Use Case: Outsourced Dedicated Security Operations Centre (SOC) for SIEM Operation and Optimisation Introduction: Company XYZ is a medium-sized organisation that has made a significant investment in a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution to monitor and detect potential...
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Other Articles Harness the Power of Bluedog's Advanced Microsoft 365 Security Monitoring Service to Safeguard Your Organisation The Significance of Penetration Testing for Mobile Applications: Exploring Advantages and Benefits Inclusions and Methodology for Secure Code Review The Imperative Role of...
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In an increasingly interconnected world, businesses need to protect their digital assets from the myriad of threats lurking on the internet. As enterprises shift to cloud-based infrastructure and services, securing these environments becomes crucial. Microsoft 365 offers a plethora of...
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Mobile applications have become an integral part of our daily lives, handling sensitive data and facilitating critical transactions. With the growing sophistication of cyber threats targeting mobile platforms, it is essential to prioritize the security of these applications. Penetration testing...
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Secure code review plays a crucial role in identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities in software applications. Bluedog can conduct a thorough examination of the codebase, so organizations can identify potential security weaknesses and implement appropriate measures to enhance the overall security...
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In today's digital landscape, where cyber threats lurk around every corner, ensuring the security of software and web applications is paramount. While many organizations recognize the need for security measures, one critical aspect that often goes overlooked is the independent...
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In today's digital world, cybersecurity threats are a serious concern for businesses of all sizes. A security breach can lead to significant financial loss, damage to reputation, and potential legal action. However, many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) may not...
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In today's world, cybersecurity threats are becoming more prevalent and sophisticated, making it essential for organizations to have robust security measures in place to protect their assets and data. One of the most critical components of an organization's cybersecurity strategy...
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Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) play a crucial role in safeguarding their clients' digital assets and ensuring their uninterrupted operations. To accomplish this, MSPs often rely on Security Operations Centers (SOCs) for round-the-clock monitoring and...
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Red Teaming and Penetration Testing are two common cybersecurity techniques used to identify and mitigate potential vulnerabilities in computer systems, networks, and applications. While both techniques involve testing the security of a system, there are some significant differences between the...
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With a record number of new critical vulnerabilities reported every day, an annual Penetration Test, in isolation, is now (or should be) consigned to the history books. Our own statistics show that on average in the second half of 2020...
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The past few months and weeks have seen a worrying increase in high profile ransomware attacks. Almost every week a new victim comes to the surface. Oil pipelines, national health authorities, the world's largest meat producer, the list goes on...
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SIEM solutions have been cybersecurity professionals' go-to for some time now. There is no shortage of options in the market. However, in an industry as fast-evolving as cybersecurity, there is a distinct need for SIEM solutions to keep up with...
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Over recent years many enterprises have invested much of their cyber security budgets in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM). The companies offering SIEM solutions are spending millions marketing their solutions, and the promises SIEM makes - you only have...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has opened the way for great opportunities for FinTech companies. Customer penetration has increased to record highs in an effort to ride the digital transformation wave that everyone wants to be a part of. However, with new...
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bluedog Security Monitoring has appointed IT Security Distribution Inc (ITSDI) as its distributor in the Philippines. The new partnership will allow bluedog - whose security operations centre is based in Manila - to expand its role within the local market...
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We often are asked why an organisation would use Bluedog's M365 Service on top of the subscription they pay to Microsoft, especially the additional Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) licence. So, let's look at a comparison with MS Licence: The main...
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Vulnerability scanning and penetration testing are two of the most in-demand services that cybersecurity companies offer. Both play an important role in identifying potential risks and both are required to meet some standards including ISO 27001 and PCI. However there...
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bluedog Security Monitoring - the cybersecurity specialist - has achieved the international information security management standard ISO 27001. The accreditation, carried out by CPG, covers the whole of bluedog's operation and follows a six-month exercise involving staff in four countries....
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2020, the year of the pandemic, also brought a cyber pandemic. The number of attacks and threats increased significantly and they became more sophisticated. With one attack happening every 39 seconds and, on average, 2,244 times each day, security becomes...
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For many organizations, moving to the cloud sounds like a daunting and super expensive exercise. This is because most of them don't have an idea of what moving to the cloud entails and how to go about it. That's not...
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The work-from-home concept is no novelty. Remote working has been around for years, but it was still mostly popular with the early adopters alone. The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent virus containment measures were the catalysts that turned working from...
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bluedog Security Monitoring services are now available to businesses in Australia, New Zealand and Asia Pacific, thanks to our new partnership with emt Distribution, a leading value-added distributor. emt's offices in Adelaide and Singapore will now offer the full of...
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If you are a business that uses Office 365 you may have noticed PowerPoint as one of your standard apps. Along with it is Microsoft SharePoint, a collaboration tool that is part of Office 365. Different industries use SharePoint for...
