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The business case for security strategy and architecture

Notice Bored

c omplementing and supporting various other business strategies and architectures such as cloud first, artificial intelligence, IIoT, big data, new products, new markets.); There are tools and techniques to help with strategy and architecture, just as there are for information risk and security management. Study hard.

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SHARING INTEL: Here’s why it has become so vital to prioritize the security-proofing of APIs

The Last Watchdog

The threat intelligence platforms and detection and response systems installed far and wide, in SMBs and large enterprises alike, simply are not doing a terrific job at accounting for how APIs are facilitating multi-staged network breaches. Meanwhile, the best security tooling money can was never designed to deal with this phenomenon.

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Berkshire Bank Banks on Salt for API Protection

Security Boulevard

Just as WAFs can’t correlate traffic over time, VM- or server-based API security solutions also fall short, lacking the scope of data and real-time analysis needed to build context to spot API attacks. With Salt Security, Berkshire Bank can protect its APIs from account takeover (ATO) and ensure the safety of their services.

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Holes in Linux Kernel Could Pose Problems for Red Hat, Ubuntu, Other Distros

eSecurity Planet

On its own, it’s not going to give a remote attacker access to anything, but if combined with other attacks, it’s possible an attacker could leverage a user account from somewhere else and pivot into this to get root access,” Smith said. Companies shouldn’t shrug off these vulnerabilities.

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MY TAKE: Six-figure GDPR privacy fines reinforce business case for advanced SIEM, UEBA tools

The Last Watchdog

I think it’s super important that organizations are being held accountable for looking after our data. That’s kind of the carrot side — being able to demonstrate that you actually do care about the data of the people you do business with. Trust is an important part of their brand; it should be all about trust.

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Lemon Group gang pre-infected 9 million Android devices for fraudulent activities

Security Affairs

Infected devices were used for multiple malicious activities, including traffic redirections through mobile proxies, info-stealing, click fraud, and social media and online messaging accounts and monetization via advertisements. The experts speculate the attack vector employed by the Lemon Group is a supply chain attack.

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Fintech Cybersecurity Trends in 2021

Security Boulevard

Hastily implemented cloud data processes and security needs failing to keep pace with tech innovations have left financial data exposed. Meanwhile, greater reliance on mobile devices for everything from managing our bank accounts to checking credit scores leaves fintech users more at-risk than ever.