How to Apply a Zero Trust Security Model to ICS
A zero trust strategy establishes rules and good practices to improve the security and resiliency of your IT infrastructure, but what can it do for operational technologies (OT)? It turns out, quite a bit – but there are limits. Last fall, my colleague Greg Young wrote a blog post IoT and Zero Trust are Incompatible?…
Data Security Firm Sotero Raises $8 Million in Seed Funding
The round was led by OurCrowd, with participation from existing investors Boston Seed Capital, Gutbrain Ventures, and PBJ Capital. Founded in 2017, the Burlington, MA-based Sotero provides a data-focused security platform that allows for the centralized management of data instances, applications, and security point solutions. Sotero’s cloud-native, zero trust solution provides auditability, visibility, governance, and…
Gartner: Regulation, Human Costs Will Create Stormy Cybersecurity Weather Ahead
Security teams should prepare for what researchers say will be a challenging environment through 2023, with increased pressure from government regulators, partners, and threat actors. Gartner kicked off its Security & Risk Management Summit with the release of its analysts’ assessments of the work ahead, which Richard Addiscott, the company’s senior director analyst, discussed during…
Cisco’s Ash Devata on the Future of Secure Access
Authentication used to be binary: I give you access or I don’t give you access. But with the rise of remote/hybrid work and the growing number of cloud applications in use, organizations need an even more precise approach to authentication, says Ash Devata, vice-president and general manager of Cisco Zero Trust and Duo Security. “Every…
Tony Jarvis on Shifting Security Gears as We Move to the Cloud
The pandemic-propelled shift to work-from-home and bring-your-own-devices accelerated the already expanding move to the cloud. IDC predicts that global cloud spending will grow from $703 billion in 2021 to $1.3 trillion in 2025. Statista reports that the percentage of corporate data stored on the cloud rose from 30% in 2015 to 48% at the beginning…
Malwarebytes DNS Filtering helps IT and security teams block access to malicious websites
At RSA Conference 2022, Malwarebytes announced the expansion of its Nebula platform with a new DNS Filtering module available for Windows on June 14 and for Mac in July. Malwarebytes DNS Filtering is powered by Cloudflare‘s zero trust platform to deliver a flexible and comprehensive zero trust solution for Nebula users. Malwarebytes DNS Filtering module…
Netskope Expands Data Protection Capabilities to Endpoint Devices and Private Apps
Netskope, the leader in Security Service Edge (SSE) and zero trust, today announced a key expansion of data protection capabilities to endpoint devices and private apps. The introduction of a patented endpoint data loss prevention (DLP) solution will enable Netskope Intelligent SSE customers to protect data everywhere it moves across the hybrid enterprise. Zero trust…
Why the Employee Experience Is Cyber Resilience
The modern workplace is changing at a pace never seen before in history. A lot of this stemmed from COVID and remote work necessities, with 74% of CFOs noting they’ve adopted some kind of telecommuting policies due to coronavirus challenges. Now, more than ever, the employee experience (EX) is critical for keeping us connected and…
Zero Trust VPN Company Tailscale Raises $100 Million
The investment round was led by CRV and Insight Partners, with participation from existing investors Accel, Heavybit, Uncork Capital, and angel investors. Founded in 2019, the Toronto-based company offers a WireGuard-based private network connectivity solution with zero-config and end-to-end encryption, which integrates with services such as Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Okta, Caddy Server, Syncthing, and…
Why SOC 2 Compliance Is a Matter of (Zero) Trust
SaaS solutions are now so entwined in business users’ daily routines that they seem to meld into one experience — or simply put, “the way I work.” Yet the reality is there are many disparate cloud applications in play across a typical enterprise — 364 on average – which means a lot of complexity and…
