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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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How ‘digital transformation’ gave birth to a new breed of criminal: ‘machine-identity thieves’

The Last Watchdog

If you haven’t heard, we are undergoing “digital transformation.” Digital advances are coming at us fast and furious. Misuse and manipulation of machine identities almost certainly is coming into play in the type of deep breaches digitally-transformed organizations are now experiencing. Security responsibilities.

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MY TAKE: How the lack of API security translates into ‘digital transformation’ security holes

The Last Watchdog

In fact, API stands for Application Programming Interface, the indispensable technology that makes it possible for software applications to exchange data across the Internet. APIs have been a cornerstone of our digital economy from the start. Think of APIs as the software connectors that permit applications to interact.

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MY TAKE: How ‘CASBs’ are evolving to close the security gaps arising from digital transformation

The Last Watchdog

The Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) space is maturing to keep pace with digital transformation. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. Related: CASBs needed now, more than ever. Talk more soon. Last Watchdog’s Sue Poremba contributing.).

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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. Related : Can serverless computing plus GitOps lock down DX?

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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. It can be as granular as a microservice in a software container connecting to a mobile app, for instance.

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

The Last Watchdog

Related: The importance of ‘SaaS posture management’ As digital transformation continues to intensify, organizations are relying more and more on hosted cloud processing power and data storage, i.e. Platform as a Service ( PaaS ,) as well as business tools of every stripe, i.e. Software as a Service ( SaaS. ).