The California consumer privacy act (CCPA) is a law that was passed in 2018, and it is in effect from January 1st 2020. The California attorney general’s office has not taken any enforcement action against firms that did not meet the standards until July 1st 2020. A lot of people are unsure about what this new law means for them. Like the GDPR, there are significant penalties for non-CCPA compliance and potential loss of consumer loyalty.

The supply chain is under a historic amount of pressure, but the strain on its cybersecurity and risk management may be in even worse condition. As 2021 draws to a close, the global supply chain is in a state comparable to rush-hour traffic in bad weather. Everything seems to be backed up whether due to supply and demand issues, wait times at shipping ports, or any number of other delays.

For the last decade, AWS has dominated the cloud computing space with a plethora of cloud services. One of AWS’ great innovations was AWS Fargate, their first containers as a service (CaaS) offering. Prior to the introduction of Fargate, those building in the cloud were forced to choose between IaaS paradigm-focused containers or FaaS-focused serverless functions.

Now is a great time to look back on cybersecurity statistics for 2021. They can help IT professionals understand which issues from last year may carry over into 2022. However, it’s also useful to gain expert insights on likely cybersecurity scenarios impacting this year. Knowing about threats makes it easier to combat them. Here are 10 cybersecurity statistics from 2021 and five predictions for 2022.

Third-party risk management (TPRM) has grown in prominence as organizations increase their reliance on external parties, from cloud providers to credit card processors. As more enterprises invest in this critical business function, certain best practices are becoming key to a successful TPRM program.

Anyone who’s ever been in a relationship knows that the beginnings and ends are the toughest parts. This is when the baggage is dusted off, brought to light and (all too frequently) used detrimentally. Mergers and acquisitions — and their mirror image, divestments — are the organizational equivalents of marriage and divorce. During the process, past indiscretions are discovered, leveraged in negotiations and ideally rectified or laid to rest.

If year-end reviews have taught us anything, it’s that people love recaps that cram 12 months of growth and change into a five minute digestible read. Last year we worked hard to bring easy but secure password management to everyone – businesses and individuals alike.

Arctic Wolf joins the Gartner Peer Insights Customer First Program in the vulnerability assessment and managed detection and response service. The members of the Arctic Wolf team are excited to announce that we have pledged to be a Customer First vendor in the vulnerability assessment and managed detection and response service. Our team at Arctic Wolf takes great pride in this program commitment, as customer feedback continues to be a critical priority and shapes our products and services.

Hackers are often associated with young adults who are constantly on their computers, staring at the screen full of codes and sitting in a dark room away from society. But don’t be fooled, hackers might just be some of the most intelligent people in today’s digital world; breaking into systems to test their abilities and expanding their knowledge to find new and innovative techniques- and strange as it may sound, not all of them want to steal your data.