Social Networking Privacy Concerns Impacting Businesses and Consumers
As businesses and their customers turn more to social media networks for the sharing of information, both are becoming increasingly aware of the price of privacy. In other words, simply participating in social media can lead to privacy issues. There are countless cases of data being harvested without an individual’s ... Read More
1Password Secures $200M in Series A Funding, Heads for the Enterprise
1Password is billing its password management application as an enterprise-grade solution to the password problem Passwords are a necessary evil in today’s connected world. However, as more people use more services, more passwords are needed. Add to that the rise in password complexity and multi-factor authentication requirements, and it becomes ... Read More
ZeroNorth Brings Risk Intelligence to DevOps
In their rush to embrace digital transformation, many enterprises often overlook the importance of cybersecurity and may be exposing themselves to more risk than necessary. Cybersecurity challenges are nothing new; however, businesses are accelerating their moves toward the cloud and are attempting to redevelop applications at the speed of business, ... Read More
Aventura Charged With Selling Chinese-Made Security Equipment
Aventura Technologies and seven of its executives have been charged with illegally importing Chinese-made security and surveillance equipment and claiming it to be made in the United States. The company, based in Commack, New York, claimed its security and surveillance products were made on Long Island. However, federal authorities say ... Read More
Can Zero Trust Solutions Protect Hybrid, Multi-Cloud Networks?
As enterprises leverage hybrid IT, multiple clouds and other services, the Zero Trust philosophy is starting to come up short, hampered by challenges such as network orchestration across multiple clouds and a lack of support by some cloud vendors for virtual network infrastructures (VNIs). Both of which are key elements ... Read More
Gartner: SASE Poised to Transform Cybersecurity
Research firm Gartner is lending credence to a promising technology called secure access service edge (SASE). SASE is an emerging, disruptive technology that strives to create a secure cloud environment that is fully integrated into the network. Gartner’s recent “Hype Cycle for Enterprise Networking, 2019” report presents SASE as so ... Read More
Will VPNs Continue Losing the Battle to Keep Data Secure?
Virtual private networks (VPNs) are under attack and hackers may be winning the battle, using exploits that are becoming all-too-common. While many may argue that VPNs are salvageable and can be returned to their once-lofty status of protecting data, it’s a fact that more and more exploits are discovered daily ... Read More
Cybersecurity Skills a Top Training Goal
Cybersecurity training is evolving to better meet the real-world needs of today’s threat landscape IT training and certification are evolving rapidly into something that actually offers significant value to both companies and their IT staffers. Not so long ago, the industry was beset by certifications that meant little more than ... Read More
Are Cyber-Ontologies the Future of Cybersecurity?
The science of cybersecurity is starting to permeate the discussions of thought leaders in the cyber realm. After all, attacks based on APTs (advanced persistent threats), phishing and ransomware are on a growth trajectory, and seem to be getting more and more difficult to protect against. It is a situation ... Read More
Surveys Show Enterprises Slow to Adopt Zero Trust
The Zero Trust approach to cybersecurity is beginning to make inroads in IT departments of all shapes and sizes. Nevertheless, a recent survey shows that while cybersecurity professionals are aware of the growing risks posed by technological change, integrating Zero Trust systems is low on their to-do lists. The aforementioned ... Read More
