Cloud security evolution: Years of progress and challenges

Over a decade since its advent, cloud computing continues to enable organizational agility through scalability, efficiency and resilience. As clients shift from early experiments to strategic workloads, persistent security gaps demand urgent attention even as providers expand infrastructure safeguards. The prevalence of cloud-native services has grown exponentially over the past decade, with cloud providers consistently […]

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How Posture Management Prevents Catastrophic Cloud Breaches

We’ve all heard about catastrophic cloud breaches. But for every cyberattack reported in the news, many more may never reach the public eye. Perhaps worst of all, a large number of the offending vulnerabilities might have been avoided entirely through proper cloud configuration. Many big cloud security catastrophes often result from what appear to be […]

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Penetration Testing for Cloud-Based Apps: A Step-by-Step Guide

Although cloud providers offer more and more robust security controls, in the end, you’re the one who has to secure your company’s workloads in the cloud. According to the 2019 Cloud Security Report, the top cloud security challenges are data loss and data privacy, followed by compliance concerns, tied with worries about accidental exposure of […]

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Deloitte Acquires CloudQuest to Gain CSPM Platform

Deloitte this week announced it is acquiring CloudQuest to gain a cloud security posture management (CSPM) platform that it will now make available as part of the portfolio of security services it provides. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Vikram… Continue reading Deloitte Acquires CloudQuest to Gain CSPM Platform

2021 Cybersecurity Trends: Bigger Budgets, Endpoint Emphasis and Cloud

Insider threats are redefined in 2021, the work-from-home trend will continue define the threat landscape and mobile endpoints become the attack vector of choice, according 2021 forecasts. Continue reading 2021 Cybersecurity Trends: Bigger Budgets, Endpoint Emphasis and Cloud

The Cloud, The Breach, and the increased role of CSPM

Cloud adoption has reached stratospheric levels, and with this increased volume of workloads and applications usage, organizations require tighter controls to protect their multi-cloud environments and data from potential data leaks or breaches due to … Continue reading The Cloud, The Breach, and the increased role of CSPM

Securing the Multi-Cloud Environment through CSPM and SSPM

By Ishani Sircar, Manager, Product Marketing at CipherCloud Misconfigurations are the biggest cause of data breaches in the cloud, exposing more than 33 billion records and costing companies close to $5 trillion in 2018 and 2019.  – DivvyClo… Continue reading Securing the Multi-Cloud Environment through CSPM and SSPM

Aqua Security Introduces Dynamic Threat Analysis for Containers, Mitigating Risks of Sophisticated Malware Attacks

First ‘Sandbox’ for Containerized Applications is Integrated into Aqua’s Cloud Native Security Platform and Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) Solutions BOSTON – 22 April, 2020  – Aqua Security, the leading platform provider for securing cloud na… Continue reading Aqua Security Introduces Dynamic Threat Analysis for Containers, Mitigating Risks of Sophisticated Malware Attacks