SASE and Zero Trust: What’s the Connection?
Many organizations find themselves in a tricky spot today when it comes to digital transformation. With many looking to zero trust, how does Secure Access Secure Edge (SASE) fit in? On the one hand, the events of 2020 helped to speed up many digital adoption projects. A 2020 report from McKinsey found that more than…
A Journey in Organizational Resilience: Supply Chain and Third Parties
The next stop on our journey focuses on those that you rely on: supply chains and third parties. Working with external partners can be difficult. But, there is a silver lining. Recent attacks have resulted in an industry wake-up call when it comes to cybersecurity resilience. You see, the purpose of using external partners is…
6 Potential Long-Term Impacts of a Data Breach
A data breach can destroy a business. For small- and medium-sized businesses (SMB), this is really especially concerning, as 60% will shut down within six months of the attack. While larger companies and agencies likely won’t have to shut their doors, they, too, suffer serious consequences. There are financial costs, which Ponemon Institute and IBM…
Nations Vow to Combat Ransomware at US-Led Summit
The United States gathered the countries — with the notable exception of Russia — to unify and boost efforts to fight a cybercrime that is transnational, on the rise and potentially devastating. “The threat of ransomware is complex and global in nature and requires a shared response,” the joint summit statement said, adding the nations…
Telecoms Giant Syniverse Discloses Years-Long Data Breach
Syniverse says it has roughly 1,250 customers across 200 countries, including a vast majority of the world’s mobile carriers, such as AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Vodafone, China Mobile, Airtel, Telefónica, and América Móvil. The company’s services are used to connect the networks of different mobile carriers and enable the transmission of data. Syniverse says it enables…
Neiman Marcus Confirms Payment Cards Compromised in Data Breach
During the incident, which occurred in May 2020, hackers were able to exfiltrate information associated with online customer accounts, including payment card data, the company says. A total of 4.6 million online customers were affected by the attack and Neiman Marcus is working on notifying them. The company also says that 3.1 million payment and…
A Journey in Organizational Cyber Resilience Part 2: Business Continuity
Keeping a business up and running during a problem takes the right people for the job. When it comes to cyber resilience through tough times, many things come down to the human factor. We focused on that in the first piece in this series, but it also makes a big difference to the second topic:…
How DevSecOps Can Secure Your CI/CD Pipeline
Many companies today automate their software development life cycle with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD). It’s part of the broader DevOps movement to speed software development while reducing errors. Continuous integration builds and tests code automatically, while continuous delivery automates the entire software release process up to production. In order to secure it, industry…
Incident Response Firm BreachQuest Launches With $4.4 Million in Seed Funding
BreachQuest is building a SaaS platform, named PRIORI, that aims to modernize incident response by providing automated end-to-end readiness and response capabilities. The company says its product can provide enhanced visibility, continuously monitoring systems in an effort to detect threats. When a threat has been detected, the platform provides detailed information in order to enable…
Nokia-Owned SAC Wireless Discloses Data Breach
In a notification letter filed with the Maine Attorney General’s Officer, the company said personal information of roughly 6500 individuals was compromised during a ransomware attack that was identified in mid-June. An investigation launched into the incident, the company says, has revealed that the attackers first compromised SAC Wireless’ systems in April 13. The threat…
