Are you ready to build digital resiliency with your secure application delivery in a hybrid cloud environment? According to Gartner analysts, more than 85 percent of organizations will embrace a cloud-first principle by 2025 and will not be able to fully execute on their digital strategies without the use of cloud-native architectures and technologies.

IBM’s annual Cost of a Data Breach Report offers its usual insights into the scale of cybercrime and the costs of security breaches. It paints a picture of a technological landscape which is becoming more complex, demanding and uncertain. As organizations increasingly migrate to cloud platforms, the need to fortify these digital landscapes against a plethora of threats has never been more crucial. So, what are the biggest takeaways from this year’s report with focus on cloud security?

IoT security begins with building secure software. Learn how to embed security into your SDLC to avoid becoming an easy target for hackers. With the evolution of the Internet of Things (IoT), there are billions of devices in the world today. Everything is becoming a computer—your thermostat, stove, refrigerator, washer, dryer, vehicle, door locks—even things like lawn mowers and vacuum cleaners.

Containerization is the most popular approach for all modern cloud deployment. This technology makes it possible to encapsulate application workloads as OS-agnostic containers. The result is a new breed of cloud-native applications running across any infrastructure, scaling up or down based on demand. Consequently, there is a need to orchestrate these containers to deliver maximum efficiency in workload execution.

The Biden Administration has recently announced the implementation of a cybersecurity labeling program for smart devices. Overseen by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC), this new program seeks to address the security of Internet of Things (IoT) devices nationwide. This announcement is in response to an increasing number of smart devices that fall victim to hackers and malware (AP News).

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As the pioneer in web security, Akamai takes the lead with its Web Application Firewall. It excels at detecting threats within HTTP and SSL traffic at the Edge Platform, offering a proactive shield for your origin data centers. Akamai’s extensive experience in content delivery networks (CDN) makes it an industry favorite, especially in media, gaming, and streaming domains.

Every investment in SOAR is accompanied with the hidden costs of onboarding and troubleshooting. The licensing structure SOAR brings to an organization is outdated and overpriced. The value of SOAR drastically declined when it transitioned its primary focus from being a force-multiplying automation solution to a glorified ticketing system still requiring countless professional service hours.

Researchers at Trustwave have published a report outlining trends in business email compromise (BEC) attacks, finding that these attacks spiked in February of 2023. “For the first quarter of the year, we saw a 25% increase in unique attacks compared to the last quarter of 2022,” the researchers write. “February accounted for the highest volume of BEC emails in the first half of the year. January is the second most active month for BEC.