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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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Salt Security, API Posture Governance, and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0

Security Boulevard

Securing organizations against today’s most advanced threats continues to be challenging, with APIs (Application Programming Interfaces)playing an increasingly central and vulnerable role, especially as digital transformation marches on. Govern” is also a critical piece of communication risk back to executives.

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Signed, Secured, Delivered: Authenticating Digital Agreements in the Time of Web3

CyberSecurity Insiders

This is especially alarming for industries that conduct high-value transactions online, such as banking, healthcare, government, etc., To safeguard users’ identities and critical information, the government stepped in to enforce strict security measures. Authentication also reduces the overall likelihood of compromising information.

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Safeguarding the company’s risk profile after a hasty digital transformation

SC Magazine

Now that we are a full year into the new world order and the pandemic has eased up a bit, companies are taking a deep breath and starting to consider how the past 14 months fundamentally reshaped their digital transformation plans. Still, many companies did not move this forward over the past year – a missed opportunity.

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GUEST ESSAY: Five stages to attain API security — and mitigate attack surface exposures

The Last Watchdog

APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) play a critical role in digital transformation by enabling communication and data exchange between different systems and applications. So, how can you ensure your API security is effective and enable your digital transformation?

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UK NCSC updates Cyber Essentials technical controls requirements and pricing structure

CSO Magazine

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is updating its requirements for the Cyber Essentials scheme, a government-backed certification that helps UK organisations defend against common cyberthreats. The update includes revisions surrounding the use of cloud services, multi-factor authentication (MFA), and password management.

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MY TAKE: Why IoT systems won’t be secure until each and every microservice is reliably authenticated

The Last Watchdog

First, the identities of any two digital entities – a sensor and a control server, for instance, or even a microservice and a container — must be authenticated, and, second, the data exchanged between any two such digital instances must be encrypted. Nelson: The Japanese government, the U.K.,

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