Blogs

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Cybersecurity Services for Retail

Protecting governments from cybersecurity threats

Cybersecurity services designed for the unique challenges of state & local governments.

Government’s Role in Cybersecurity

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Log4Shell: Information Security Teams Served Coal for Christmas

By now you've probably heard of Log4Shell, Log4j or LogJam - more formally known as CVE-2021-44228.

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Cybersecurity & the Modern Healthcare Landscape, Part 1: Data Breaches in Healthcare

A look at a few underlying issues affecting healthcare security, such as data breaches, and the devastating impact they have on patient care.
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Threat Detection and the Pyramid of Pain

By Matthew Herring, Director Cyber Threat & Detection Engineering

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Zero-day Attacks are on the Rise: Managed Detection & Response Providers Can Help

With an average of 21 zero-day attacks, this year has seen more than double. What's happening and how can you effectively defend yourself?
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Shipping Firms’ Credentials for Sale on the Dark Web: November Threat Intelligence Report

It’s no secret that the shipping and logistics industries as well as many other global supply chain components such as sourcing, continuity and quality maintenance functions are under severe strain, with billions of dollars’ worth of goods sitting in containers at ports around the globe. Now they have another issue to grapple with: on the dark web, initial access brokers (IABs) are actively selling access to shipping and logistics company networks.
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Five Ways to Protect a Smart City from Cyberattacks

by: Grant Snowden, Critical Start DFIR Engineer and Jaccari Standifer, Critical Start DFIR Analyst

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MDR 101: What is Managed Detection and Response

Learning Articles
MDR 101

Learning Articles
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EDR Endpoint

Endpoint Detection
and Response (EDR)

Working only with the best

CRITICALSTART MDR services bi-directionally integrate with market-leading Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) and Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) tools to protect your environment.

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Killware is Here, but so are the Tools to Defeat the Threat

Killware is increasing the stakes on the Ransomware-as-a-Service model. While global Ransomware attacks on ever-larger targets have given wings to a new tech sector, we are still just beginning to understand its destructiveness. Cyber criminals are increasingly targeting our nation’s critical infrastructure to include hospitals and water supplies, banks and first responders, and transportation and energy providers.
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Cyber Threat Intelligence Summary - October 2021

By Callie Guenther, Critical Start Cyber Threat Intelligence Manager

As a managed detection & response (MDR) company, Critical Start sees many threats of various kinds, thousands each day. As a matter of practice, we compile weekly threat summaries and send them to all of our MDR customers, so they know what to look out for – and what to patch.

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How Critical Start uses PI

How Predictive Index Helps CRITICALSTART Thrive

If having a supportive, collaborative work environment is important to you, we’re with you on that. CRITICALSTART looks for ways to help our teams collaborate more easily, from project management apps to collaboration spaces.