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SANS 2022 Threat Hunting Survey: Hunting for a Standard Methodology for Threat Hunting Teams

WhitepaperSecurity Awareness

18 Jul 2022
Mathias Fuchs, Josh Lemon

Threat Hunting: This is the Way

WhitepaperCyber Defense

13 Jul 2022

Bookmark Bruggling: Novel Data Exfiltration with Brugglemark

13 Jul 2022

2022 Report: Managing Human Risk

WhitepaperCybersecurity and IT Essentials, Security Awareness

6 Jul 2022
Lance Spitzner

2022 SANS Protects: Enterprise Email

WhitepaperSecurity Awareness, Cybersecurity and IT Essentials

5 Jul 2022
Matt Bromiley

Effortless IT Operations for the Modern Organization

WhitepaperCloud Security

3 Jul 2022
Dave Shackleford

Fighting Back Against Compromised Credentials

WhitepaperCybersecurity Leadership

30 Jun 2022
Jake Williams

The Advantages of Going Purple: How BAS Works and Why It Matters

28 Jun 2022
Erik Van Buggenhout

New SIEM, Same SOC. Just Happier.

WhitepaperCloud Security

28 Jun 2022
Dave Shackleford

A Comprehensive Approach to Cloud Threat Detection and Response

WhitepaperCloud Security

28 Jun 2022
Jake Williams

Triaging Windows Event Logs for Ransomware Investigations

27 Jun 2022

Nation-States: They're Just Like Us. Emulating Common Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures

23 Jun 2022