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Building a More Secure Cloud: 5 Strategies for 2022

Cloud adoption continues to soar. More than two-thirds of small to mid-sized businesses intend to increase their use of cloud technologies over the next few years. While the cloud comes with many security benefits, it also carries unique concerns. As the cloud becomes increasingly central to business operations, cloud security should be a priority. Businesses must ensure this security from the ground up, not add it in later as an afterthought.

Trust as an Attack Vector

Trust is one of the things that makes us human. We evolved the ability to trust in order to make life or death judgment calls and it is wired into our brains from birth. Unfortunately, since time immemorial, nefarious characters have always abused the trust of others to their own advantage, and in the modern world it is now one of the primary tools in a cybercriminal’s arsenal.

Microsoft Power Pages: Low-code Misconfiguration Remains a Top Security Risk

Last week Dark Reading released an enterprise application security survey which raised serious concerns by IT and security teams Last week, Microsoft announced a new low-code application service called Power Pages, the fifth service joining the Power Platform. Whether you’re a low-code maker or professional developer, this low-code, scalable, and secure solution empowers you to build business-centric websites quickly and easily.

CMMC & FedRAMP: FIPS Certified vs. Compliant vs. Validated

The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-3 (2019) is “applicable to all federal agencies that use cryptographic-based security systems… and shall be used in designing and implementing cryptographic modules that federal departments and agencies operate or are operated for them under contract.” In other words, any organization that stores, processes, or transmits certain government information must do so in a way that conforms to the FIPS standard.

How to Protect Your Emails: 8 Best Gmail Account Security Tips

Have you ever had your Gmail account hacked? If not, you’re lucky. But it happens, 1 out of 4200 emails sent in 2020 was a phishing activity. Considering that 306 billion emails were sent in the same year, it means a whopping 72 million were phishing-related. Keeping your Gmail secure isn’t a request anymore. You don’t want anyone to access your personal information or compromise important company conversations and files.

How To Send A Secure Email In Outlook

Sensitive data leaks are too common in the headlines these days, and there is no need to waste space explaining why it is essential to secure your sensitive information. Secure encryption is one such method to ensure your email messages are encrypted to be read-only by the intended recipients. Sending an encrypted email message is the need of the hour for business or professional practice and Outlook encryption is the best possible solution available in the market.

Best practices for implementing the 5 most challenging technologies in cybersecurity

Technology plays a fundamental role in the transformation process that companies have embraced in recent years. However, tech decision-makers have some reservations about adopting the latest technologies to avoid putting corporate security at risk. These are the findings of the Pulse survey of 150 technology leaders, in which 65% say they will avoid implementing AI, Hybrid Cloud, Edge Computing, 5G and Container Security because of the complexity required to implement them securely.