Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 5, 2023

If you’re knee-deep in the world of data security, you’d agree that the key to unlocking superior protection lies, quite literally, in the keys- the encryption keys, to be precise. Without a robust key management system, even the most heavy-duty encryption is as good as a lock without a key.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Let’s face it: Encryption key management can seem daunting. Sure, it’s easy to connect a hardware security module (HSM) to a database and generate a key, but that’s not how it works in the real world, where mission-critical cryptography is needed and required. Let’s talk pain points and dispel some of the myths.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

With organizations around the world now deploying ever-increasing amounts of encryption solutions in an effort to ward off cybercrime, businesses are facing a combination of challenges. Protecting data through encryption. Using algorithms to encode data as ciphertext, encryption acts as a safety blanket for data.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 23, 2019

Some G7 countries highlight the importance of not prohibiting, limiting, or weakening encryption; There is a weird belief amongst policy makers that hacking an encryption system's key management system is fundamentally different than hacking the system's encryption algorithm.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 24, 2021

The post The adoption of multi-cloud drives the need for better data protection and management of encryption keys and policy controls appeared first on Entrust Blog.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Cloud security vendor Fortanix has updated its Data Security Manager to incorporate support for AWS’ external encryption key store system, adding another major public cloud vendor to the list of those supported for the company’s key management system.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 3, 2018

Large data scale breaches have led an increasing number of companies to embrace comprehensive encryption strategies to protect their assets. According to our 2018 Global Encryption Trends Study , 43% of respondents report that their organization has an encryption strategy they apply across the enterprise, compared with 15% in 2005.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2022

It’s been a couple of decades since data tapes delivered by trucks made encryption a standard enterprise cybersecurity practice. Yet even as technology has changed, sending and receiving data remains a major vulnerability, ensuring encryption’s place as a foundational security practice. What is Encryption?

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Google Security

JUNE 29, 2023

Director of Engineering, Google Workspace In February, we expanded Google Workspace client-side encryption (CSE) capabilities to include Gmail and Calendar in addition to Drive, Docs, Slides, Sheets , and Meet. When CSE is enabled, email messages are protected using encryption keys that are fully under the customer’s control.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 26, 2021

Access Management and Data Protection Key Factors for Successful Migration to the Cloud. For example, the advisory notes that many public cloud security incidents, such as data leaks, were caused by poor management on the user’s end (e.g., Ensure staff have adequate skillset to manage public cloud workloads and risks.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Implementing Data Protection and Key Management in DevOps without slowing things down. All secrets are being encrypted or tokenized, and data appears secure.These processes require encryption keys, and controlling these keys requires a robust key management process. Tue, 02/15/2022 - 05:15.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

How encryption can help address Cloud misconfiguration. So, whichever way you go, there is, across time, a very high likelihood that a CSP's encryption, tokenization, or key management scheme will be misconfigured either by the CSP itself or by the CSP user. Access to a Cosmos DB instance's primary key is "game over."

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 14, 2021

For decades, enterprise data encryption and effective key management were something most enterprises wanted to do but couldn’t — if they tried to do it at all. The post Enterprise Data Encryption Use Reaches Historic Highs appeared first on Security Boulevard. Fortunately, that’s now starting to change for the better.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 17, 2022

The value of Key Rotation and Re-encryption. To meet various compliance requirements and reduce the risk of your most sensitive data getting compromised you may want to consider changing the encryption key used to protect this data. Thales refers to this changing of encryption keys as “Key rotation” or “Rekey”.

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Tech Republic Security

JANUARY 11, 2017

Google recently unveiled its Cloud Key Management Service in beta, which aims to be a scalable solution for management and auditing of encryption keys.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 22, 2022

So You Think You Are Protected With Cloud Native Encryption? An important concept of this security model is the segregation of duties – the administrators managing the systems where data are stored should be separate from the security teams imposing controls for the protection of this data. Understanding encryption in Amazon EBS.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

CipherTrust Data Security Platform now allows users to implement Signed Access Approval in Google Cloud External Key Manager. Customers that wish to use their own signing key can bring an externally-managed key using Google Cloud External Key Manager. Thu, 09/29/2022 - 06:34.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Gmail client-side encryption (CSE) is now available for Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and Education Standard customers. Google announced that Gmail client-side encryption (CSE) is now available for all Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and Education Standard customers. ” continues the announcement.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 2, 2024

Anyone in possession of a predetermined encryption key could stash any code of their choice in an SSH login certificate, upload it, and execute it on the backdoored device. In theory, the code could allow for just about anything, including stealing encryption keys or installing malware.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 19, 2023

In this blog, we’ll tackle encrypting AWS in transit and at rest. Fortunately, with adequate encryption measures in place, data exposures such as these can be nullified. Simply put, when data is properly encrypted with industry approved algorithms, it can’t be deciphered. ” What Is AWS Certificate Manager?

