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A data breach is the business equivalent of a natural disaster. The initial experience brings business as usual to a halt, and the recovery period is long, arduous — and expensive. As with natural disasters, an emergency plan can mitigate the impact of a data breach. Is your business prepared for the worst-case-scenario?

Is your company prepared to defend against the most common web security threats? Cyberattacks are the fastest-growing global crime and there is a 32 percent chance your company will experience a material data breach in the next 24 months.

Instart added another new set of great capabilities during last month’s release, focusing on enhancements to several of our web security solutions. In this post, we’ll share the biggest highlights from the August 2019 release. 

In the past, a web application firewall (WAF) may have been sufficient for preventing most of the security threats facing web applications because most of the complexity and risk was on your server — but this is no longer the case.

Years ago, when Internet Explorer was king and most people browsed the web via a wired desktop device, content delivery networks (CDNs) helped businesses accelerate content delivery by overcoming middle mile latency and routing issues. By caching static content assets and serving them from servers closer to the user, CDNs provided significantly faster content delivery compared to traditional hosting.

We are pleased to announce our new offering, Instart Zero Trust Access, giving the enterprise an easier, yet more secure, solution for providing employees and other workers with access to their applications. We have uniquely integrated a cloud-based software-defined perimeter (SDP), a comprehensive suite of web application and API protection (WAAP) services, and endpoint data protection that empower customers to deploy a complete zero trust solution.

Odds are your web app or website will be the first impression of your business. 88 percent of people conduct online research before engaging with a company. Furthermore, three out of four people judge an organization's credibility based upon on its website and 80 percent of consumers believe a company's online experience is as important as its products or services.

The security world is always changing and the latest news is the Capital One data breach affecting the personal information of over 100M customers. Recently, the world learned about the indictment of Paige Thompson, resulting from alleged activities where she was able to break into and obtain large caches of data from servers operated by the financial giant.