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Web application exposures continue do bedevil companies as digital transformation accelerates

The Last Watchdog

Companies are scaling up their use of web apps as they strive to integrate digital technology into every aspect of daily business operation. As this ‘digital transformation’ of commerce accelerates, the attack surface available to threat actors likewise is expanding. Related: Cyber spies feast on government shut down.

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Operational Technology Cybersecurity in the Energy Sector

Tech Republic Security

The development and distribution of energy benefits greatly from digital transformation and the addition of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and monitoring systems. However, this increased digital nature opens the industry to potentially devastating cyberattacks.

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The Internet Dilemma: Leveraging the Value While Reducing Vulnerabilities

Security Boulevard

Years ago, we couldn’t foresee the potential impact of digital technology innovations on brand stability. Network connectivity and digital transformation are a double-edged sword that holds the key to brand promotion and protection while also exposing companies to great.

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FIRESIDE CHAT: ‘Attack surface management’ has become the centerpiece of cybersecurity

The Last Watchdog

I had the chance to visit with Jess Burn, a Forrester principal advisor to CISOs, about the cybersecurity ramifications. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW Guest expert: Jess Burn, Principal Advisor, Forrester Research.

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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. Along the way, of course, cybersecurity must get addressed. How quickly and pervasively any of this plays out remains to be seen.

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How Financial Institutions Can Protect Themselves from Modern DDoS Attacks

Security Boulevard

With the digital transformation of the financial industry and the prevalence of online business, financial institutions inevitably face various cybersecurity threats, among which DDoS attacks are the most common and threatening.

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European Businesses Signal ‘Growing Security Gap’ Amid Mass Digital Transformation

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

As false predictions of digital transformation fade into the past, we are hurtling into a new era of business. Upwards of 84% of enterprises are using, or planning to use, digitally transformative technologies such as cloud, big data, containers, blockchain and the Internet of Things (IoT).