Unifying Security and Applications Through Identity

Identity and security must be built into the overall enterprise IT ecosystem, not simply added on As enterprise perimeters disappear into borderless cyberspace, CISOs are struggling to protect their businesses, partners and customers. Once entirely wi… Continue reading Unifying Security and Applications Through Identity

MoleRats APT Returns with Espionage Play Using Facebook, Dropbox

The threat group is increasing its espionage activity in light of the current political climate and recent events in the Middle East, with two new backdoors. Continue reading MoleRats APT Returns with Espionage Play Using Facebook, Dropbox

Pandemic Waves Underscore Vulnerabilities in Cloud File Systems

As the second wave of COVID-19 hits and remote work increases again, the need for secure cloud file systems to share large volumes of data is increasingly important Remote work models, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, have pushed firms to move to… Continue reading Pandemic Waves Underscore Vulnerabilities in Cloud File Systems

AWS updates its edge computing solutions with new hardware and Local Zones

AWS today closed out its first re:Invent keynote with a focus on edge computing. The company launched two smaller appliances for its Outpost service, which originally brought AWS as a managed service and appliance right into its customers’ existing data centers in the form of a large rack. Now, the company is launching these smaller […] Continue reading AWS updates its edge computing solutions with new hardware and Local Zones

Building a Security Alliance with Your Cloud Partners

As more infrastructure is moved to the cloud, there are many opportunities to reconsider your security stance and relationships to build ever stronger and more secure IT solutions whilst reducing your security costs. In this post, I’m looking to explor… Continue reading Building a Security Alliance with Your Cloud Partners

F5 Networks Extends AWS Alliance to Address CDN Security

F5 Networks this week announced the integration of F5 Essential App Protect, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for protecting web applications, and Amazon CloudFront, a content delivery network (CDN) service from Amazon Web Services (AWS). Chris… Continue reading F5 Networks Extends AWS Alliance to Address CDN Security

How the Cloud Could Improve Vendor Access Management

At first, it may seem antithetical to consider deploying a vendor access management system in the cloud. After all, you are trying to provide access for third parties to internal systems, and whether it’s a VPN concentrator or a vendor privilege… Continue reading How the Cloud Could Improve Vendor Access Management

IBM Integrates Data Security

IBM Security today announced it is adding data security capabilities to IBM Cloud Pak for Security for the first time. Built on top of the Red Hat OpenShift platform, IBM Cloud Pak for Security is an integrated suite of threat management tools and pro… Continue reading IBM Integrates Data Security

The Demise of the Internal Datacenter and Consequential Risks

Recently, I happened upon a short article about the demise of internal data centers in favor of cloud services. The article, by John Delaney, appeared on page 28 of the May 2020 edition of the Communications of the ACM, and has the title “The Shu… Continue reading The Demise of the Internal Datacenter and Consequential Risks