MY TAKE: Juniper Networks directs ‘ML’ pattern recognition towards security tasks — at router level

Machine learning (ML) and digital transformation (DX) go hand in glove.
We’ve mastered how to feed data into pattern-recognition algorithms. And as we accelerate the digitalization of everything, even more data is being generated.
Related: Defend… Continue reading MY TAKE: Juniper Networks directs ‘ML’ pattern recognition towards security tasks — at router level

NEW TECH: Start-up QuoLab enters emerging ‘Security Operations Platform’ — SOP — space

Defending enterprise networks has become a convoluted challenge, one that is only getting more byzantine by the day.
I’ve written about the how SIEMs ingest log and event data from all across hybrid networks, and about how UEBA and SOAR… (m… Continue reading NEW TECH: Start-up QuoLab enters emerging ‘Security Operations Platform’ — SOP — space

NEW TECH: WhiteHat Security tackles ‘dangling buckets,’ other new web app exposures

WhiteHat Security got its start some 17 years ago in Silicon Valley to help companies defend their public-facing websites from SQL injection and cross-site scripting hacks.
Related: Mobile apps are full of vulnerabilites
Both hacking methods remain a p… Continue reading NEW TECH: WhiteHat Security tackles ‘dangling buckets,’ other new web app exposures

SHARED INTEL: FireMon survey shows security lags behind fast pace of hybrid cloud deployments

Corporate America’s love affair with cloud computing has hit a feverish pitch. Yet ignorance persists when it comes to a momentous challenge at hand: how to go about tapping the benefits of digital transformation while also keeping cyber exposure… Continue reading SHARED INTEL: FireMon survey shows security lags behind fast pace of hybrid cloud deployments

NEW TECH: Can MPC — Multi Party Computation — disrupt encryption, boost cloud commerce?

Encryption is a cornerstone of digital commerce. But it has also proven to be a profound constraint on the full blossoming of cloud computing and the Internet of Things.
Related: A ‘homomorphic-like’ encryption solution
We know very well ho… Continue reading NEW TECH: Can MPC — Multi Party Computation — disrupt encryption, boost cloud commerce?

SHARED INTEL: Bogus Coronavirus email alerts underscore risk posed by weaponized email

It comes as no surprise that top cyber crime rings immediately pounced on the Coronavirus outbreak to spread a potent strain of malware via malicious email and web links.
Related: Credential stuffing fuels cyber fraud
IBM X-Force researchers shared det… Continue reading SHARED INTEL: Bogus Coronavirus email alerts underscore risk posed by weaponized email

MY TAKE: Why speedy innovation requires much improved cyber hygiene, cloud security

Speed is what digital transformation is all about. Organizations are increasingly outsourcing IT workloads to cloud service providers and looking to leverage IoT systems.
Related: The API attack vector expands
Speed translates into innovation agility. … Continue reading MY TAKE: Why speedy innovation requires much improved cyber hygiene, cloud security

NEW TECH: Devolutions’ ‘PAM’ solution helps SMBs deal with rising authentication risks

The cybersecurity needs of small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) differ from those of large enterprises, but few solutions cater to them. A 2018 Cisco Cybersecurity Special Report found that 54 % of all cyber attacks cost the target company more &#823… Continue reading NEW TECH: Devolutions’ ‘PAM’ solution helps SMBs deal with rising authentication risks

NEW TECH: Exabeam positions SIEM technology to help protect IoT, OT systems

Security information and event management systems — SIEMs — have been around since 2005, but their time may have come at last.
Related: Digital Transformation gives SIEMs a second wind
After an initial failure to live up to their overhyped … Continue reading NEW TECH: Exabeam positions SIEM technology to help protect IoT, OT systems

SHARED INTEL: Here’s why CEOs who’ve quit Tweeting are very smart to do so

Cyber threats now command the corporate sector’s full attention. It’s reached the point where some CEOs have even begun adjusting their personal online habits to help protect themselves, and by extension, the organizations they lead. Corpor… Continue reading SHARED INTEL: Here’s why CEOs who’ve quit Tweeting are very smart to do so