New infosec products of the week: September 20, 2024

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from anecdotes, F5 Networks, Gcore, Rapid7, Strivacity, and Veritas Technologies. Veritas unveils AI-driven features to simplify cyber recovery Veritas Technologies u… Continue reading New infosec products of the week: September 20, 2024→

Nextcloud Hub 9 released: New features, more security, updated performance

Nextcloud has launched Nextcloud Hub 9, a significant update to its open-source cloud-based collaboration platform. It introduces several new features to improve user experience, performance, and security. Enhanced security in Nextcloud Hub 9 Nextcloud… Continue reading Nextcloud Hub 9 released: New features, more security, updated performance→

Differential privacy in AI: A solution creating more problems for developers?

In the push for secure AI models, many organizations have turned to differential privacy. But is the very tool meant to protect user data holding back innovation? Developers face a tough choice: balance data privacy or prioritize precise results. Diffe… Continue reading Differential privacy in AI: A solution creating more problems for developers?→

How digital wallets work, and best practices to use them safely

With the adoption of digital wallets and the increasing embedding of consumer digital payments into daily life, ensuring security measures is essential. According to a McKinsey report, digital payments are now mainstream and continually evolving, bring… Continue reading How digital wallets work, and best practices to use them safely→

Data disposal and cyber hygiene: Building a culture of security within your organization

Data breach episodes have been constantly rising with the number of data breach victims crossing 1 billion in the first half of 2024. A recent Data Breach Report 2023 by Verizon confirms that 74% of data breaches are due to human errors. Although cyber… Continue reading Data disposal and cyber hygiene: Building a culture of security within your organization→

Security leaders consider banning AI coding due to security risks

92% of security leaders have concerns about the use of AI-generated code within their organization, according to Venafi. Tension between security and developer teams 83% of security leaders say their developers currently use AI to generate code, with 5… Continue reading Security leaders consider banning AI coding due to security risks→

Organizations overwhelmed by numerous and insecure remote access tools

Organizations are combating excessive remote access demands with an equally excessive number of tools that provide varying degrees of security, according to Claroty. Data from more than 50,000 remote-access-enabled devices showed that the volume of rem… Continue reading Organizations overwhelmed by numerous and insecure remote access tools→

Gateways to havoc: Overprivileged dormant service accounts

Service accounts are non-human identities used to automate machine-to-machine interactions. They support critical functions – such as running scripts, services, and applications like websites, APIs, and databases – and facilitate integrations, op… Continue reading Gateways to havoc: Overprivileged dormant service accounts→

Beyond human IAM: The rising tide of machine identities

Remember when managing user accounts was your biggest headache? Those were simpler times. Today, we’re drowning in a sea of machine identities, and it’s time to learn how to swim – or risk going under. In the ever-expanding universe of hybr… Continue reading Beyond human IAM: The rising tide of machine identities→

The cybersecurity workforce of the future requires diverse hiring practices

The global cybersecurity workforce gap reached a new high with an estimated 4.8 million professionals needed to effectively secure organizations, a 19% year-on-year increase, according to ISC2. Despite the growing need for professionals, global workfor… Continue reading The cybersecurity workforce of the future requires diverse hiring practices→