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How to Perform Successful Penetration Testing

How to Perform Successful Penetration Testing

Business, technology, internet and networking concept. Young businesswoman working on his laptop in the office, select the icon security on the virtual display. What is Penetration Testing? Penetration testing is known as an assimilated hack to identify...

What is alert  fatigue?

What is alert fatigue?

What is alert fatigue in cybersecurity? Security teams are responsible for protecting an organization's data and systems from Cyberattacks. To do this, they rely on security tools that generate alerts when suspicious activity is detected. However, too many alerts can...

Difenda Joins Microsoft Intelligent Security Association

Difenda Joins Microsoft Intelligent Security Association

Cybersecurity Provider to Join “Vibrant Security Ecosystem Oakville, ON, November 10th, 2021 — SecOps-as-a-Service provider and cybersecurity consultancy Difenda announced today that it has joined the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA). As...

The Beginner’s Guide to Cybersecurity Risks

The Beginner’s Guide to Cybersecurity Risks

Does the thought of cybersecurity threats keep you up at night?   From one-person consultancies to multinational corporations, every business is at risk of a cyber attack. That's why all organizations—regardless of industry or size—need to strengthen their...

Why Microsoft Is Now the Leader in Endpoint Detection

Why Microsoft Is Now the Leader in Endpoint Detection

The cybersecurity industry is no stranger to assumptions. It's the reason why the same established technology providers have been the focus for over a decade. It's also the reason why Microsoft was historically overlooked as a reliable solution provider in this...

Difenda is Co-Sell Ready – Microsoft Azure Marketplace

Difenda is Co-Sell Ready – Microsoft Azure Marketplace

Bucharest, Romania - November 27, 2019: View of Microsoft Romania headquarters in City Gate Towers situated in Free Press Square, in Bucharest, Romania. TORONTO- Difenda Inc., a leading global managed security services provider (MSSP), is pleased to announce that two...

Are Apologies from Cyber Criminals Enough? Are we Prepared?

Are Apologies from Cyber Criminals Enough? Are we Prepared?

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Difenda Wins the ‘Great Place to Work’ Award

Difenda Wins the ‘Great Place to Work’ Award

We're proud to announce that Difenda has officially won the ‘Great Place to Work‘ award this year. Our recent win of this award is an achievement our entire staff holds close to our hearts, as it highlights our efforts to be a culturally sound, innovative, and...

Difenda Named to MSSP Alert’s Top 250 MSSPs List for 2021

Difenda Named to MSSP Alert’s Top 250 MSSPs List for 2021

Fifth-Annual List Honors Leading MSSP, MDR and SOCaaS Cybersecurity Companies Worldwide MSSP Alert, published by After Nines Inc., has named Difenda to the Top 250 MSSPs list for 2021 (https://www.msspalert.com/top250).  The list and research identify and...

What is a Compliance Audit?

What is a Compliance Audit?

Performing a compliance audit is a way to prove that the organization is compliant with regulatory and international standards and also measure how the organization's operations are regulated, risk-balanced, measurable, and can be monitored. Based on the results of an...

The growing need for cybersecurity risk management

The growing need for cybersecurity risk management

Cyber security IT engineer working on protecting network against cyberattack from hackers on internet. Secure access for online privacy and personal data protection. Hands typing on keyboard and PCB Every organization with a digital footprint is a target for cyber...

5 Steps to Improve Your Company’s IT Risk Management

5 Steps to Improve Your Company’s IT Risk Management

Young Female Government Employee Wearing Glasses Uses Tablet in System Control Center. In the Background Her Coworkers are at Their Workspaces with many Displays Showing Valuable Data. Cybersecurity is a complicated issue, which can't be solved quickly. But as...

Why organizations are consolidating security

Why organizations are consolidating security

In recent years, there has been an increasing trend toward consolidated security solutions. Instead of relying on multiple disparate tools, organizations are now seeking to have a single platform that can provide comprehensive protection. There are several reasons for...

Cybersecurity Advisory: CISCO Smart Install (SMI) Vulnerability

Cybersecurity Advisory: CISCO Smart Install (SMI) Vulnerability

C3 Threat Advisory Reference# 04162018-1  Cisco has acknowledged the misuse of the Smart Install protocol on its network access layer switches running the IOS and IOS XE software leading to reports of the affected devices being reloaded causing network downtimes....

Cybersecurity Advisory: Password Spraying Attacks

Cybersecurity Advisory: Password Spraying Attacks

Malicious cyber actors are increasingly using a style of brute force attack known as password spraying attacks against organizations in the United States and elsewhere.  Brute-force attacks traditionally attempt to gain unauthorized access to a user...