How do I select a cloud security solution for my business?

Attackers increasingly strive to leverage cloud weaknesses that enable them to deliver malware to end users, gain unauthorized access to production environments or their data, or completely compromise a target environment. This strategy is known as a w… Continue reading How do I select a cloud security solution for my business?

Report: The Trouble With Cloud Security

A new report finds nearly a quarter (23%) of all the security policy violations involved managed service offerings provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft and Google. The violations were discovered during approximately 9,000 scans conducted b… Continue reading Report: The Trouble With Cloud Security

Top cloud infrastructure risks faced by real-world organizations

There’s an increased adoption of managed infrastructure services and the emergence of new cloud watering hole attacks, Accurics reveals. Of all violations identified, 23 percent correspond to poorly configured managed service offerings – largely … Continue reading Top cloud infrastructure risks faced by real-world organizations

Evolving Risks, Insecure Defaults, Watering Hole Threats: New Research from Accurics Uncovers Developing Sources of Cloud Risk

Pleasanton, CA, February 22, 2021 – Accurics, the cloud cyber resilience specialist, today unveiled its latest research, “Accurics Cloud Cyber Resilience Report,” which highlights security risks identified in cloud native environments. The findings rev… Continue reading Evolving Risks, Insecure Defaults, Watering Hole Threats: New Research from Accurics Uncovers Developing Sources of Cloud Risk

Accurics raises $20M to continue to develop technology that self-heals cloud native infrastructure

Accurics announced $20 million across seed and series A financing raised in the past six months, with Intel Capital leading the Series A and ClearSky leading the seed. Accurics is delivering a powerful solution at a critical time, as cloud-native techn… Continue reading Accurics raises $20M to continue to develop technology that self-heals cloud native infrastructure

GitHub envisions a world with fewer software vulnerabilities

After five months in beta, the GitHub Code Scanning security feature has been made generally available to all users: for free for public repositories, as a paid option for private ones. “So much of the world’s development happens on GitHub that s… Continue reading GitHub envisions a world with fewer software vulnerabilities

Accurics Adds Support for HashiCorp Terraform Cloud and Sentinel Policy as Code

By Jon Jarboe, Developer Advocate We’ve long been fans of the fantastic products coming out of HashiCorp.  Terrascan and Accurics both launched with support for Terraform, helping developers detect and fix compliance and security risks in their infrast… Continue reading Accurics Adds Support for HashiCorp Terraform Cloud and Sentinel Policy as Code

Terrascan open source software helps developers build secure cloud infrastructure

Accurics unveiled a major upgrade to Terrascan, the open source static code analyzer that enables developers to build secure infrastructure as code (IaC). The new release ensures Terraform templates avoid common security pitfalls in popular cloud provi… Continue reading Terrascan open source software helps developers build secure cloud infrastructure

Misconfigured cloud storage services are commonplace in 93% of deployments

Cloud breaches will likely increase in velocity and scale, and highlights steps that can be taken to mitigate them, according to Accurics. “While the adoption of cloud native infrastructure such as containers, serverless, and servicemesh is fueling inn… Continue reading Misconfigured cloud storage services are commonplace in 93% of deployments