Closing the Gap in Threat Visibility
Threat visibility has always been an unruly challenge. Security teams find themselves inundated with alerts, many of which are false alarms. The irony is that, even as defenders can see more information about threats than ever before, attackers can slip right by because of all the noise. And the attackers know this, so they create…
What is Zero Trust Security? Breaking Down a Zero Trust Architecture
As cloud-based enterprises and remote workers continue to grow in popularity, the need to implement zero-trust security models has never been more relevant. But what is zero trust security? In short, zero trust security is a model founded on the assumption that no user or device can be trusted and must be verified — including…
Tackling Software Supply Chain Issues With CNAPP
As more organizations shift to cloud-native application development to support new business features and digital transformation initiatives, software supply chain issues have become more visible. Because cloud-native development relies so heavily on open source software, organizations have to start thinking about the components that go into these applications. To build these cloud-native applications, developers have…
Security tool adoption jumps, Okta report shows
Identity and access management (IAM) vendor Okta today released a report detailing app use and security trends among its broad user base. Among other trends it identified, the report found that zero trust security policies have become more common, and uptake of a wide range of security tools has been sharply on the rise. Okta…
Attacks on industrial infrastructure on the rise, defenses struggle to keep up
The last year saw a rise in the sophistication and number of attacks targeting industrial infrastructure, including the discovery of a modular malware toolkit that’s capable of targeting tens of thousands of industrial control systems (ICS) across different industry verticals. At the same time, incident response engagements by industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos showed that 80%…
Skybox Security Raises $50M, Hires New CEO
The San Jose company announced Wednesday that former Digital Guardian CEO Mordecai (Mo) Rosen will take the reins at Skybox and manage the company through a new financing round that brings the total raised to $335 million. The private equity-backed Skybox said investors in the latest round include CVC Growth Funds, Pantheon, and J.P. Morgan….
Will Cybersecurity Remain Recession-Proof in 2023?
We’ve recently seen substantial layoffs across the tech sector, to the tune of around 140,000 redundancies made by big names such as Amazon, Salesforce, Microsoft, and Tesla. As the recession bites, falling stock prices and further contraction in the market, together with merger and acquisition activity, are expected to force businesses to reduce head count…
New Survey Reveals 40% of Companies Experienced a Data Leak in the Past Year
SysKit, a SaaS software company, has published a report on the effects of digital transformation on IT admins and the current governance landscape. The survey found that 40% of companies experienced a data leak in the previous year, which can have severe consequences on an organization’s efficiency and result in large fines, downtime, and loss…
BlueVoyant CEO on How to Remediate Supply Chain Defense Bugs
BlueVoyant has strengthened its ability to monitor the remediation of supply chain issues and integrate that with questionnaire activity, co-founder and CEO Jim Rosenthal says. Existing supply chain security tools tend to generate lots of risk information but then put the burden on the client to interact with their suppliers about remediating that risk, Rosenthal…
QuSecure launches quantum-computing based security for endpoints
QuSecure, a quantum-computing technology company based in Silicon Valley, today announced the latest version of its security platform, called QuEverywhere — designed to allow organizations to extend quantum-safe security all the way to endpoints like laptops and smartphones, the company said in a statement. QuEverywhere, according to the company, is an app- or browser-based method…
