The CyberArk Blog

Many major cybersecurity breaches can be traced back to the tiniest flaw. But as zero-day exploitations continue to make headlines and new vulnerabilities enter the National Vulnerability Database...

As the average cost of a data breach reaches a record high of $4.24 million, one successful zero-day exploit or ransomware attack has the potential to take down a business completely. Having cyber...

Ransomware has never been more prevalent — or profitable — than it is right now. What started as the exclusive domain of highly skilled and opportunistic bad actors has evolved into an underground...

Although created a few years before the world went into lockdown, something about the simple app-based game Among Us* truly tapped into the pandemic zeitgeist like nothing else. On the one hand,...

U.S.-based education institutions continue to grapple with major challenges brought by the pandemic: the largest enrollment decline seen in a decade, swirling controversy over reopening physical...

Identity and privileged access security challenges aren’t anything new — the pages of history are filled with tales of deception and fraud. During the Trojan War, the Greeks disguised their...

Migrating workloads to the cloud is a top priority for many organizations, and businesses everywhere are using Amazon Web Services (AWS) to accelerate IT service agility, simplify operations and...

Out of a period of severe, real-world disruption came disruption’s polar opposite: cooperation. For a long time, cybersecurity seemed to be an area that needed to be shrouded in mystery. Don’t let...

Editor’s Note: Thanks to CyberArk Technical Evangelist Andy Thompson for authoring this post based on his experience at Black Hat 2021.  Black Hat 2021 had a markedly different tone from previous...

While the federal government cannot command private industry, it can provide direction and drive urgency. To this end, the Biden Administration recently issued a new National Security Memorandum...

It’s been a staple of horror movies and espionage thrillers for years — the idea that something innocuous or trusted could suddenly turn against you. Unfortunately, what’s fodder for great fiction...

Ninety-one percent of cybersecurity practitioners agree they must keep up with their skills, or the organizations they work for are at a significant disadvantage against today’s cyber adversaries,...

If the cybersecurity industry was to adopt a motto, the Summer Games’ 2021 “Faster, Higher, Stronger — Together” adaptation should serve as inspiration. As high-profile ransomware attacks continue...

Several powerful and unforeseen market forces are driving the need for new, innovative approaches to combat evolving cyber threats. Central to achieving this critical mission is securing...

Meeting regulatory compliance requirements is one of global organizations’ top challenges as they scale cloud deployments and embrace multi-cloud strategies to drive business efficiencies. The...

As software supply chain attacks surge in frequency and scale, it’s become apparent that cyber criminals are looking for stealthy ways to make malicious changes or inject malware into software —...

Attackers have more potential entry points into your organization than ever before. And many are brushing up on their acting skills, getting more creative and increasingly personal to spoof the...

While many Americans took off early to jump-start the Independence Day weekend, cyber attackers were launching the single biggest ransomware attack in history. It’s estimated that at least 800 to...

The SolarWinds attack, along with others that have torn across supply chains in alarming succession since, has been a shock to so many systems (literally and figuratively). But by spotlighting...