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The rise of the cloud has been a remarkable and transformative switch from physical devices to storing our files online. What surfaced in the late 90s is today so commonplace that every business in this world—big or small—has something on the cloud. The cloud has changed the future of data storage and accessibility forever. One can rightly say that the cloud was the stepping stone to digital transformation. The popularity of mobile devices is not surprising either.

Crystal Trawny, Optiv’s Practice Director, Privileged Account and Endpoint Privilege Management (PAM/EPM), joins host David Puner in exploring the ever-evolving identity landscape and how emerging threats impact organizations’ cybersecurity requirements. Through the eyes of an end user, Trawny shares best practices for overcoming change resistance, creating effective deployment timelines and avoiding scope creep.

Binary Library, or “BinLib”, is a collection of data and metadata pertaining to executable binaries, such as EXE or ELF files, that have been observed within your organization(s). When enabled, this extension collects observed data into your own private collection of historical executables, then subsequently available for searching, tagging, and analysis.

Starting from the beginning of 2023, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies worldwide have come together in a united effort to combat cybercrime, with a specific focus on ransomware. This alliance has already resulted in significant arrests, including those of individuals associated with Pompompurin and LockBit, as well as the dismantling of the Hive ransomware group’s infrastructure.

Today we are excited to share that Rubrik has entered into an agreement to acquire Laminar, the leader in Data Security Posture Management (DSPM), to realize a common vision to secure the world’s data. The combination will create the industry’s first offering to combine cyber recovery and cyber posture and deliver complete cyber resilience across enterprise, cloud, and SaaS.

As the partnership between Snyk and GitGuardian continues to grow, we’ve collaborated on a new cheat sheet that identifies key security considerations and tools that can help you mitigate risks and protect your code. The journey from code to cloud and back to code necessitates a holistic approach to security.

Gate.io, a leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 platform, has been successfully integrated into the Fireblocks Network. The exchange was able to connect seamlessly to the Network by using the Fireblocks Network Link, a powerful API standard that enables any crypto exchange to quickly and natively integrate into the Fireblocks ecosystem.

ChatGPT continues to lead the news cycle and increase in popularity, with new applications and uses seemingly uncovered each day for this innovative platform. However, as interesting as this solution is, and as many efficiencies as it is already providing to modern businesses, it’s not without its risks.

Netskope Threat Labs publishes a monthly summary blog post of the top threats we are tracking on the Netskope platform. The purpose of this post is to provide strategic, actionable intelligence on active threats against enterprise users worldwide.

Anonymous Sudan is a rapidly expanding and influential group of hacktivists that identify themselves as Sudanese, motivated by both religious and political beliefs. Since January 2023, they have been carrying out distributed denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, allegedly motivated by defending Islam against Western nations. These attacks have disrupted critical infrastructure and various global sectors, including finance and healthcare.