Compliance and information security risk mitigation are a 24/7/365 business. The 2024 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report indicates a substantial 180% increase in the exploitation of vulnerabilities since 2023. Organizations that develop a comprehensive approach to information security can not only significantly reduce their risks but may also reduce the costs of breaches that occur.

File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) software is a critical tool for protection against modern risks, which include sophisticated cyber criminals who gain undetected access to business networks for long periods of time. Malware has become increasingly difficult to detect with anti-malware controls, and a lack of adequate file integrity monitoring can allow criminals to collect data over a long period of time.

In this blog, you’ll learn about two common forms of file integrity monitoring—agentless and agent-based software solutions. We’ll share some details about the pros and cons of each, so you can determine which (Read more...)