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MY TAKE: CASBs help companies meet ‘shared responsibility’ for complex, rising cloud risks

The Last Watchdog

CASBs, a term coined by tech industry consultancy Gartner, first cropped about seven years ago to help organizations enforce security and governance policies as they commenced, in earnest, their march into the cloud. Still, the added complexities of cloud migration translated into fresh tiers of wide-open attack vectors.

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NEW TECH: Trend Micro flattens cyber risks — from software development to deployment

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Long before this awful pandemic hit us, cloud migration had attained strong momentum in the corporate sector. As Covid19 rages on, thousands of large to mid-sized enterprises are now slamming pedal to the metal on projects to switch over to cloud-based IT infrastructure. Companies are expected to spend an estimated $31.6

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Author Q&A: Former privacy officer urges leaders to prioritize security as part of cloud migration

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Riccardi: SMBs face challenges when dealing with cybersecurity implications of software-enabled, cloud-based operations due to financial and skill limitations. Cyber risks from third-party vendors further complicate the situation. Riccardi: Basic cyber hygiene is 90 percent of what cybersecurity is all about.