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MY TAKE: PKI, digital certificates now ready to take on the task of securing digital transformation

The Last Watchdog

Lacking a reliable way to authenticate identities during the data transfer process, and also keep data encrypted as it moves between endpoints, the Internet would surely atrophy – and digital transformation would grind to a halt. Nonetheless, it is a pivotal chapter in the evolution of digital commerce.

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

The Last Watchdog

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 potential, SIEMs are perfectly placed to play a much bigger role today.

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MY TAKE: Log4j’s big lesson – legacy tools, new tech are both needed to secure modern networks

The Last Watchdog

By no means has the cybersecurity community been blind to the complex security challenges spinning out of digital transformation. The intensely competitive cybersecurity talent market is partly to blame here. SIEMs failed to live up to their hype in the decade after they were first introduced in 2005.

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NEW TECH: Exabeam retools SIEMs; applies credit card fraud detection tactics to network logs

The Last Watchdog

Security information and event management, or SIEM, could yet turn out to be the cornerstone technology for securing enterprise networks as digital transformation unfolds. The path this San Mateo, CA-based vendor is trodding tells us a lot about the unfolding renaissance of SIEMs – and where it could take digital commerce.

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Q&A: Why emerging IoT platforms require the same leading-edge security as industrial controls

The Last Watchdog

Initially introduced in 2005, CVSS is a framework for rating the severity of security vulnerabilities in software. And they must be fully addressed if digital commerce is to reach its full potential. The market is evolving, and understanding customers’ needs is evolving. Barda: Yes. The risks are growing for two reasons.

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