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A report published this week by Sepio Systems suggests the number of devices being attached to corporate networks since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic began has increased sharply. Sepio Systems, a provider of tools for mitigating cyberattacks agai… Continue reading Report: More Unknown Devices on Corporate Networks
A shift toward zero-trust architectures appears to be gaining momentum, with a global survey of 500 senior cybersecurity executives published today showing that 40% of respondents have launched an initiative to achieve that goal. In North America, the … Continue reading Survey Sees Accelerated Shift Toward Zero-Trust Architectures
Orca Security has raised an additional $20 million in funding to drive adoption of an approach to discovering cloud security issues using agent software. Company CEO Avi Shua said the Orca Security platform looks for issues including vulnerabilities, m… Continue reading Orca Security Raises $20M to Secure Cloud Platforms
The Linux Foundation announced it will host the Trust over IP (ToIP) Foundation, an independent project to enable trustworthy exchange and verification of data between any two parties on the internet in a way that does not require third-party verificat… Continue reading The Linux Foundation Takes on Digital Trust With ToIP Foundation
A report published today by DomainTools, a provider of cyberthreat intelligence tools and services, details how one small group of activists is allegedly employing astroturfing techniques to create the appearance of a nationwide grassroots effort thro… Continue reading Report: Domains Promoting Resistance to COVID-19 Orders Tied to One Owner
Canonical delivered an update to its Ubuntu distribution of Linux that makes available a wide range of cybersecurity capabilities, including an open source virtual private network (VPN) tunnel dubbed WireGuard that provides better performance than IPs… Continue reading Canonical Adds More Security to Ubuntu OS
An apparent rush to build an application to process COVID-19 relief loans created by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) resulted in a data breach that exposed the personal information of 7,913 individuals on the SBA website. The issue manife… Continue reading SBA Loan Program for COVID-19 Relief Suffers Data Breach
Qualys CEO Philippe Courtot this week committed to expanding the reach of its Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response (VMDR) cloud platform to include endpoint detection and response (EDR), incident management capabilities and compliance tool… Continue reading Qualys CEO Outlines Plan to Converge Cybersecurity and IT Management
A global survey of 750 IT decision-makers suggests that increased spending on compliance isn’t doing much to improve the security posture of organizations. Conducted by Vanson Bourne on behalf of Tanium, a provider of endpoint management tools, the su… Continue reading Report: Increased Spending on Compliance Not Helping Security
Qualys this week announced the availability of a Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response (VMDR) platform based on a single agent that detects endpoint vulnerabilities and automates the patching of those systems. Sumedh Thakar, president and c… Continue reading Qualys Delivers on Promise to Automate Endpoint Security