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Authentication Patterns for Securing Technical Accounts in the Cloud

March 28, 2023

Via: Data Center Knowledge

Mazes are a challenge – at least without a bird’s eye view. Authentication for technical accounts presents a similar challenge for cloud engineers. Technical accounts are the backbone of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and any form of process automation for IT […]


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Best practices for protecting AWS RDS and other cloud databases

March 27, 2023

Via: CSO Online

It’s no surprise that organizations are increasingly using cloud-native services, including for data storage. Cloud storage offers tremendous benefits such as replication, geographic resiliency, and the potential for cost-reduction and improved efficiency. The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Relational Database Service […]


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How to secure secrets in multi-cloud environments

March 22, 2023

Via: CSO Online

It wasn’t too long ago that using a single cloud for some business operations was cutting-edge technology. Now the cloud is essential for accelerating growth, improving efficiency, and remaining competitive. Most organizations have multiple cloud environments deployed, in addition to […]


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Stop the Sprawl: How Vendor Consolidation Can Reduce Security Risks in the Cloud

March 21, 2023

Via: CSO Online

Managing multiple security vendors is proving to be a significant challenge for organizations, leading to difficulties in integration, visibility, and control. Recent surveys and reports have identified numerous problems associated with managing an assortment of security products from different vendors, […]


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7 Ways to Secure Sensitive Data in the Cloud

March 8, 2023

Via: Data Center Knowledge

Data and information are the new oil; who hasn’t heard this metaphor? Thus, protecting company data is – obviously – a management priority. The main challenge for CIOs, CISOs, data protection officers, and their security architects is to select and […]


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Protecting the Edge Is More Important Than Ever

March 7, 2023

Via: CSO Online

Edge computing is fast becoming an essential part of our future technology capabilities. According to a recent report, the global edge computing market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 38.9% from 2022 to 2030, reaching […]


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Data-at-Rest Encryption in the Cloud: Explore Your Options

March 2, 2023

Via: Data Center Knowledge

From aircraft and car manufacturers to pharmaceutical and high-tech companies, military institutions and suppliers – various industries fear espionage. While most of us are too irrelevant in the global struggle for economic and technological dominance, some companies and institutions are […]


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What Happened in That Cyberattack? With Some Cloud Services, You May Never Know

March 2, 2023

Via: Data Center Knowledge

Major cloud platforms, such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP), fail to adequately log the event data that could facilitate the detection of compromises and the forensic analysis during post-compromise response, according to an analysis. Cloud security firm Mitiga stated in […]


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New IBM Power Offerings Highlight Flexibility, Security

February 22, 2023

Via: eWeek

Marketplace education is never a short-term exercise, at least not for effectively run system vendors. Instead, a drumbeat of announcements, updates and testimonials clarifies the value of existing platforms and solutions. Those same narratives can highlight evolutionary changes that further […]


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How automation in CSPM can improve cloud security

February 16, 2023

Via: CSO Online

With the rapid growth and increasing complexity of cloud environments, organizations are increasingly at risk from various security threats. Cloud security posture management (CSPM) is a process that helps organizations continuously monitor, identify, and remediate security risks in the cloud. […]


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Resolving the Data Protection Challenge Across Cloud and Remote Devices

February 15, 2023

Via: CSO Online

As IT operations migrated to the cloud, it became easier to support remote and hybrid workers. The problem is that it has also complicated the infrastructure IT and security teams are tasked to protect. Organizations far and wide have expanded […]


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3 reasons not to repatriate cloud-based apps and data sets

February 10, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

Repatriation seems to be a hot topic these days as some applications and data sets return to where they came from. I’ve even been tagged in some circles as an advocate for repatriation, mostly because of this recent post. Once […]


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It might be impossible now to recover data from VMware ransomware attacks

February 9, 2023

Via: TechRadar

Well, that didn’t take long. The script that allowed VMware ESXi server owners infected with ransomware(opens in new tab) to restore the files no longer works, because the attackers updated the encryptor and patched the flaw it had. Now, those […]


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The Data Security Market: Key Strategies

February 9, 2023

Via: eWeek

The key strategies in the data security market are all designed to protect digital information from unauthorized access, corruption, or theft. These strategies focus on both accidental loss and deliberate theft, making the data security market a broad category with […]


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Qualys now supports macOS in its cloud security tools

February 7, 2023

Via: Computerworld

Qualys, sometimes described as one of the pioneering SaaS vendors, has bent with the times to begin offering Mac support within its cloud security offering. A pioneer in SaaS goes Mac Since it launched in 1999, Qualys has traditionally offered […]


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How to ensure security in a cloud migration

February 7, 2023

Via: CIO

For as long as organizations have been interested in moving resources to the cloud, they’ve been concerned about security. That interest is only getting stronger as cloud usage grows – making it a perfect topic for the latest #CIOTechTalk Twitter […]


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Misconfiguration and vulnerabilities biggest risks in cloud security: Report

February 1, 2023

Via: Network World

The two biggest cloud security risks continue to be misconfigurations and vulnerabilities, which are being introduced in greater numbers through software supply chains, according to a report by Sysdig. While zero trust is a top priority, data showed that least […]


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IT’s shift to the cloud: Veeam’s data protection report in detail

January 24, 2023

Via: Computer Weekly

IT has undergone a significant shift to the cloud, but may have stabilised – for now – at about half of corporate workloads, with the other half in the datacentre. Meanwhile, the trend is towards using the cloud as part […]


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How Securing Public Clouds and Private Data Centers Differ

January 20, 2023

Via: Data Center Knowledge

Cybersecurity threats abound whether you deploy workloads inside your own data center or use a public cloud. But the nature of the threats, and the main risks you’ll want to focus on, vary widely between data centers and the cloud. […]


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Cloud-based cyberattacks have seen a huge rise

January 19, 2023

Via: TechRadar

Cloud-based cyberattacks have increased by almost half (48%) over the course of 2022 compared to the previous year, new figures from Check Point Research (CPR) have shown. The company’s analysis determined that as businesses accelerate their digital transformation efforts, they’re […]