Accountability, Digital transformation, Firewall and Risk

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

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 22, 2019

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. The massive transformation that’s happening right now introduces a lot of risk.

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

The Last Watchdog

JULY 23, 2018

If you’re not familiar with how Facebook, Twitter and YouTube make it so easy for you and me to easily access cool content they’ve collected and stored behind their respective firewalls, then you might think “API” is a trendy type of beer. This risk isn’t just theoretical. APIs enable innovation at unprecedented speed and scale.

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SHARED INTEL: The cybersecurity sea change coming with the implementation of ‘CMMC’

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Meanwhile, Level 3, calls for several more tiers of protection specifically aimed at reducing the risk from Advanced Persistent Threats ( APTs ) in order to safeguard so-called Controlled Unclassified Information ( CUI.). Crucially, this includes accounting for the cybersecurity posture of third-party partners. Raising the bar.

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

The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Yet, API security risks haven’t gotten the attention they deserve. 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. Dearth of planning.

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NEW TECH: A better way to secure agile software — integrate app scanning, pen testing into WAF

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 17, 2020

Based in Bengalura, India, Indusface helps its customers defend their applications with a portfolio of services that work in concert with its flagship web application firewall ( WAF ,) a technology that has been around for about 15 years. Then get visibility on these risks and begin mitigating the critical ones.

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MY TAKE: Why companies had better start taking the security pitfalls of API proliferation seriously

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 4, 2022

APIs are putting business networks at an acute, unprecedented level of risk – a dynamic that has yet to be fully acknowledged by businesses. That said, APIs are certain to get a lot more attention by security teams — and board members concerned about cyber risk mitigation — in 2022. based supplier of networking technology.

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Thales and Palo Alto Networks collaborate to offer mid-markets the enterprise protection

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 1, 2022

As more companies move along the path toward digital transformation, the need for better security has never been more evident. The business threat landscape is evolving rapidly, leading to an increase in the scale and complexity of risks being faced by many of our clients. Deploying the Zero Trust model.

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RSAC insights: ‘SASE’ disrupts networking by meshing security, connectivity at the services edge

The Last Watchdog

MAY 14, 2021

It also has become very clear that we won’t achieve the full potential of digital transformation without security somehow getting intricately woven into every layer of corporate IT systems. The firewall emerged as the cornerstone around which companies were encouraged to pursue a so-called defense-in-depth strategy.

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A COE for Zero Trust

SecureWorld News

JANUARY 13, 2022

The range of items will vary per company and vertical, but the term is very important as we continue to embark on digital transformations and work from home and work from anywhere initiatives. Access is provided based on a dynamic risk-based policy. All communication is secured (internal or external).

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NEW TECH: Data Theorem helps inventory sprawling APIs — as the first step to securing them

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 25, 2019

APIs are the glue that keeps digital transformation intact and steamrolling forward. APIs have been a cornerstone of our digital economy from the start. Today APIs are empowering companies to speed up complex software development projects – as part of digital transformation. Big white elephant. Talk more soon.

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Grandson of FISMA: Why We Desperately Need New Cybsersecurity Legislation from the 117th Congress

Cisco Security

AUGUST 12, 2021

On August 3, 2021, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) released a report entitled “Federal Cybersecurity: America’s Data Still at Risk.”. The Risk Management Framework doesn’t take into account that the human is the new perimeter of the enterprise. See: [link] ).

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RSAC insights: Sophos report dissects how improved tools, tactics stop ransomware attack

The Last Watchdog

MAY 12, 2021

Over the course of 14 days they installed an array of malware deep inside the firewall. They were able to take control of multiple systems to steal account credentials, compromise domain controllers, and retain remote access to key hacked machines. From there the hackers moved laterally.

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Hacker Combat

APRIL 21, 2021

Companies all over the globe continue to hasten their digital transformation, and cybersecurity is their recent major concern. They are misrepresenting official tracing accounts via emails. Whether you own a huge company or operate a business online, your company is at risk for a cyberattack.

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CTEM: The First Proactive Security Innovation in 20 Years

NopSec

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Remediation processes and workflows are designed and very much centered around security tooling, not built upon managing enterprise risk exposures at the holistic level. Think how Palo Alto reinvented firewalls, how Crowdstrike reinvented anti-virus, how eSentire created MDR, how SIEM and SOAR were created. We do annual pentests.

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Continuous mobile app security protects the business and spurs innovation

SC Magazine

APRIL 8, 2021

Comscore says 69 percent of all digital traffic and time spent by users are on mobile versus web apps, while Gartner reports that through 2022, mobile app security failure will emerge as the biggest mobile threat for enterprises. Today, Google Play and the Apple App Store offer some 5.5 Train mobile app developers.

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Introducing the Control Plane for Machine Identity Management

Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Every aspect of human life is influenced and changed by machines — from visiting the doctor, to purchasing online, to accessing bank accounts, to flying on an airplane. We count on the digital world which consists of many millions of machines and machines are basically software (1). Mon, 10/10/2022 - 08:15. What’s new here?

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MY TAKE: Memory hacking arises as a go-to tactic to carry out deep, persistent incursions

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

Yet another common incursion method is to launch a self-spreading worm designed to seek out and infect computers with unpatched or zero-day vulnerabilities, and then utilize memory-hacking techniques to propagate and deliver malicious payloads on a tier far below the radar of conventional firewalls. Addressing the exposure.

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NEW TECH: ‘Network Traffic Analysis’ gets to ground truth about data moving inside the perimeter

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 11, 2019

Digital transformation is all about high-velocity innovation. Yes, the rapid integration of digital technologies into all aspects of commerce has enabled wonderful new services. Imposter apps and browser extensions masquerading as legit tools represent a clear and present risk that companies must account for.

