There are health data attractive to attackers in hospitals, doctors’ offices, laboratories and consumers’ devices. The latest security report from the German BSI shows that stealing these data is increasingly becoming a main target of attackers and attacks. For several years now, the “Network and Information Security Directive“ (NIS) and the KRITIS legislation has required […]
While the German government has yet to implement the necessary adjustments for the NIS2 directive, organizations shouldn’t lose momentum. Although the enforcement is now expected in Spring 2025 instead of October 2024, the core requirements remain unchanged. While there remains a lot of work for companies, especially operators of critical infrastructure, most of it is […]
Greenbone Basic: Small Businesses Can Now Easily Protect Themselves from Vulnerabilities Cyber attacks have become the greatest threat to modern businesses of all sizes. An abundant amount of attacks have caused a stir, cost billions, and resulted in production downtime and significant damage all over the world. Not a lot has changed in 2024, and […]
The German implementation of the EU’s NIS2 directive is becoming more and more defined: End of July, the NIS2 Implementation Act passed the German government’s cabinet, a final decision in the Bundestag is imminent. For all companies and authorities wondering whether this concerns them, the BSI has now launched a comprehensive website with an impact […]
Ransomware, phishing, denial of service attacks: according to a recent study, 84 per cent of the companies surveyed are concerned about the security of their IT systems and see a further increase in the threat situation. For good reason, as companies are also concerned about outdated code, data theft by employees, inadequate protection of company […]
Most virtual servers in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2 run a version of Linux that has been specially customised for the needs of the cloud. The latest generation of scanners from Greenbone has also been available for the Amazon Web Services operating system for a few weeks now. Over 1,900 additional, customised tests for […]
“Support for early crisis detection” was the topic of a high-profile panel on the second day of this year’s PITS Congress. On stage: Greenbone CEO Jan-Oliver Wagner together with other experts from the Federal Criminal Police Office, the German Armed Forces, the Association of Municipal IT Service Providers VITAKO and the Federal Office for Information […]
The IT-Grundschutz-Compendium of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has, in recent years, provided clear guidelines for users of Microsoft Office. Since April 2024, Greenbone’s enterprise products have integrated tests to verify whether a company is implementing these instructions. The BSI guidelines are aligned with the Center for Internet Security (CIS) guidelines. In the […]
After experts noticed a rapid increase in cyberattacks on local authorities and government agencies in 2023, the horror stories don’t stop in 2024. The pressure to act is enormous, as the EU’s NIS2 Directive will come into force in October and makes risk and vulnerability management mandatory. “The threat level is higher than ever,” said […]
For several years in a row, the Californian manufacturer Fortinet has been in the public focus due to serious security problems. Known for its secure firewall, VPN and intrusion detection devices, the cyber security expert was again forced to announce several highly critical security vulnerabilities in February 2024. Staying informed and applying patches promptly is […]
