Do IT modernization efforts increase security challenges?

Most government IT executives believe that IT modernization projects increase security challenges as opposed to alleviate them, according to a new study from Unisys. A large percentage of respondents to the study also reported concern about the excessive length of the procurement process and effectiveness of regulatory mandates – which they said lead to a “check-the-box” approach to compliance. The blind survey of 200 federal IT executives, performed by research company Market Connections, asked about … More Continue reading Do IT modernization efforts increase security challenges?

New infosec products of the week​: December 9, 2016

Thales releases advanced encryption solutions for secure docker containers Thales released new capabilities for its Vormetric Data Security Platform. These advances extend data-at-rest security capabilities with integrated Docker encryption and access controls, the ability to encrypt and rekey data without having to take applications offline, FIPS certified remote administration and management of data security policies and protections, and the ability to accelerate the deployment of tokenization, static data masking and application encryption. Unisys Stealth(aware) automates … More Continue reading New infosec products of the week​: December 9, 2016