we come down firmly in the “use both, smartly” camp. See how logs and metrics create a complementary observability foundation.
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