As most MSPs know, small- and medium-sized businesses are the most likely targets for cyberattacks. They lack many of the resources and infrastructure of their larger counterparts and a single cyberattack can be devastating. Analyzing and remediating vulnerabilities is an essential part of any security program. But current vulnerability management processes spit out long lists of instances that may or may not need remediation.

You may know that PagerDuty has over 600 integrations that add a wide variety of functionality to the core platform and workflows. Some integrations provide upstream data sources like metrics and monitoring. Some are for downstream capabilities like reporting. And some interesting integrations help you in the moment when you are responding to an incident. Teleport provides secure access to applications, cloud infrastructure, databases, and Kubernetes environments without getting in your way.

For our latest specialist interview in our series speaking to technology leaders from around the world, we’ve welcomed Charles Denyer. Charles is an Austin-based cybersecurity and national security expert who has worked with hundreds of US and international organizations. He is a founding member and senior partner in two consulting and compliance firms.

“What happened?” If you’ve never uttered those words, this blog isn’t for you. For those of us in cybersecurity, this pint-sized phrase triggers memories of unforeseen security incidents and long email threads with the CISO. What happened to those security patches? Why didn’t we prevent that intrusion? Organizations tend to lean towards protecting their borders and less towards understanding the importance of overall security hygiene.

Government agencies and some regulated industries have adopted standards (such as NIST SP 800-157) for issuing smart cards, based on the user’s validated and confirmed identity. The smart cards have digital certificates such as an authentication certification, a signing certificate, and an encryption private key (certificate). Often the smart cards also act as human recognizable identity validation cards and contain the user’s picture (for a guard to validate at a door or gate).

The #LifeatTorq Team Spotlight is a Q&A series dedicated to the talented and generally kick-ass team that form the foundation of our growing company. Today we are spotlighting Leen Neuman, a Front End Engineer at Torq, based in our Tel Aviv office.