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Why Energy Utilities Can Count on Fortra’s Tripwire

As an energy industry professional, you understand the consequences of subpar protection and the need for reliable, iron-clad security controls. Evaluating new cybersecurity software to protect your energy environment shouldn’t involve guesswork, especially when you are trying to match capabilities to your particular needs. This datasheet provides a quick view of Tripwire’s energy solution. See...
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Tripwire and Visible Ops

Simultaneous Demands — Where Do You Start?While annual business plans focus on strategic initiatives designed to keep the enterprise competitive or to mitigate risk, it’s the day-to-day operations that consume the most time and resources. For many IT organizations, it seems that just keeping the computers running and the lights on occupies the majority of their time. And according to research — it...
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Navigating DISA Compliance the Smart Way

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is a United States federal agency that supports the Department of Defense (DoD) with IT services, communications technology, and regulatory compliance standards for DoD-connected networks and infrastructure. This pivotal agency creates and maintains multiple facets of DoD cybersecurity, including the Cybersecurity Service Provider (CSSP) program and...
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Adjusting to the Reality of Risk Management Framework

For many reasons, aligning IT security, compliance and IT Operations has been an ongoing challenge in the federal ecosystem. There are plenty of stories about waste and misalignment of IT security for federal systems, such as systems that are compliant but not secure, and investments on tools that didn’t make anything more secure or were difficult to run. IT Operations people will point to issues...
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Navigating Industrial Cybersecurity:

Nearly every aspect of modern life depends upon the uninterrupted function of industrial control systems (ICS). ICSs keep the lights on, ensure clean drinking water, and provide other critical infrastructure processes. Beyond power, energy, and other utilities, ICSs are also responsible for the manufacturing of your computer, your car, and countless other physical items we rely on every day.It’s...
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Tripwire Enterprise and IBM i

Many of the world's largest companies rely on IBM i operating on IBM Power Servers as their strategic platform for business-critical activities such as retail, distribution, logistics, banking, manufacturing planning, healthcare, insurance, hospitality management, government administration, and legal case management. Given the widespread use of the IBM i operating system, advanced cybersecurity...
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What Experts Have to Say About Choosing the Right Cybersecurity Frameworks

Frameworks like the Center for Internet Security (CIS) Controls, MITRE ATT&CK and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework give organizations clear, step-by-step methodologies for protecting their sensitive data, leveraging a wealth of industry knowledge to take the guesswork out of your security program.While these cybersecurity frameworks aren’t mandatory...
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Staying Current With the Transportation Security Administration’s Oil and Gas Security Directives

Escalating cyberthreats in the oil and gas industry underscore the need for substantial collaboration between public and private sectors to mitigate this national security risk, and much of this responsibility falls on the shoulders of individual pipeline operators who need to comply with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Security Directive.Despite being best known for its role in...
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2024 Pen Testing Report

Each year, Fortra's Core Security conducts a global survey of cybersecurity professionals across various industries on their penetration testing practices to better understand the different approaches to, common challenges with, and overall development of offensive security.The 2024 Penetration Testing Report is an analysis of the results of this survey, with the aim of providing increased...
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Tripwire Advisory Services

Cybersecurity teams often rely on input from highly skilled experts to help maximize the success of their work. Yet execution of one-time projects may not provide the ongoing expertise needed to sustain an initiative. And not every organization has the resources — let alone the need — for full-time consulting services. Fortra’s Tripwire Advisory Services is a subscription-based, remote...
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What Makes Fortra’s Tripwire Different

Are you weighing your options between integrity management solutions? Evaluating, purchasing, and deploying new software is hard work, especially when you get down to the granular details of understanding which solutions have which capabilities and matching those capabilities to your organization’s particular needs. In an industry buzzing with ever-changing terminology and a profusion of vendors...
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What Cybersecurity Pros Think of Zero Trust Today

Zero trust isn’t a new model, but its influence on the cybersecurity industry has strengthened over time since 1994. Zero trust became especially top-of-mind a few years ago when remote work and cloud services took off, prompting organizational leaders to rethink the way they enforced cybersecurity controls in an increasingly perimeter-less world. Is zero trust just another cybersecurity buzzword...
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10 Common Security Misconfigurations and How to Fix Them

Is your organization using default security settings, or do you have a security configuration management (SCM) program in place to ensure your configurations are as secure as possible?Misconfigurations are a leading cause of unauthorized access and security breaches, creating entry points for hackers in servers, websites, software, and cloud infrastructure. The Open Worldwide Application Security...
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Tripwire Services Comparison Datasheet

Not all organizations have the internal resources necessary to manage their cybersecurity and compliance solutions in-house. This may seem like a roadblock to those who see the greater potential of their solutions and want to do more to reach their goals but cannot expand their technical teams due to the high demand for qualified candidates or budgetary limitations. However, the services available...
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NCA Compliance with Fortra

The National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA) is the government entity in charge of cybersecurity in Saudi Arabia, encompassing both regulatory and operational functions related to cybersecurity. National Cybersecurity Authority Essential Cybersecurity Controls The NCA works closely with public and private entities to improve the cybersecurity posture of the country in order to safeguard its vital...
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Achieving NIA Compliance with Fortra

The National Information Assurance (NIA) Policy provides organizations with the necessary cybersecurity foundation and the relevant tools to enable the implementation of a full-fledged Information Security Management System. Keeping sensitive data and assets safe is the goal of regulatory cybersecurity frameworks such as the NIA. The NIA policy guides organizations in classifying the impact of...
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5 Things Your FIM Solution Should Do for You

File integrity monitoring (FIM) is a critical security control that helps organizations detect system changes in real-time that indicate impacts to compliance and potential cybersecurity incidents, empowering teams to respond rapidly.FIM is required by many major compliance standards such as North American Electric Reliability Corporation Critical Infrastructure Protection (NERC CIP), the Payment...
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How Managed Services Can Help With Cybersecurity Compliance

Organizations are often overburdened with managing complex tools to handle their most important compliance responsibilities, and in many cases lack the internal headcount to manage those tools with highly-trained expertise. Managed services can solve your security staffing and resource challenges by arming your team with security expertise to maintain optimal compliance. Managed service providers...
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PCI DSS Resource Toolkit

PCI DSS Resources for Seamless Compliance The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is one of the most widely applied regulatory compliance standards, meaning thousands of organizations can benefit from streamlining their compliance programs to avoid audit fines and protect cardholder data. Fortra’s Tripwire is an authority on how to achieve continuous, automated compliance and...