The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

One could make the argument that Application Programming Interfaces — APIs – are a vital cornerstone of digital transformation. APIs interconnect the underlying components of modern digital services in a very flexible, open way. Related: How a dynamic WAF can help protect SMBs. Tool limitations.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 11, 2018

We’re undergoing digital transformation , ladies and gentlemen. LW: Can you frame what’s going on with identities when it comes to digital transformation? The actors on digitally transformed networks come from two realms: people and machines. Here are excerpts edited for clarity and length. Hudson: Sure.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

It was just a few short years ago that the tech sector, led by Google, Mozilla and Microsoft, commenced a big push to increase the use of HTTPS – and its underlying TLS authentication and encryption protocol. Without TLS, digital transformation would come apart at the seams. But that’s obviously going to take some time.

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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.

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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. “And application-level attacks have come to represent the easiest target available to hackers.”

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 22, 2025

Modern APIs Must Fight Bad Bots Todays businesses rely on APIs to drive digital transformation, AI automation, and seamless integrations, making them essential for agility, innovation, and competitive advantage. Imperva Web Application Firewall Track login failures and API requests to prevent credential stuffing attacks.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

A startling 95% of API attacks happen on authenticated endpoints. Court documents depict in some detail how Thompson misused authenticated and authorized credentials to perform her attack. The Peloton, Experian and Capital One hacks reflect the challenge of balancing security with the fast pace of digital transformation.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Locking down web gateways and erecting a robust firewall were considered the be-all and end-all. SASE (pronounced sassy) replaces the site-centric, point-solution approach to security with a user-centric model that holds the potential to profoundly reinforce digital transformation. Connectivity was relatively uncomplicated.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

They facilitate communication as well as critical business operations, and they also support important digital transformations. APIs have unique threat implications that aren’t fully solved by web application firewalls or identity and access management solutions. Broken Object Level Authentication (BOLA). The result?

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

In today's digital age, the concept of security has evolved far beyond the traditional boundaries of firewalls and antivirus software. Traditionally, organizations have relied on strong authentication requirements, such as multi-factor authentication (MFA), to address compromised access.

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 7, 2021

However, achieving Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) in today’s threat landscape does require some form of automation, especially in support of dynamic policy, authorization and authentication. Both users and devices must be continuously authenticated and granted access to resources through disciplined verification.

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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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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. Dynamic authentication and authorization are strictly enforced before granting access to any resource.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 9, 2019

For decades, the cornerstone of IT security has been Public Key Infrastructure, or PKI , a system that allows you to encrypt and sign data, issuing digital certificates that authenticate the identity of users. Here’s the bottom line: PKI is the best we’ve got. This protects the data from being stolen or tampered with.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Next-generation firewalls are well, XDRing, IPS in prevention mode, and we had 100% attainment of our security awareness weekly training podcast. Yes, we even have email encryption of all outbound messages with complete data loss prevention enabled with multi-factor authentication! Cybersecurity is a Successfully Failure.

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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. While the majority of these advancements operate behind the scenes, protecting the organization transparently, authentication touches every member of an organization personally.

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IT Security Guru

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Key initiatives should include adopting multi-factor authentication, achieving greater response time through automation, and extending Zero Trust to applications. SASE and Zero trust implementations can provide more comprehensive security capabilities to support digital transformations. .

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 3, 2021

Software developers have become the masters of the digital universe. Companies in the throes of digital transformation are in hot pursuit of agile software and this has elevated developers to the top of the food chain in computing. Related: GraphQL APIs pose new risks. LW: So what are the main components of active protection?

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Cisco Security

MAY 17, 2021

Also to dynamically sync firewall policies based on workload environment, and boost endpoint protection to strengthen detection and response. Reduce friction and increase authentication to access SaaS apps with Passwordless Access by Duo and make Zero Trust easy.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Retail’s great “digital transformation” sped up, as did the number of data breaches impacting retail. Retailers must comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), which mandates the use of multi-factor authentication (MFA) to help protect customers from data breaches. Data breach costs rose from $3.86

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 21, 2020

Security teams must therefore enable developers to secure their automated process with tools – this way security enables digital transformation, rather than holding it back, or, worse still, cause security measures to be worked around in order to maintain agility. This is true of the U.S. and other regions as well.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Security services and tools include anti-DDoS , SOCaaS , web application firewalls (WAF), data encryption , and more. Also Read: Top Web Application Firewall (WAF) Vendors. Under security enhancements this could be adding cloud asset inventory, data loss prevention (DLP), firewalls , or VPC service controls.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 30, 2021

With Zero Trust, all users — including those inside an organization’s enterprise network — are authenticated, authorized, and continuously validated before being granted or maintaining access to applications and data. Empower digital transformation. How many more times do people have to hear about digital transformation?

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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). By Yaron Azerual, Senior Security Solution Lead, Radware.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Overlooking IoT security challenges may interrupt company operations and negate the positive digital transformation effects. Clearly, traditional firewalls and antivirus systems will not be sufficient; the complex IIoT infrastructure demands something more advanced. Implementing and running security operations at IoT scale.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

This means switching wholesale to other forms of authentication, which may leverage biometric data, PINs, patterns, and passkeys in place of passwords. With more and more platforms supporting passkeys and passwordless authentication, moving away from passwords is becoming easier and frictionless.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 28, 2023

Additionally, tests can be internal or external and with or without authentication. Penetration testers will try to bypass firewalls , test routers, evade intrusion detection and prevention systems ( IPS/IDS ), scan for ports and proxy services, and look for all types of network vulnerabilities. See the Top Web Application Firewalls 4.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 10, 2022

We count on the digital world which consists of many millions of machines and machines are basically software (1). Also like humans, machines must be authenticated to be trusted. Once authenticated using their identity, the machine can then be authorized to access data or resources. This is the essence of security.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 5, 2021

Cisco Zero Trust provides solutions that establish trust in users and devices through authentication and continuous monitoring of each access attempt, with custom security policies that protect every application. This complete zero trust security model allows you to mitigate, detect, and respond to risks across your environment.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 15, 2022

Think of them as the on-ramps to the digital world. They keep everyone connected to vital data and services, enable all sorts of critical business operations, and make digital transformation possible. Continuously authenticate and authorize: Make access controls and identity stores external. Why Is API Security Different?

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Digital Shadows

JANUARY 16, 2023

As enterprises are accelerating the adoption of digital transformation, the attack surface is rapidly expanding into cloud and multi-cloud environments. Traditional methods security leaders relied on for gathering information, such as firewalls, are no longer effective in a remote work model.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

This means switching wholesale to other forms of authentication, which may leverage biometric data, PINs, patterns, and passkeys in place of passwords. With more and more platforms supporting passkeys and passwordless authentication, moving away from passwords is becoming easier and frictionless.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 5, 2025

Network Security Control Allow authorized traffic only, implement firewalls, etc. Identity and Access Management Thales Identity and Access Management ensures seamless, secure, and trusted access to applications and digital services for your customers, employees, and partners. Physical Security Secure data centers and computer rooms.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Check out the full report to find out why. Check out the full report to find out why.

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SecureList

APRIL 16, 2025

firewall) replacement. As organizations adopt new security tools such as CASB and container security, both of which generate valuable detection data, and as digital transformation introduces even more technology, security operations will only become more complex, exacerbating these issues.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 26, 2025

Automated Application Protection : Public-facing web applications must be protected by an automated technical solution, such as a web application firewall; manual application reviews will no longer suffice. Script Management : Payment page scripts must be managed to ensure authorization and integrity, preventing unauthorized modifications.

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