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As a longtime security industry professional, I always look forward to the RSA Conference as it is always a great time. I particularly enjoy reuniting with colleagues in the industry to compare notes, discuss security trends, and plot new partnerships… Continue reading RSA 2020 – The Human Element
The last several years have seen an unprecedented shift in the way that businesses conduct their operations and employees perform their work. Users are no longer confined to working on premises from desktop computers. Data is being accessed, stored, s… Continue reading How to Retain the Right Kinds of Control in the Cloud
Here are the top stories of recent weeks:
Laptop Theft Results in Healthcare Data Breach
Online Banking Users’ Targeted by Trojan Malware Campaign
Tens of Thousands of Soccer Fans Exposed in Brazilian Leaky Server
Doppelpaymer… Continue reading Bitglass Security Spotlight: Healthcare Burglary Results in Data Breach Affecting Over 654,000 Members
Every year before now, I’ve attended sales kick-off (SKO) without having to work on preparing an agenda, but I’ve marveled at the amount of work that goes on to put on such an event. I’ve thought about the reasoning behind certain se… Continue reading The 2020 Bitglass SKO Recap and More
As the old adage goes, “Trust must be earned.” This proverb essentially means that trusting those who are not truly trustworthy can have harmful results. Interestingly, this wisdom is particularly applicable to cybersecurity. There are cou… Continue reading Zero Trust Network Access with Bitglass
As the Department of Defense tries to be more proactive about preventing hackers from gaining access to its networks, the Marine Corps is working to implement zero-trust security, a top Marine Corps cybersecurity official said Tuesday. Under the approach, a network never trusts users or devices automatically, and they must meet certain security standards, such as multi-factor authentication, before connecting. For military agencies, zero trust could help reframe how they think about digital adversaries, said Renata Spinks, the cyber technology officer for the Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command. “In some cases today we’re very reactive. A breach occurs, we get an alert, and then we do incident response. Looking at user credentials … configuration policies, and procedures” could get the Pentagon one step ahead of would-be attackers, Spinks said at the Zero Trust Security Summit presented by Duo Security and produced by CyberScoop and FedScoop The Department of Defense has already begun working on implementing this […]
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A website that informs users if their email address has been swept up in a data breach isn’t just popular with vigilant business owners or private security sleuths. The man charged with protecting the Department of Homeland Security’s systems from hackers also maintains an account on the “Have I been Pwned?” website, and it regularly reminds him of the risks passwords pose. “I get emails from this website on a monthly or basis,” DHS CISO Paul Beckman said Tuesday at the Zero Trust Security Summit presented by Duo and produced by FedScoop and CyberScoop. “That’s how often my username and password is getting compromised.” Beckman said he registered both his personal and DHS emails on the website. The good news for him is that he uses a “second factor” — something like a SMS message or an authentication app — to log into his accounts and keep hackers out of […]
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Here are the top stories of recent weeks:
250 Million Customers Exposed in Microsoft Data Leak
Mitsubishi Electric Claims China is Responsible for Recent Breach
NSA Steps in to Offer Cloud Security Guidance to Businesses
London Street Pedestria… Continue reading Bitglass Security Spotlight: Mega Breach Exposes More Than 250 Million
As organizations continue to select their productivity suite, G Suite has rapidly established itself as a platform that seamlessly empowers team collaboration. A state agency recently started adopting G Suite and their top three reasons for choos… Continue reading Improved Team Collaboration with G Suite, Powered by Bitglass & Okta
As companies expand, the adoption of cloud services grows in parallel. Bitglass’ Cloud Adoption Report recently released in 2019, found that 86% of enterprises have deployed cloud-based tools. These cloud services come with a plethora of benefit… Continue reading Partners in Cloud: Bitglass | Zscaler