Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

For small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), staying abreast of cybersecurity developments is critical — not just to growth, but to the company’s bottom line. But security evolves quickly, and it can be hard to keep up. In the midst of this fast-evolving security environment, AI has made a bold entrance. So bold, in fact, that only 10% of SMEs aren’t using AI and don’t plan to, according to a recent JumpCloud research report.

Last year, Sysdig outlined our vision for an AI-driven cloud security assistant. Today, we are excited to announce Sysdig Sage for cloud detection and response (CDR), our new release that embodies our vision. Built upon the core principles we introduced, Sysdig Sage offers actionable insights for cloud environments, with a focus on CDR.

Each July, my family and I take a road trip from Kentucky back to my hometown in northwestern Pennsylvania to spend time on Lake Erie. As tradition dictates, we stop along I-71 for coffee at a branch of a certain coffee shop, which also happens to be my former employer as a teen. (Let’s call it Siren Coffee.) This year, we sat waiting in the drive-thru for a drip coffee for a full 10 minutes.

As the cloud becomes increasingly integral to modern businesses, cloud data protection (CDP) gains importance. From safeguarding against data loss due to accidental deletion or system failures to protecting against cyber threats like ransomware, CDP is the foundation of a resilient cloud strategy. The cloud brings its own set of challenges, from the dynamic nature of containerized workloads to the complexity of multi-cloud environments.

In today’s world, technology is quickly evolving and some practices that were once considered the gold standard are quickly becoming outdated. At Cloudflare, we stay close to industry changes to ensure that we can provide the best solutions to our customers. One practice that we’re continuing to see in use that no longer serves its original purpose is certificate pinning.

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) provides clear value to organizations pursuing cybersecurity initiatives. It provides effective identity security and dramatically reduces the risk associated with credential-based attacks and malicious insiders. However, implementing MFA consistently across the enterprise tech stack is not always easy. It’s an even bigger challenge for managed service providers (MSPs) who need to adopt different policies across a portfolio of client organizations under management.

If you are a developer in the current cybersecurity climate, you already know your application’s security is paramount. But have you considered the risks associated with your vendors? With over 50% of new applications developed in the coming years being Cloud-Native, vendor-related cyber security risks are a growing concern. Cloud-native organizations must consider all vendors during risk assessment. Today, you rely on countless vendors, some of whom are unknown to IT.

The United States has faced some significant economic headwinds and shifts in the last few years. Even the geographical spread of wealth in the U.S. economy has shifted considerably since the pandemic. Now, an already struggling economy is forecast to continue to slow. What does this mean for small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the U.S.? In a recent survey, JumpCloud asked this question to over 300 IT professionals working at SMEs in the U.S. Read on to learn the results.