The number of machine identities for which organizations are responsible has “exploded” in recent years, according to Security Boulevard. These machine identities include devices and workloads. But they also include application programming interfaces (APIs). Organizations use APIs to connect the data and functionality of their applications to those managed by third-party developers, business partners, and other entities, per IBM.

The U.S. Federal Government needs to improve its information security risk management policies to keep pace with the dynamic threats to Federal networks and supply chains.

Vulnerability management is becoming increasingly important to companies due to the rising threat of cyber security attacks and regulations like PCI DSS, HIPAA, NIST 800-731 and more. Vulnerability management is a comprehensive process implemented to continuously identify, evaluate, classify, remediate, and report on security vulnerabilities.

In this blog, we’ve analyzed data from Netskope customers that include security settings of over 1 million entities in 156,737 Google Cloud (GCP) projects across hundreds of organizations (see Dataset and Methodology for more details on the dataset). We will specifically look at the configuration of service accounts, see what’s commonly occurring in the real world, and analyze how multiple security misconfigurations can lead to escalation of privileges and lateral movement.

In part three of a four-part series, Clint Pollock, principal solutions architect at Veracode, details how to use Veracode from the command line in the Cloud9 IDE to submit a software composition analysis (SCA) scan. Check out the video and step-by-step instructions below. It’s Clint Pollock, principal solutions architect, back again for part three of our four-part series on using Veracode from the command line in Cloud9 IDE.

Here at Lookout, our Threat Intelligence Services teams work with a massive data set that enables them to proactively hunt for threats and conduct forensic investigations. While our findings are used to protect Lookout customers, we also pride ourselves in contributing to the cybersecurity community ensuring that everyone’s security and privacy are safeguarded.

Finland’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-FI) has issued a warning about malicious SMS messages that have been spammed out to mobile users, directing iPhone owners to phishing sites and Android users to download malware. The messages are written in Finnish but without the customary accented characters. In some instances, the messages pose as a notification that the user has received a voicemail message, or a communication from their mobile network provider.

Because it encompasses the lazy days of summer, Q3 is often a slower roll in the world of privacy — and July and August did not disappoint. Those of us following the privacy space got a much-needed break. However, as August wrapped up, Washington resumed its busy state of affairs, Europe returned to business as usual, and it quickly became clear that the privacy space had had lost no momentum.

There are many software deployment tools to deliver software and updates to your endpoints, but just because you have a lot of options doesn’t mean it has to be confusing. You might pick one software deployment tool to do it all, or you might pick several automated software deployment tools depending on your needs.

The majority (66%) of companies today have started some transition or co-management to the cloud. The goal is to digitally transform the enterprises of the companies. While the basic network concepts may be similar, the cloud is a different beast. It uses different protocols and management tools. There is also a host of new acronyms to learn.