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Q&A: The lesser role VPNs now play for enterprises, SMBs — in a post-pandemic world

The Last Watchdog

VPNs encrypt data streams and protect endpoints from unauthorized access, essentially by requiring all network communications to flow over a secured pipe. This process was rapidly changing to cloud-based pre-pandemic, but COVID-19 kicked this transition into hyper speed with most of the world moving to work-from-home remote setups.

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The Impact of Remote Work and Cloud Migrations on Security Perimeters

Security Affairs

They had to re-examine the traditional business perimeter and migrate to cloud-based tools to support distributed workforces. Cloud-based applications and services can be accessed from anywhere via an internet connection, facilitating seamless collaboration among remote workers.

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Q&A: Sophos poll shows how attackers are taking advantage of cloud migration to wreak havoc

The Last Watchdog

Cloud migration, obviously, is here to stay. But there’s no doubt that the exodus to a much greater dependency on hybrid cloud and multi-cloud resources – Infrastructure-as-a-Service ( IaaS ) and Platforms-as-a-Service ( PaaS ) – is in full swing. But they were not at all surprising.

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Use cases of secure IoT deployment

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The data encryption public key and root of trust were installed in the pacemaker; the pacemaker then verifies the signed firmware against its root of trust. The pacemaker protected patient data with encryption and then the protected data could flow through Microsoft Azure, allowing for global data access reach. Cloud security.

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

The Last Watchdog

Riccardi engagingly chronicles how company leaders raced down the path of Internet-centric operations, and then cloud-centric operations, paying far too little attention to unintended data security consequences. And when strong passwords and MFA let you down, encryption can keep sensitive data from being accessed by cybercriminals.

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Ready to move to the cloud? Here’s what you need to do when vetting service providers

SC Magazine

Other standards to consider are the Center for Internet Security (CIS) Controls, FedRAMP, and the Cloud Security Alliance’s Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM). When I move to a new cloud vendor I always ask: how can we reduce our footprint? With the cloud, there are many opportunities that weren’t available to us before.”.

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Top Cloud Security Issues: Threats, Risks, Challenges & Solutions

eSecurity Planet

APIs offer seamless integration between cloud services, but if not properly secured, they become points of access for attackers. API security risks may cause weak authentication, input validation, encryption, permissions, error handling, and rate limit issues. Align goals and lower the chance of fragmented approaches.

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