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Web application exposures continue do bedevil companies as digital transformation accelerates

The Last Watchdog

Companies are scaling up their use of web apps as they strive to integrate digital technology into every aspect of daily business operation. As this ‘digital transformation’ of commerce accelerates, the attack surface available to threat actors likewise is expanding. Related: Cyber spies feast on government shut down.

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RSAC 2019 Blog Series: Taking the Risk out of Digital Transformation: RSAC 2019’s Quest for Delivering “Better”

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

However, in an attempt to be “better” many organizations have leaned heavily on emerging technologies such as cloud, blockchain and IoT – aka digital transformation. However, as digital transformation proves “better” for many aspects, it isn’t proving to be better for security.

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MY TAKE: Why ‘basic research’ is so vital to bringing digital transformation to full fruition

The Last Watchdog

Basic research is the foundational theorizing and testing scientists pursue in order to advance their understanding of a phenomenon in the natural world, and, increasingly, in the digital realm.

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Digital transformation escalates compliance challenges

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Digital transformation is changing the face of the modern data-driven enterprise. The 2019 Thales Data Threat Report-Global Edition found that 97% of organizations surveyed are implementing digital transformation with 37% reporting aggressive transformation.

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European Businesses Signal ‘Growing Security Gap’ Amid Mass Digital Transformation

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

As false predictions of digital transformation fade into the past, we are hurtling into a new era of business. Upwards of 84% of enterprises are using, or planning to use, digitally transformative technologies such as cloud, big data, containers, blockchain and the Internet of Things (IoT). Overall, the picture is clear.

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MY TAKE: How ‘CASBs’ are evolving to close the security gaps arising from digital transformation

The Last Watchdog

The Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) space is maturing to keep pace with digital transformation. I had the chance to visit with CipherCloud CTO Sundaram Lakshmanan at RSA 2019. Related: CASBs needed now, more than ever.

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Q&A: How AI, digital transformation are shaking up revenue management in high tech, life sciences

The Last Watchdog

-based life sciences and high-tech manufacturing companies sheds light on how digital transformation – and the rising role of third-party partners – have combined to create unprecedented operational challenges in the brave new world of digital commerce. Related: AI one-upsmanship prevails in antivirus field.