A democratized approach to cybersecurity risk management that leverages continuous monitoring and public-private partnerships is overdue, and critical, for today’s cyber threat environment.
For this customer spotlight we're highlighting Civo, a cloud-native service provider focused on Kubernetes. Bulletproof helps keep Civo's platform secure, giving peace of mind to their customers. In this edition we'll learn about Kubernetes and how it's rapidly becoming the de facto standard for managing cloud infrastructure to support modern applications. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how we do business forever.
When I look at IT security I can clearly see how it has changed, being today much more mature now than it’s ever been. Governments are working on policies and legislation forcing companies to prioritize IT security. As a result, the entire bug bounty community has bloomed in a way that I could never imagine, security researchers are now working together with companies to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities in a way that we have never done before.
One of the key tools at the center of social engineering attacks against organizations is phishing. According to the Anti-Phishing Working Group’s latest report, the number of unique phishing websites detected in December 2021 was 316,747, where they have detected between 68,000 and 94,000 attacks per month in early 2020, meaning that phishing attacks have more than tripled from 2020 to 2021.
Cloud access control is a critical part of cloud security strategy. Without granular controls in place, unauthorized users could gain access to your data or even take down your entire cloud infrastructure. Solutions such as Cloud access broker solution (CASB) help you enforce access controls by acting as a layer separating users and cloud service providers.
Agencies of the US Government have issued a joint warning that hackers have revealed their capability to gain full system access to industrial control systems that might help enemy states sabotage critical infrastructure.
This is the second installment in Trustwave’s in-depth tour of our Security Colony platform. For a broad overview of what Security Colony offers please read 5 Ways CISOs Can Leverage the Power of Trustwave Security Colony. Self-evaluation in any area, much less cybersecurity, can be challenging. Is my performance at work strong and consistent? Am I being friendly to my neighbors?