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 21, 2022

In October 2020, Formbook was rebranded as Xloader and some significant improvements were introduced, especially related to the command and control (C2) network encryption. When Formbook was sold, a web-based command and control (C2) panel was given to customers, so they could self-manage their own botnets. get rc4 key 1, 0x14 bytes.

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SecureList

APRIL 18, 2022

Kaspersky experts have found a vulnerability in the Yanluowang encryption algorithm and created a free decryptor to help victims of this ransomware with recovering their files. This is necessary to make files used by other programs available for encryption. The encryption code for big files. Yanluowang description.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 26, 2021

Access Management and Data Protection Key Factors for Successful Migration to the Cloud. For example, the advisory notes that many public cloud security incidents, such as data leaks, were caused by poor management on the user’s end (e.g., Ensure staff have adequate skillset to manage public cloud workloads and risks.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 3, 2021

Encryption agility is going to be essential as we move forward with digital transformation. All of the technical innovation cybersecurity vendors are churning out to deal with ever-expanding cyber risks, at the end of the day, come down to protecting encrypted data. Here are the key takeaways: PKI basics.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Now in its 13 th year, our Global Encryption Trends Study that is performed by the Ponemon Institute reveals interesting findings that span a dozen different geographies. This year, we found that multi-cloud use as well as compliance requirements have encouraged organizations around the globe to embrace a more extensive encryption strategy.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

After eavesdropping on yet another encrypted messaging service for five months, law enforcement agencies decided to shut down the service that was popular among members of organized crime groups. Exclu Exclu was an app marketed as an end-to-end-encrypted messaging service and users paid €500 (roughly $540) for three months' use.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2023

GoTo is notifying customers that its development environment was breached in November 2022, attackers stole customers’ backups and encryption key. We also have evidence that a threat actor exfiltrated an encryption key for a portion of the encrypted backups.” ” continues the notice.

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Hot for Security

APRIL 9, 2021

Police specialists in Belgium managed to crack an encrypted messaging service, revealing detailed information about cocaine shipments into Antwerp, Belgium. billion) after cracking the encryption algorithm of Sky ECC, a supplier of modified phones designed for ultra-private communications. billion euros ($1.65

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

You can now implement and maintain encryption with minimal impact. Encryption is best practice to ensure cybercriminals do not gain access to your business’s sensitive data. But deployment and management of encryption generally incur downtime. Initial encryption. Re-keying of data sets.

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SecureList

APRIL 18, 2022

Kaspersky experts have found a vulnerability in the Yanluowang encryption algorithm and created a free decryptor to help victims of this ransomware with recovering their files. This is necessary to make files used by other programs available for encryption. The encryption code for big files. Yanluowang description.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2018

One sliver of the $90 billion, or so, companies are expected to spend this year on cybersecurity products and services is an estimated $85 million they will shell out for encrypted flash drives. I recently had the chance to visit with Shauna Park, channel manager at DataLocker. LW: One of your products is a central management server.

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Pen Test Partners

JANUARY 3, 2024

The wider problem The data wasn’t encrypted. Disk encryption is critical here. It converts data into a code unreadable without the proper encryption key, ensuring that even if a disk is removed or accessed by unauthorised individuals, the data remains secure. This allowed us to piece together the missing data.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Despite advance warnings that a root certificate provided by Let’s Encrypt would expire on September 30, users reported issues with a variety of services and websites once that deadline hit. An SSL certificate is a digital certificate that authenticates a website’s identity and enables an encrypted connection. So what happened?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 4, 2021

The Cloud Trust Paradox: Keeping Control of Data & Encryption Keys in the Cloud. With customers increasingly being less trusting of how companies store and process their data in the cloud, encrypting this data and controlling the encryption keys is essential for building trust. Thu, 03/04/2021 - 09:38.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Peter is an IT manager for a technology manufacturer that got hit with a Russian ransomware strain called “ Zeppelin ” in May 2020. He’d been on the job less than six months, and because of the way his predecessor architected things, the company’s data backups also were encrypted by Zeppelin. ” they wrote.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Mitigating Ransomware Attacks – Decoupling Encryption Keys From Encrypted Data. Once the hackers gain an inside entry in an organisation’s IT systems, they deploy a file-encrypting malware known as ransomware. Some ransomware selectively seeks out sensitive data and will only encrypt those files.

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Security researchers have found a way to extract a global encryption key that was hardcoded in the CPUs of several Siemens programmable logic controller (PLC) product lines, allowing them to compromise their secure communications and authentication. To read this article in full, please click here

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