History is rife with tales of pirates prowling the high seas and bandits lying in wait along highways, searching for goods to hijack or persons to kidnap.

Networks experience a constant stream of activity from all connected devices. Keeping track of the goings-on across smaller networks poses a challenge for security teams, with this problem only magnifying as the network expands.

Many industries function very much like a ship, be it a sailing ship of old or a modern spacecraft voyaging among the stars. Each person aboard the vessel has a different role to serve based on their unique skill set to contribute to the fulfillment of the mission.

As the Russia-Ukraine conflict continues to rage on, the attack surface has expanded beyond physical borders and into the cyber arena.

While cybersecurity demands a lot of human input, there is only so much that the security teams can handle on their own.

Last week, the cybersecurity industry was shaken when Microsoft and Okta were breached by the Lapsus$ group.

Cybersecurity is a constantly evolving industry. New threats can emerge at any time and without warning, as with zero-day exploits.

Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine has left the geopolitical arena in a spiral. While there has been constant fighting on the ground, fewer assaults across cyberspace have occurred than expected. Russia has a history of cyberwarfare, and given the unpredictability of the conflict, attacks in the virtual sphere have become one of the main fronts.