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Shawn Murphy

Shawn has over a decade of experience in cybersecurity ranging from incident response and threat hunting to threat intelligence and automation. He is passionate about applying analytics and automation to modernize security operations. Shawn holds numerous industry certifications in incident handling, detection engineering and automation, and has experience deploying, tuning, and managing a wide array of products (e.g., EDR, SIEM, NTA, ASM, SOAR). As a cybersecurity solutions architect at WEI, Shawn consults on Security Operations Center (SOC) projects that involve simplifying security architecture while improving outcomes.
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Posts by Shawn Murphy

Achieve Comprehensive Endpoint Security with Cortex XDR and WEI

By Shawn Murphy |   Apr 04, 2024

Bad actors are waging increasingly sophisticated and frequent attacks—including ransomware, cyber espionage, zero-day malware and fileless attacks—to exploit endpoint vulnerabilities. These rapid-fire, diverse attacks are generating an average of 11,000 alerts per week that security teams must investigate, triage and address.

Focus On Cyberattack Prevention With Left-of-bang Cybersecurity Tools

By Shawn Murphy |   Jan 11, 2024

This is the final installment of a two-part series dissecting the Left of Bang strategy and mindset and how it applies to modern cybersecurity practices. Click here to read part one. Left of bang is a proactive cybersecurity approach that strengthens incident detection and response by identifying and addressing threats before they impact the organization.

Digging Deeper Into The 2023 MITRE ATT&CK Evaluation

By Shawn Murphy |   Jan 09, 2024

The 2023 MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK® Evaluation results were recently released, and out of 29 participating cybersecurity vendors, only one delivered 100% protection and 100% analytic coverage with zero configuration changes and zero delayed detections. 

Top Cybersecurity Trends For 2024

By Shawn Murphy |   Jan 04, 2024

As the 2024 New Year has arrived, so does the opportunity to make educated predictions for what the future holds for cybersecurity. Fundamentally, a cybersecurity strategy is an integral component of business strategy because it allows the business to harness risk. Since cybersecurity is often driven by compliance mandates and overly restrictive policies, cybersecurity teams are sometimes seen as the “department of no.” However, that need not always be the case.

Focus On Prevention To Solidify Your Ransomware Protection Strategy

By Shawn Murphy |   Dec 21, 2023

There used to be a single test to determine the effectiveness of your data backup strategy. It centered around successfully restoring your data from a backup, and you would rest easy knowing that you would, in theory, recover from a data loss event. It was really that simple.

Automate Your Yankee Swap Gift Exchange Plans With Cortex XSOAR

By Shawn Murphy |   Dec 20, 2023

On behalf of the entire team at WEI, we want to wish you a happy and joyful holiday season. We hope you can enjoy this special time of year with friends, family, and loved ones! And as wonderful and exciting this time of year can be, our team also understands that it requires time and energy to execute memorable holiday gatherings. Being who we are, we developed a solution. In this case, it is automating plans for your traditional Yankee swap gift exchange.

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