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OWASP Top Ten: Insecure Design

OWASP Top Ten: Insecure Design A new addition to the OWASP Top Ten, Insecure design is one of the leading causes of data breaches today. By understanding and avoiding these patterns, you can make your Web Applications more secure. In this blog post, we will give you a brief overview of Insecure Design and provide tips on how to avoid this vulnerability in your own applications.

Best Practices for Kubernetes Security

Kubernetes (K8s) and its expansive ecosystem of cloud-native technologies have revolutionized the way applications are built and run. While the adoption of Kubernetes has opened the door to big gains in business agility, scalability and efficiency, it also introduces complex new security challenges that affect platform engineers and developers alike.

Automating issue tracking in Zendesk using Google and Tines Forms

Google Forms is a useful tool for submitting tickets and generating issue tracking within your organization. Configuring a webhook in Google products isn’t always easy and the data must typically pass through a Google Sheet. In this blog, we’ll show you how to cut out that middle step and automate issue tracking, so that newly submitted cases can be transferred directly from Google Forms to Zendesk.

10 React security best practices

The date on this post reflects its latest update. This post was originally published on October 28, 2020. Looking for the best ways to secure your React app? Then you’ve come to the right place! We’ve created this checklist of React security best practices to help you and your team find and fix security issues in your React applications. We’ll also show you how to automatically test your React code for security-related issues and automatically fix them. Let’s get to it!

Examples of Ransomware: 7 Cyber Security Trends To Fight Back

Cybersecurity threats continue to increase in sophistication and frequency. As a CIO, it is important to be aware of the latest trends and how to best protect your organization from these threats. Here are seven cybersecurity trends and ransomware attack examples that you should make sure to keep top of mind in 2022.

Decade Retrospective: The State of Vulnerabilities

The Spanish philosopher George Santayana is credited with the aphorism “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” This statement is particularly true when it comes to cybersecurity. Threat actors reuse well-known and previously patched vulnerabilities and attempt to take advantage of organizations making the same error over and over. So, if one does not know what has recently taken place it leaves you vulnerable to another attack.

What's the Difference Between Penetration Testing vs Vulnerability Scanning?

Penetration testing and vulnerability scanning are both important practices that protect the network of a business. However, the two are very different from each other in the way they test the security and vulnerabilities of a network. Keep reading to learn more about the differences and how to decide whether one or both would best suit your needs.

Protecting Sensitive and Regulated Data in University and Government Healthcare Systems Requires a Unified Approach

Cyberattacks targeting university and government healthcare facilities are on the rise. In the first four months of 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center tracked a total of 82 ransomware incidents targeting the healthcare sector, with nearly 60% of them affecting the U.S. market. The impact has been devastating.

Compounding Complexities: Keeping Current in a Changing Cybersecurity Landscape

On the latest episode of the Security Soapbox podcast, I spoke with Ramy Houssaini, Chief Cyber and Technology Risk Officer at BNP Paribas, about the challenges Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) face in an increasingly complex digital landscape. Change happens quickly in the cloud, and many organizations are faced with the issue of evolving their security strategy at the same pace. This ends up leaving sensitive apps and data vulnerable to cyberattacks.

The 6 Best USB Control Software of 2022 (Tech Review)

Need a USB blocker to protect sensitive files against theft to portable storage? In this article you will learn why you need to block USB devices and the best USB device management tools to prevent data loss to removable media. Looking for more tools? Check out our list of the best internet filters and the best employee monitoring software Ready to prevent data loss? Get started immediately with a free trial of AccessPatrol, CurrentWare’s USB blocking software.