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Onfido Wins “Fraud Prevention Innovation of the Year” in the 2021 CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards

CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Identity fraud accounted for $43 billion in 2020 as COVID caused businesses to accelerate their digital transformation plans, creating more opportunities for fraudsters,” said Albert Roux, Vice President of Product Management for Fraud at Onfido. For more information visit [link].

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

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2019

I think it’s super important that organizations are being held accountable for looking after our data. Changing the SIEM game To top it all off, digital transformation ( DX ) is making everything much more complex. Trust is an important part of their brand; it should be all about trust. million, on average.

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Why SASE matters and what security pros need to know

SC Magazine

MARCH 22, 2021

It’s also reckless to offer open access to anyone on the network because it doesn’t take into account the possibility of insider threats. Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS): Since 2007, next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) have been a staple in network security. Mary Blackowiak, lead product marketing manager, AT&T Cybersecurity.

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Own Your Cloud Security

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The NCSAM 2019 focuses on personal accountability. theme will help to encourage personal accountability and proactive behavior in digital privacy, security best practices, common cyber threats and cybersecurity careers. As part of their digital transformation process, more and more businesses are moving to the cloud.

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Q&A: How your typing and screen swiping nuances can verify your identity

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 6, 2018

Related podcast: Why identities are the new firewall. Compromised accounts came into play in data breaches of Uber, Tesla, Gemalto, Aviva, Equifax and many others. And with “digital transformation” accelerating, there are so many more weakly-secured login accounts just waiting to be maliciously manipulated.

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MY TAKE: The back story on the convergence, continuing evolution of endpoint security

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 17, 2018

In this fast-evolving, digitally-transformed, business environment, enterprises in 2018 will spend a record $3.8 Related video: New York holds companies accountable for data security. But the big driver compelling companies to spend smarter is obvious: the risk of sustaining a catastrophic network breach keeps rising.

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SHARED INTEL: APIs hook up new web and mobile apps — and break attack vectors wide open

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Related: The case for a microservices firewall Netflix and Airbnb are prime examples of companies moving to single-page applications, or SPAs , in order to make their browser webpages as responsive as their mobile apps. APIs are the conduits for moving data to-and-fro in our digitally transformed world.

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Top API Security Tools 2023

eSecurity Planet

JULY 19, 2023

Salt Security is at the forefront of enterprise security strategy, offering adaptive intelligence for modern digital transformation. AWS quotes Reblaze pricing starting at $5,440 a month for comprehensive web application protection, including API, web application firewall and DDoS protection.

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Dispelling the Myths and False Beliefs of API Security

CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The shift to hybrid working and digital transformation has accelerated the use of APIs. In detecting an API attack, 29% say they rely on alerts from an API gateway and 21% rely on web application firewalls (WAFs). Good API protection that takes into account the above recommendations is a great start.

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MY TAKE: For better or worse, machine-to-machine code connections now form much of the castle wall

The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The explosion in the number of human and non-human identities in the public cloud has become a security risk that businesses simply can’t ignore,” observes Eric Kedrosky, CISO at Sonrai Security. Human-to-machine connections comprise one level of the digital hook-ups fueling digital transformation. Connection monitoring.

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Business Must Change: InfoSec in 2019

The Falcon's View

JANUARY 3, 2019

That said, there was definitely a watershed moment in the mid-1990s marking a clear transition from the old Deming-era industrial ways to this modern digital era. and this is very important - it also means breaking from the micromanagement techniques that have become so prevalent in business over the past 20 years. That's right, it's infosec.

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What Will Cybersecurity Look Like Over the Next Five Years?

Veracode Security

JULY 23, 2021

As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, organizations in all industries ramped up their digital transformation efforts to make online operations easier for their employees and customers. But with more and more organizations online, the digital attack surface is growing at a record pace. These interfaces rely on APIs.

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Transform your Architecture for the Cloud with MVISION UCE and SD-WAN

McAfee

AUGUST 23, 2020

However, digital transformation projects including cloud migration and ubiquitous mobile access have revealed architectural cracks, and many companies have seen the dam burst with the explosion in remote access demand in recent months. While this approach sufficed for years, digital transformation has created major challenges.

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What Will Cybersecurity Look Like Over the Next Five Years?

Security Boulevard

JULY 23, 2021

As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, organizations in all industries ramped up their digital transformation efforts to make online operations easier for their employees and customers. But with more and more organizations online, the digital attack surface is growing at a record pace. These interfaces rely on APIs.

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MITRE ATT&CK: The Magic of Application Mitigations

Cisco Security

MARCH 17, 2021

DevOps teams can write and test them faster than you can say “pandemic-accelerated digital transformation.” Complexity breeds security risk. Protects application communications without additional firewalls or proxies. Plus there’s potential risk introduced by third-party software that practically everyone reuses.

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Years overdue, the profile of the CISO begins to rise as cyber grabs attention in boardrooms

SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Cybersecurity garnered far more attention in executive boardrooms and among regulators and insurance underwriters during the last couple years, thanks to both an increasing volume of attacks and growing demand for digital transformation. Our profile is certainly getting higher. Risky business (partnerships).

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

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Thales and Palo Alto Networks collaborate to offer mid-markets the enterprise protection

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Continuous mobile app security protects the business and spurs innovation

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MY TAKE: Memory hacking arises as a go-to tactic to carry out deep, persistent incursions

NEW TECH: ‘Network Traffic Analysis’ gets to ground truth about data moving inside the perimeter

Onfido Wins “Fraud Prevention Innovation of the Year” in the 2021 CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards

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