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The terms cloud computing and cloud security have now become household names, and not just because they are a recent innovation but primarily due to their growing importance and use across industries and across the world. 73 percent of organizations...
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Microsoft Office 365 is now a widely used cloud-based suite with over a million companies worldwide taking advantage of its productivity-enhancing capabilities. By April 2020, over 600,000 companies in the United States alone were using the Office suite software. Number...
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Jade Edwards - the up-and-coming racing driver sponsored by bluedog Security Monitoring - has become the first woman in 13 years to compete in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC), one of the world's most popular racing series. Jade, 30,...
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The number of phishing attacks which aim to hijack email accounts rose by 22 per cent in the second quarter of the year, according to the latest threat report from bluedog Monitoring. The figures, which relate to UK companies, show...
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Businesses throughout India can now access bluedog's services following the appointment of Prasoft as our first distributor in the country. Prasoft is a value-added distributor and reseller which supplies IT solutions from its offices in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chenna and Noida...
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In recent years cybercriminals have developed a new and highly profitable form of extortion - by kidnapping companies' data and demanding a hefty ransom fee. The most successful attacks can net millions of dollars and the culprits are becoming more...
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Bluedog's services are now available to businesses in the Gulf for the first time following the appointment of our new distributor in the region. Clouds Dubai is a leading value-added distributor of cybersecurity, cloud and backup products and services, with...
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The sudden switch to working from home during the lockdown has created a security risk for many businesses. Now a new service from bluedog Security Monitoring offers a fast and cost-effective solution. The Microsoft Office 365 monitoring service allows companies...
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Cyberattacks or breaches are now a weekly threat for around one in seven UK businesses, according to new government figures. The Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2020 shows that almost half of businesses (46%) had been a victim in the previous...
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Official figures which claim to show that fraud in on the rise while 'computer misuse' has declined reflect the authorities' lack of understanding of cybercrime, according to Bluedog Security Monitoring. The figures released by the Office of National Statistics include...
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The ransomware attack on the foreign exchange company Travelex reflects the growing presence of criminal gangs in the cybercrime market, according to a leading cyber expert. Tim Thurlings of bluedog Security Monitoring says there has been a worldwide increase in...
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A value added managed services distributor which specialises in cybersecurity and compliance has been appointed as bluedog's first UK distributor. Brigantia will supply bluedog's service to its partners throughout the UK and Ireland. The company, which is based Yorkshire with an...
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A new service from bluedog Security Monitoring allows users to check their cybersecurity status at any time and compliance with standards such as Cyber Essentials. The new compliance module offers almost instant reporting via an easy-to-understand dashboard. It can be...
Read MoreFor many SMBs, the company's website is not just the front-most means of public communication but the main gateway through which business is conducted: e-commerce websites, SaaS with web-based dashboards and administration interfaces, communication platforms - all of them depend...
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The future of cybersecurity was top of the agenda at a meeting of IT leaders in Kuala Lumpur, which revealed recent real-life examples of ransomware attacks. The event brought together some of the region's top CIOs to discuss how to...
Read MoreSecuring a company's assets, in all its forms - financial data, customer data, reputation - involves a wide range of measures. SMEs gave a vital advantage in this regard: they have a small operating base in a lean organization that...
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Bluedog Security Monitoring has appointed Dublin-based Renaissance as its first distributor in Ireland. Renaissance is a leading value added distributor specialising in IT security. the company will supply bulldog's service to partners across Ireland. Michael Conway, Director at Renaissance, says: "Simplicity...
Read MoreSecurity is no longer a matter of technology alone, it requires the expertise and collaboration of people. The reality is good technology is the combination of both people and process. When security consultancy companies are asked to perform an assessment...
Read MoreMounting a successful attack against a company's website or network requires three things: Access to the website or network in question. This is obviously true of any public website. For non-public websites, such as internal SharePoint sites, or for the...
Read MoreIn a famous incident, in June 2011, hacktivist group Lulzsec broke into Sony Pictures' network by exploiting an almost embarrassing security vulnerability, and stole a substantial amount of data which included not only email addresses, but also names and home...
Read MoreData is the most elusive kind of asset in the modern economic world. Unlike physical goods, data does not disappear once it is stolen. Sometimes, the truth - or the full extent of the truth - remains unknown for months...
Read MoreWho are bluedog? Bluedog Security Monitoring is a new cyber-security vendor providing internal network monitoring and Security Operations Centre (SOC) services to IT services resellers and SMEs. Set-up in early 2018, bluedog makes network security solutions accessible to businesses of...
Read MoreAs a cyber security threats continue to evolve, here are our top 5 Cyber-Security predictions for 2019 First major GDPR fines Regulatory fines for non-compliance with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation are much higher than under the UK's Data...
Read MoreAdvances in online commerce and payment systems, cloud computing and big data have rendered this world vision entirely obsolete. According to security vendor Symantec, in 2015, more than half of the targeted attacks (that is, attacks directed at specific, well-known...
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