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The Qbilon Team· 4 min read

The Bridge Between IT Operations and Cybersecurity

In almost every mid sized or large company, an invisible but very real front line exists. On one side of this line stands IT Operations (ITOM) – the system administrators, network engineers, and…

CMDBCybersecurityISO 27001IT Asset Management
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The Qbilon Team· 4 min read

CRA and Patch Management: Why Missing Asset Knowledge Leads to Liability Risks

The upcoming European Union Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) will radically transform the IT market. From a cybersecurity perspective, the fundamental idea of the law is a blessing: manufacturers of…

Asset ManagementCMDBCRACyber Resilience Act
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The Qbilon Team· 4 min read

IT-OT Convergence: The Unique Challenges of Inventorying Industrial Plants

For a long time, two completely isolated worlds existed in manufacturing companies, energy suppliers, and logistics groups. On one side was IT (Information Technology): air conditioned data centers,…

Asset ManagementCybersecurityIIoTIndustry 4.0
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The Qbilon Team· 4 min read

Why ''Compliance'' Is Not Equivalent to ''Security'' (and How to Achieve Both)

In boardrooms and IT departments around the world, a dangerous misconception is being nurtured. It usually manifests in a moment of relief, shortly after the external auditor finishes the closing…

Asset ManagementBSI IT-GrundschutzComplianceCybersecurity
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The Qbilon Team· 4 min read

The Role of the CMDB in Vulnerability Management

One of the most exhausting and thankless jobs in modern IT is the role of the security analyst in the field of vulnerability management. In theory, the task sounds simple: find vulnerabilities in the…

Asset ManagementCAASMCMDBCybersecurity
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The Qbilon Team· 4 min read

Preparing for Q4: Are Your IT Data Audit-Ready?

It is late July. Summer vacations are just around the corner, offices are a bit emptier, and operations are running at a more relaxed pace in many places. For IT managers, compliance managers, and…

AuditAutomationBSI IT-GrundschutzCMDB
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The Qbilon Team· 4 min read

Detecting Shadow IT: How to Make the Invisible in Your Network Visible

The democratization of IT is one of the greatest achievements of the last decade. To introduce new software or provide computing power, specialized departments today no longer have to go through a…

Asset ManagementBSIGCloud SecurityCMDB
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The Qbilon Team· 4 min read

IT Hygiene: The Boring but Most Effective Protection Against Cyberattacks

When you walk through the halls of major cybersecurity trade fairs like "it sa" in Nuremberg or the "RSA Conference" in San Francisco, you are virtually overwhelmed by a flood of futuristic terms.…

Asset ManagementBSI IT-GrundschutzCMDBCyber Hygiene
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The Qbilon Team· 4 min read

Orphaned Assets: How Unused Servers Burden Your IT Budget and Security

The agility of modern IT is a double edged sword. On one hand, cloud computing enables development teams to achieve unprecedented speed. Infrastructure is no longer ordered through procurement in…

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The Qbilon Team· 4 min read

CRA Readiness: How to Gain Transparency over Software Supply Chains and SBOMs

A small, previously largely inconspicuous open source library called "Log4j" plunged the global IT community into one of the biggest crises of the last decade. A critical vulnerability in this small…

Asset ManagementCMDBCyber Resilience ActIT Security
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The Qbilon Team· 3 min read

From Compliance to Security: Why Good ITAM Makes Hackers Despair

IT Asset Management (ITAM) had a massive image problem for a long time. In the perception of many IT experts, ITAM was the discipline of "bean counters." It was about depreciation, software license…

Attack DetectionAttack Surface ReductionCMDBCybersecurity
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The Qbilon Team· 4 min read

The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is Casting its Shadow: What IT Operators Need to Know Now

Anyone who thought that things would quiet down in the field of IT regulation after the intensive work on the NIS 2 directive has underestimated the legislators in Brussels. While NIS 2 focused on…

Intrusion DetectionAttack Surface ReductionCMDBCybersecurity
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