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MY TAKE: Coping with security risks, compliance issues spun up by ‘digital transformation’

The Last Watchdog

Companies are being compelled to embrace digital transformation, or DX , if for no other reason than the fear of being left behind as competitors leverage microservices, containers and cloud infrastructure to spin-up software innovation at high velocity. A core security challenge confronts just about every company today.

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Q&A: Why SOAR startup Syncurity is bringing a ‘case-management’ approach to threat detection

The Last Watchdog

Enterprises have dumped small fortunes into stocking their SOCs (security operations centers) with the best firewalls, anti-malware suites, intrusion detection, data loss prevention and sandbox detonators money can buy. Now toss in the fact that digital transformation is redoubling software development and data handling complexities.

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NEW TECH: Cequence Security launches platform to shield apps, APIs from malicious botnets

The Last Watchdog

The attackers have a vast, pliable attack surface to bombard: essentially all of the externally-facing web apps, mobile apps and API services that organizations are increasingly embracing, in order to stay in step with digital transformation. Related: The ‘Golden Age’ of cyber espionage is upon us.

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Q&A: How emulating attacks in a live environment can more pervasively protect complex networks

The Last Watchdog

We have customers within the financial services vertical that do this on a regular basis. For instance, they might want to test new signatures published by their firewall vendor, before pushing it out, to make sure there are no regression issues. LW: How did the idea for data breach emulation come about?

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NEW TECH: Baffin Bay Networks takes a ‘cloud-first’ approach to securing web applications

The Last Watchdog

Related: How 5G will escalate DDoS attacks Caught in the pull of digital transformation , companies are routing ever more core operations and services through the Internet, or, more precisely, through IP addresses, of one kind or another.

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SHARED INTEL: APIs hook up new web and mobile apps — and break attack vectors wide open

The Last Watchdog

Related: The case for a microservices firewall Netflix and Airbnb are prime examples of companies moving to single-page applications, or SPAs , in order to make their browser webpages as responsive as their mobile apps. APIs are the conduits for moving data to-and-fro in our digitally transformed world.

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Why API Security is a Growing Concern for UK Companies

IT Security Guru

They power the web applications that connect today’s digital world, and their use will only continue to grow as more organisations adopt digital transformation initiatives and shift towards cloud-based solutions. APIs are everywhere. This API sprawl presents major security challenges for organisations.