Category: Cloud Security

December 28, 2023

The need to manage risk, adhere to regulations, and establish processes to govern those tasks has been part of running an organization as long as there have been businesses to run. But those tasks have become increasingly critical to organizational […]

December 28, 2023

LoanCare suffered a data breach last month, which resulted in the theft of sensitive customer data, the insurance service company has confirmed. Roughly 1.3 million people were affected by the breach, the company further explained, as hackers stole people’s full […]

December 19, 2023

The May 2021 release of Executive Order 14028, Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, the growing attack surface due to cloud adoption, and the January 2022 Federal Zero Trust memorandum have all added urgency to the federal government’s move to implement better […]

December 19, 2023

CIO’s cybersecurity budget allocations are too spread out across a myriad of single solutions. Vendors convince CIOs they need the latest product to halt new attacks when in actuality the addition of yet another disparate cybersecurity tool leads to blind […]

December 18, 2023

Log4j remained a top attack vector for threat actors in 2023, while a new vulnerability, HTTP/2 Rapid Reset is emerging as a significant threat to organizations, according to Cloudflare’s annual “Year in Review” report. The report is based on data […]

December 15, 2023

Ransomware has come a long way since the days of simplistic “encrypt and pay me” attacks. As much as I wish we could go back to fighting those unsophisticated criminals, ransomware has unfortunately matured in recent years. Attackers have realized […]

December 6, 2023

Cisco has unveiled its natural language-based AI Assistant for Security aimed at helping enterprise customers better assess security situations, eliminate configuration errors and automate complex tasks. The Cisco AI Assistant for Security will first be implemented as part of the […]

November 27, 2023

New rules from the Association of International Certified Public Accountants require prospective CPAs to choose one of three disciplines “to demonstrate deeper skills and knowledge,” according to the association’s CEO, Susan Coffey. One of those disciplines is cybersecurity as part […]

November 22, 2023

Small- and medium-size businesses are adopting cloud, seeking efficiency gains, customer experience enhancements and improved remote work capabilities. Many SMBs, however, are failing to adequately address cyber risks, according to an AWS survey of 800 C-suite executives. More than one-third […]

November 20, 2023

Today, more than ever, security is all about identity. Especially in the cloud, the central management and proliferation of cloud services means that with the proper identity and permissions, one can do almost anything (legitimate or malicious). Product management has […]

November 17, 2023

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) raised the curtain Wednesday on a new credential and training materials to enable security professionals to build the knowledge they will need to implement and manage a zero-trust strategy in their organizations. “From industrial control […]

November 8, 2023

Using cloud services from multiple cloud service providers is the fundamental tenet of a multi-cloud environment. With multi-cloud, businesses can supervise different projects from several cloud service providers in different cloud environments. Multi-cloud is known for its cost-effectiveness and adaptability […]

November 7, 2023

IBM has announced rebuilding its security information and event management (SIEM) offering, QRadar, with a cloud-native architecture to help organizations scale their hybrid cloud and AI workloads. The new offering combines IBM’s existing SIEM skeleton within the QRadar suite with […]

November 6, 2023

Admit it; cloud computing plays a pivotal role in the digital transformation of an organization. And most businesses have already jumped on the cloud bandwagon to streamline their processes, operations, and overall business growth. Enterprises are leveraging the dual benefits […]

November 6, 2023

The business world is rapidly continuing its digital transformation and relying on cloud-based solutions. This makes it more critical than ever to adopt strong security measures to protect sensitive information and infrastructure. However, while cloud computing offers benefits like improved […]

October 30, 2023

After companies move to the cloud, many are under the impression that their cloud hosting providers are solely responsible for security, a misconception that can lead to data breaches and other security issues. While the responsibility for securing cloud infrastructure […]

October 30, 2023

There had been “thousands” of hyper-volumetric HTTP distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in the time since the HTTP/2 Rapid Reset vulnerability was disclosed, a new report from Cloudflare has claimed, adding that 89 of those exceeded 100 million requests […]

October 23, 2023

Cybersecurity researchers from Kaspersky have uncovered a sophisticated new piece of malware called TetrisPhantom seen compromising secure USB drives to steal sensitive information from government endpoints in the Asia-Pacific region. Secure USB drives have an encrypted partition whose files can […]

October 19, 2023

In 2019, I founded and served as the CEO of a cloud security company (C3M), a journey that eventually led to our acquisition by CyberArk in 2022. Back then, the cloud security scene was budding, filled with migration buzz and […]

October 18, 2023

With cyberattacks continually rising, cyber criminals will take advantage of current events or previous breaches and claim they have infiltrated a business when they have not. Organizations should plan for false breach claims and must be ready to follow the […]