Zero-Day Exploit vs. Zero-Day Vulnerability

A “zero-day attack” refers to an attack which exploits a bug or flaw in a particular software or firmware that the vendor does not know about. Usually found in the digital content piracy space, it may appear in the area of network security as well. A “zero-day exploit” and a “zero-day vulnerability” are, in essence, […]
Mitigate the Risk of Excessive or Shared Privileged Credentials

In the wake of expanding IT infrastructure, today’s organizations require their employees to access multiple applications to perform day-to-day IT administrative and operational activities. That means, the end-users require multiple credentials to access the multiple applications. Simple? Not at all. It’s a nightmare both from IT administrators and end-users’ point of view. The IT helpdesk […]