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Cybersecurity Services for Healthcare
Protecting the healthcare industry from cyber attacks
Cybersecurity designed to meet the unique challenges in the healthcare industry.

Identity is the New Perimeter
by Charlie Smith, Microsoft Solutions Principal, Critical Start
Identity based attacks are on the rise and so is the level of exposure. If you pause for a moment to think about everything your account (aka Identity) has access to -- Salesforce, Email, OneDrive, Teams, Slack, VPN, Dropbox to name a few – it’s only natural to start thinking about:

Mayhem in Manufacturing, Part II: Best Practices for Third-Party Risk Management
by: Ross Williams, Critical Start DFIR Leader

Support for Microsoft 365 Defender Extends Critical Start MDR Coverage Enterprise-wide
By Leonard Volling, Critical Start Microsoft Alliance Director

SOC vs. CSIRT: What’s the Difference?
Years ago, organizations relied primarily on their IT department to manage security. As cybersecurity attacks increased in frequency and sophistication, companies launched Security Operations Centers (SOCs) to centralize security tools and personnel.
Yet in recent years, as the number of security breaches escalated, organizations realized they needed dedicated response teams, which led to the introduction of Computer Security Incident Response Teams(CSIRTs).

Ransomware: An Attacker’s Perspective
By Randy Watkins, Critical Start Chief Technology Officer

Retailers, Why Not Give Consumers the Gift of Data Security This Holiday Season?
Consumers have historically been wary of disclosing their financial information over the internet, but the COVID-19 pandemic pushed more consumers to embrace ecommerce. Consumers spent $791.70 billion online with U.S. retailers in 2020, up 32.4% from $598.02 billion the prior year, according to a Digital Commerce 360 analysis of U.S. Department of Commerce data.

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Critical Start Inaugural Cyber Threat Intelligence Report - September 2021
By Callie Guenther, Critical Start Cyber Threat Intelligence Manager
As a managed detection & response company, Critical Start sees lots of threats of various kinds, thousands each day. As a matter of practice, we compile weekly threat summaries and send them to all clients, so they know what to look out for – and what to patch.

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Cybersecurity Services for Government
Protecting governments from cybersecurity threats
Cybersecurity services designed for the unique challenges of state & local governments.

Cybersecurity Services for Retail
Protecting the retail industry from cybersecurity threats
Cybersecurity services designed to meet the unique challenges in the retail industry.