Many organizations, especially ones working in the tech and digital field, require constant back-and-forth communication, online file sharing and access to various accounts. Working in a collaborative environment often requires shared accounts, which means employees must find an easy way to share passwords without putting the company at risk of a cyberattack.
Companies often see seasonal business spikes with periods of increased on-line demand or activity. To meet the changing application demands, Kubernetes has become the platform of choice to automatically scale web applications and infrastructure up and down. Autoscaling in Kubernetes adjusts the resources that are available to run the application or service, while minimizing the cost of those resources.
The FBI is warning US consumers that cybercriminals are placing ads in search engine results that impersonate well-known brands, in an attempt to spread ransomware and steal financial information. In a public service announcement issued this week, the FBI describes how cybercriminals are purchasing ads that show up at the very top of search engine results, often purporting to link to a legitimate company's website.
The demand for cloud security continues to increase in the face of supply chain attacks affecting the security of hundreds of thousands of organizations on platforms like GitHub. These concerning developments are among the reasons why we’re building Nightfall and are top of mind as we pursue our vision of enabling data security everywhere in the cloud. 2022 has been a busy and exciting year for us here at Nightfall as we’ve built out the platform in response to these developments.
My takeaways from Converge 2022 and preview of what’s to come with Tanium UX in the future.
Where would your business be without its data? As the building blocks of any organisation, data is unquestionably integral. Hence why making sure it’s backed up properly should be an essential part of any company’s business continuity plan. At Stripe OLT, we often talk about the loss of data from a cyber-security perspective, however it’s also important to recognise that data loss is also caused by hardware failure and human error.
After Microsoft announced this year that macros from the Internet will be blocked by default in Office, many threat actors have switched to different file types such as Windows Shortcut (LNK), ISO or ZIP files, to distribute their malware. Nevertheless, Office documents are still actively leveraged in many campaigns and pose a large risk to organizations, especially with threat actors continuously finding new ways to avoid detection.
As mentioned in Wikipedia: “A bug bounty program is a deal offered by many websites, organizations and software developers by which individuals can receive recognition and compensation for reporting bugs, especially those pertaining to security exploits and vulnerabilities”. For instance, Company ‘A’ wants to audit/test it’s apps i.e., web & mobile apps for security vulnerabilities & bugs, it will have two options.
A good log management solution powers observability for security, engineering, IT and compliance teams. But with so many options available, how do you choose the right one? When evaluating potential log management solutions, start by asking these 10 questions to find the right balance of security, performance and value based on your requirements — and to reveal any limitations that could potentially hold you back.
