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

The Last Watchdog

A good start would be to read Mobilizing the C-Suite: Waging War Against Cyberattacks, written by Frank Riccardi, a former privacy and compliance officer from the healthcare sector.

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The Changing Face of Data Security in Federal Government

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

With details from our report, I also highlighted how demand for modernization, mobile payments, IoT, cloud migration and cost savings is driving the push for new technologies while increasing opportunities for threats. We also discussed a new digital landscape where perimeter defense is no longer effective.

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Unlocking the Cloud: Microsoft and Thales Spearhead Passwordless & MFA for Organizations moving to Microsoft 365.

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Crucially, this award recognizes the teamwork carried out over several years by Microsoft and Thales to help organizations secure their identities when migrating to the cloud. Multi-Factor Authentication: the mandatory first step for organizations moving to the cloud. Even the one without mobile phones?

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Using Cloud Securely?—?The Config Doom Question

Anton on Security

Yet I reckon that while they play a role in security incidents, they don’t plan an outsized role that cloud misconfigurations do. Similarly, to compromise a modern mobile device, you probably would use social engineering or an exploit, not a configuration weakness. Related blogs: “Use Cloud Securely? No, we have not.

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Securing Data in the Digital Transformation Era

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Also with the increase in cloud, mobile, and IoT devices, a whole new generation of attack surfaces are vulnerable to hackers. Today, the vast majority of enterprises (94%) are using sensitive data in cloud, big data, IoT or mobile environments.

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Why Are We Still Separating Credential Management and Machine Identity Management?

Security Boulevard

These entities can be tangible, like IoT sensors, mobile devices as well as abstract infrastructures like containers and microservices. Remote work and cloud migration have created new norms and business models. Managing machine identities is equally as important as managing human credentials. Machine Identity Management.

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How to shift into a new approach to cybersecurity asset management

CyberSecurity Insiders

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. Because of this, companies in all industries were faced with an array of new technologies like cloud and containers that support the shift to edge computing and remote workers. They also come in handy with shared virtual machines and movement within the cloud.