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A Complete Guide to EC2 Instance Backup: AWS Snapshots vs. AMIs

Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides two native options that can be used to back up AWS EC2 instances – AWS EBS Snapshots and Amazon Machine Images (AMIs). This blog post explains the differences between these two approaches to backup and explains when each method is optimal. NAKIVO for AWS EC2 Backup Backup of Amazon EC2 instances to EC2, AWS S3 and onsite. Anti-ransomware options. Fast recovery of instances and application objects. DISCOVER SOLUTION.

What is Cloud Security Posture Management?

The cloud provides many great business advantages – efficiency, speed-to-market, and many others – and has been rapidly adopted by organizations all over the world. While the rise in cloud operations allows organizations to operate in a way that’s more cost-effective and flexible, opening data, assets, and networks to the internet creates additional risk — particularly around misconfigurations and non-compliance.

Netskope Deepens Partner Ecosystem with Google's Cloud WAN Integration

Enterprises today operate in a hyper-distributed environment where users, devices, applications, and workloads are no longer confined within traditional corporate boundaries. Whether you’re working with remote employees, branch offices, SaaS, IaaS, or non-human form factors like robots and AI workloads, everything must securely and reliably connect to everything else, along with unified policy enforcement.

Vulnerability transparency: strengthening security through responsible disclosure

In an era where digital threats evolve faster than ever, cybersecurity isn't just a back-office concern — it's a critical business priority. At Cloudflare, we understand the responsibility that comes with operating in a connected world. As part of our ongoing commitment to security and transparency, Cloudflare is proud to have joined the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) “Secure by Design” pledge in May 2024.

Forget IPs: using cryptography to verify bot and agent traffic

With the rise of traffic from AI agents, what’s considered a bot is no longer clear-cut. There are some clearly malicious bots, like ones that DoS your site or do credential stuffing, and ones that most site owners do want to interact with their site, like the bot that indexes your site for a search engine, or ones that fetch RSS feeds.

Strengthening Cloud Security: API Posture Governance, Threat Detection, and Attack Chain Visibility with Salt Security and Wiz

In the current cloud-centric environment, strong API security is essential. Google's acquisition of Wiz underscores the urgent necessity for all-encompassing cloud security solutions. Organizations should focus on both governing API posture — ensuring secure configuration and deployment to reduce vulnerabilities and assure compliance — and on effective threat detection and response.

Turn Shadow IT into a Strategic Advantage with a Business-Led IT Approach

90% of IT admins are worried about shadow IT, but here's the twist. 54% also believe employees use those apps to make their jobs easier. So what if, instead of fearing it, we saw shadow IT as a roadmap to a better workplace? This is business-led IT: collaboration, not control.

The Evolution of Identity

From managing simple passwords to securing complex, cloud-native environments, how has identity management really changed? In this thought-provoking discussion, JumpCloud CEO Rajat Bhargava and CTO Greg Keller are joined by Rak Garg (Bain Capital Ventures), and Francis Odum (The Software Analyst) to challenge conventional thinking. They delve into the tension between usability and security, the risks of vendor lock-in, and the urgent need for identity solutions that can bridge the gap between legacy systems and the dynamic demands of cloud-native environments.