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

The Last Watchdog

My book emphasizes the heightened responsibility of C-suite leaders, considering the increased public, media, and regulator scrutiny. Sure, you need state-of-the-art cybersecurity technology like firewalls, anti-virus software, and intrusion detection systems to keep cybercriminals on the back foot. Will that have to change?

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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 once inside a network, the humans take over. This is true of the U.S.

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Cisco wins SC Media Award for “Best Security Company”

Cisco Security

SC Media has named Cisco the “Best Security Company” as part of its 2021 SC Awards. The SC Awards are the academy awards of the cybersecurity industry, and I couldn’t be prouder of this company, our Cisco Security team, and our amazing technology. Additional SC Awards.

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Five considerations for cloud migration, from the House of Representatives CISO

SC Magazine

A visitor photographs a symbol of a cloud at the Deutsche Telekom stand the day before the CeBIT technology trade fair. The post Five considerations for cloud migration, from the House of Representatives CISO appeared first on SC Media. Sean Gallup/Getty Images).

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News Alert: Nile raises $175 million in series C funding to deliver network-as-a-service (NaaS)

The Last Watchdog

. “Nile is in a strong position to take advantage of several paradigm shifts occurring across the technology ecosystem,” said Pankaj Patel, CEO and co-founder of Nile. “Cloud-born edge infrastructure solutions are altering the way we engage with each other and interact with physical spaces in offices, schools, and venues.

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SPOTLIGHT: Women in Cybersecurity

McAfee

Research from Cybersecurity Ventures, which first appeared in the media early last year, predicts that women will represent more than 20 percent of the global cybersecurity workforce by the end of 2019. During her first few years at Booz Allen, she supported technology, innovation and risk analysis initiatives across U.S. Diane Brown.

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From Google Cloud Blog: “New Cloud Security Podcast by Google is here”

Anton on Security

Those who follow me on social media already knows this, but we have launched THE Cloud Security Podcast. We hope you’ll join us if you’re interested in the ways technology overlaps with process and bumps up against organizational design. You can also download the episodes directly here. Follow @CloudSecPodcast.