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Companies need CASBs now more than ever — to help secure ‘digital transformation’

The Last Watchdog

While Shadow IT has been largely quelled, the core dynamic that started all this fuss – eager humans scrambling to use the latest, greatest cloud-enabled services – remains a major security issue, one that now connects directly to digital transformation. A synopsis of key takeaways: Misconfigurations.

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How ‘digital transformation’ gave birth to a new breed of criminal: ‘machine-identity thieves’

The Last Watchdog

If you haven’t heard, we are undergoing “digital transformation.” Digital advances are coming at us fast and furious. Misuse and manipulation of machine identities almost certainly is coming into play in the type of deep breaches digitally-transformed organizations are now experiencing. Security responsibilities.

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Modus Create Announces New Research on the State of Digital Transformation in the U.S.

CyberSecurity Insiders

–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Modus Create , a global provider of digital transformation and product development services, announced today the findings of its original study entitled the “ 2022 State of Digital Transformation.” In the digital economy, it is the core IP with which you differentiate and deliver value.”

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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. Lots of big companies sponsor basic research; it’s how progress gets made. NTT Group, for instance, typically spends more than $3.6

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MY TAKE: How the lack of API security translates into ‘digital transformation’ security holes

The Last Watchdog

And today APIs are empowering companies to speed up complex software development projects – as part of digital transformation. What’s more, APIs are driving digital transformation; companies have come to depend on APIs to reorganize how they do business. APIs enable innovation at unprecedented speed and scale.

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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). Understanding the threats.

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MY TAKE: Coping with security risks, compliance issues spun up by ‘digital transformation’

The Last Watchdog

Companies are being compelled to embrace digital transformation, or DX , if for no other reason than the fear of being left behind as competitors leverage microservices, containers and cloud infrastructure to spin-up software innovation at high velocity. A core security challenge confronts just about every company today.