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Federal Government is Excelling at Digital Transformation While Security Challenges Gain Ground

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

government is excelling with digital transformation (DX) which is critical in this time of crisis as the cloud becomes a crucial dynamic with the world working remotely. New digital capabilities are enabling data to be more fully utilized. Breach rates continue to rise and encryption is still too low. As the U.S.

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MY TAKE: PKI, digital certificates now ready to take on the task of securing digital transformation

The Last Watchdog

Related: Why PKI is well-suited to secure the Internet of Things PKI is the authentication and encryption framework on which the Internet is built. Nonetheless, it is a pivotal chapter in the evolution of digital commerce. Each one of these digital hookups requires PKI and a digital certificate to ensure authentication.

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MY TAKE: Why monetizing data lakes will require applying ‘attribute-based’ access rules to encryption

The Last Watchdog

They outlined why something called attribute-based encryption, or ABE, has emerged as the basis for a new form of agile cryptography that we will need in order to kick digital transformation into high gear. As we press ahead into our digital future, however, we’ll also need to retool the public-key-infrastructure.

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

The Last Watchdog

Wider use of Internet of Things systems that can make daily living safer, healthier and more convenient is on the immediate horizon. However, to fully capture the benefits of an IoT-centric economy, a cauldron of privacy and security concerns must first be quelled. One driver, regulation, is already is in motion.

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MY TAKE: Why new tools, tactics are needed to mitigate risks introduced by widespread encryption

The Last Watchdog

It was just a few short years ago that the tech sector, led by Google, Mozilla and Microsoft, commenced a big push to increase the use of HTTPS – and its underlying TLS authentication and encryption protocol. Related: Why Google’s HTTPS push is a good thing At the time, just 50 % of Internet traffic used encryption.

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MY TAKE: ‘Digital trust’ has a huge role to play mitigating cybersecurity threats, going forward

The Last Watchdog

Modern digital systems simply could not exist without trusted operations, processes and connections. They require integrity, authentication, trusted identity and encryption. Then the Internet took off and trusting the connection between a user’s device and a web server became of paramount importance. Failure is not an option.

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Building a foundation of trust for the Internet of Things

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

In the digital transformation era, companies across all sectors are using next-generation technologies to streamline their operations, deliver value to customers, and gain a competitive edge. Invariably, Internet of Things (IoT) strategies form the backbone of those efforts.