Protecting the digital workplace with an integrated security strategy

COVID-19 propelled the world of IT years into the future. Organizations considering long-term digital transformation plans were abruptly forced to accelerate their timeline, so employees could work remotely amid shelter-in-place orders. While this shif… Continue reading Protecting the digital workplace with an integrated security strategy

C-level executives driving the adoption of MACH across their organizations

Out with the old, in with MACH. That’s what a poll of global IT leaders found regarding their plans to revamp, or retain, their enterprise architectures. The research, conducted by DJS Research, polled senior level technology decision makers (CIO… Continue reading C-level executives driving the adoption of MACH across their organizations

Industry Recognition for Runtime Application Security: Omdia Research

With ever-increasing cyber threats, it’s important that organizations continually assess the effectiveness of their application security. One of the areas often left under protected is runtime, which is where the Cequence Application Security Platform … Continue reading Industry Recognition for Runtime Application Security: Omdia Research

mHealth apps consistently expose PII and PHI through APIs

All of the 30 popular mHealth apps that were tested are vulnerable to API attacks that can allow unauthorized access to full patient records including protected health information (PHI) and personally identifiable information (PII), Approov reveals. Th… Continue reading mHealth apps consistently expose PII and PHI through APIs

API security concerns hindering new application rollouts

66% of organizations admit to having slowed the rollout of a new application into production because of API security concerns, a Salt Security report reveals. In addition, 54% of organizations running production APIs have at best only a basic strategy … Continue reading API security concerns hindering new application rollouts

Organizations struggle to maintain application security across platforms

Global organizations are struggling to maintain consistent application security across multiple platforms, and they are also losing visibility with the emergence of new architectures and the adoption of APIs, Radware reveals. Working to maintain applic… Continue reading Organizations struggle to maintain application security across platforms

OWASP API Security Top 10: A Framework for Improving Your API Security Efforts

During a recent API Security conversation with a customer, I asked if they had seen the OWASP API Security Top 10 list. They had not heard about it yet, a response that is consistent with other customers as well as from industry analysts including Gart… Continue reading OWASP API Security Top 10: A Framework for Improving Your API Security Efforts

40% of COVID-19 contact tracing apps lack basic protections

Guardsquare announced the release of a report which reassesses the levels of security protections and privacy risks of COVID-19 contact tracing apps. The report found that of the 95 mobile apps analyzed, 60% use the official API for secure exposure not… Continue reading 40% of COVID-19 contact tracing apps lack basic protections