Category Archives: Shadow IT

Unsanctioned cloud services present growing problem for organizations

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Enterprise cloud service usage continues to rise, and despite the best efforts of IT, unsanctioned cloud service usage remains a problem as half of all users of sanctioned cloud storage services also have a personal instance of the same cloud service. As the deadline for compliance approaches, a new Netskope report also looked at EU GDPR readiness, finding that while there has been some improvement, two-thirds of enterprise cloud services are not on track to … More → Continue reading Unsanctioned cloud services present growing problem for organizations→

Most email authentication implementations fail

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Most of the world’s largest businesses fail at attempts to use open industry standards to control which email is sent using their names. Three quarters of large businesses attempting implementation of the DMARC email authentication standard are not presently capable of using it to block unauthorized email, to the detriment of their own security, compliance, and brand protection. ValiMail performed a wide-ranging examination of email authentication policies for more than one million business domain names, … More → Continue reading Most email authentication implementations fail→

Shadow IT intensifies cloud security risks

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Lack of visibility into an organization’s use of cloud providers can lead to unauthorized access to data, improper handling and storage of data and improper data removal. As a result, organizations are left highly exposed and vulnerable to a data breach, reveales a new Blancco Technology Group study. Based on a survey of over 290 IT professionals in the US, Canada, Mexico, UK, Germany, France, India, Japan and China, the study indicates that 26 percent … More → Continue reading Shadow IT intensifies cloud security risks→

The CASB Knows: Lifting the Cloud App Visibility Fog

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A cloud access security broker (CASB) can help security leaders manage the use of cloud-based apps to benefit both the enterprise and its employees.

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The CASB Knows: Lifting the Cloud App Visibility Fog

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A cloud access security broker (CASB) can help security leaders manage the use of cloud-based apps to benefit both the enterprise and its employees.

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Preparing for the GDPR: Who’s Protecting Your Data When Silos Break Down?

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CISOs preparing for the GDPR must walk a fine line, collecting huge amounts of data to enable business while ensuring compliance with privacy regulations.

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Four IT trends CIOs need to know about

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CIOs looking for a benchmark to gauge IT success can depend on user experience metrics to provide the answer. In each of today’s “third platform” technologies – cloud, analytics, security and mobile – emerging millennial users expect their compute experience to be seamless, secure, and portable, but delivering on those expectations is not as easy as it sounds. According to Logicalis US, there is no single, simple legacy-only or cloud-only approach to providing the experience … More → Continue reading Four IT trends CIOs need to know about→