Cloud Security

Cloud Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

Lacework, the data-driven cloud security company, today announced an expansion of its partnership with Google Cloud. Several new features will allow joint customers to innovate even faster in Google Cloud environments with the confidence that their cloud environment is even more secure. Customers can now choose to have the full Lacework platform, which provides data-driven…

Cloud Security

Issued by: CSO Online

Recent destructive attacks against organizations that masquerade as a ransomware operation called DarkBit are likely performed by an advanced persistent threat (APT) group that’s affiliated with the Iranian government. During some of these operations the attackers didn’t limit themselves to on-premises systems but jumped into victims’ Azure AD environments where they deleted assets including entire…

Cloud Security

Issued by: CSO Online

Managing identities and their access permissions is becoming more complicated. Digital sprawl has led to an explosion in permissions across multicloud environments, and consistent oversight is lacking. As many as 99% of cloud permissions are going unused, and this represents a significant risk for enterprise businesses. As more organizations transition to Zero Trust security models,…

Application Security, Cloud Security, Software Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

Although only seeing tepid adoption to date, adaptive access and authentication is set to gain steam among businesses this year as organizations pursue zero-trust capabilities that grant and restrict access to data and systems based on context. In the latest sign of life in the evolving industry, startup company Oleria announced on March 21 that…

Cloud Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

Microsoft has patched what researchers called a “dangerous” flaw in its Azure Service Fabric component of the company’s cloud-hosting infrastructure. If exploited, it would have allowed an unauthenticated, malicious actor to execute code on a container hosted on the platform. Researchers from Orca Security discovered the cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw — which they dubbed Super…

Cloud Security

Issued by: CSO Online

Digital transformation is sweeping across the public and private sectors. This has pushed organizations to increasingly turn to hybrid and multicloud environments as a way to manage a sprawling digital infrastructure and growing mountains of data. But while cloud technology promises to increase collaboration among distributed workforces and quickly scale digital workloads, it also creates…

Cloud Security

Issued by: CSO Online

While Zero Trust is a term that is often misunderstood as well as misused, it is an approach that has real value in helping to reduce systematic cyber risk and improve resiliency. Organizations of all sizes understand that they require a resilient cybersecurity strategy that can support and enable the business even during a crisis,…