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3 Cyberthreats Facing Federal and State Governments in 2020

By Christian Wiens | Jan 30, 2020

Bad actors do not discriminate. Organizations across all sectors are at risk — corporations, non-profits, and increasingly, federal and state government entities. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported that security incidents increased by 1,300 percent from 2006 to 2015. This number is growing.

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Staying CCPA Compliant with MixMode’s Unsupervised AI

By Ana Mezic | Jan 21, 2020

Companies are expected to spend up to $55 billion dollars on efforts to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which is still working out its final rules after going into effect this month.

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5 Cybersecurity Threats That Will Dominate 2020

By Christian Wiens | Jan 16, 2020

At MixMode, we can’t help but imagine the flip side of all that potential. An increasingly connected cyber landscape means an increased number of potential targets for bad actors. New tech is exciting, but it’s often inherently vulnerable to cyberattacks.

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Wire Data: What is it Good For?

By Ana Mezic | Jan 14, 2020

Today’s security and IT teams are increasingly relying on wire data to better secure their networks. A recent report conducted by network performance and security monitoring vendor VIAVI revealed that more network teams than ever consider wire data the most important data source when confronting security incidents.

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Yesterday’s SIEM Solutions Can’t Combat Today’s Cyberthreats

By Ana Mezic | Jan 9, 2020

While it’s true that having a SIEM is better than forgoing network monitoring all together, a standalone SIEM solution is simply insufficient in today’s cybersecurity landscape. Hackers and other bad actors have become more sophisticated — many of today’s cybercriminals can easily outsmart a standard SIEM setup.

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Hacking the Hackers: Adversarial AI and How to Fight It

By Ana Mezic | Jan 7, 2020

Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) have led to smarter, more robust network security platforms that are quickly replacing legacy security solutions.

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Hacks and Breaches of 2019: A Year in Review

By Christian Wiens | Jan 2, 2020

The reality is that most companies and entities are entrusted with sensitive data. As regulations tighten and consumer expectations rise, it is more important than ever to protect data, whenever it is gathered, accessed, shared, or stored. Let’s take a look at a few of the newsworthy data breaches that happened in 2019. Often, studying these cases can inform SecOps teams about what not to do.

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Our Top 5 Cybersecurity Insights from 2019

By Christian Wiens | Dec 30, 2019

This year on the MixMode blog, we have covered headline stories, analyzed every pain point within network security, and shared what we believe to be some of the most innovative solutions to help you analyze network traffic, surface threats and anomalies, and stop attacks using autonomous AI.

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What Trends Will Shape the Cybersecurity Industry in 2020?

By Christian Wiens | Dec 19, 2019

In this environment, it’s no surprise that U.S. CEOs rated cybersecurity as their top external concern in a survey conducted by the Conference Board. Those worries are unlikely to fade anytime soon, but 2020 also brings fresh opportunities for proactive measures to secure sensitive information. Here’s what you need to know about the trends that are currently emerging in cybersecurity and how you can make a difference in the future of the field:

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