As a contract research organization (CRO), your greatest responsibility is to be a reliable partner to the sponsor in executing a clinical trial. This can include tasks such as writing the study protocol, collecting and submitting data to the FDA, and monitoring sites throughout the study. To honor that responsibility, a CRO must have the right tools and skills to securely share trial data and collaborate with the sponsor.
The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) is a privacy law that was passed in California in 2020. It strengthens the security standards of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), making California's consumer privacy laws more aligned with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The CCPA gives California residents the right to know what personal data is being collected by companies and whether it will be sold or disclosed to other parties.
This blog summarizes the Splunk Threat Research Team’s (STRT) recent review of the CISA Top 10 Malware strains for the year 2021 report. While many of these payloads have been covered in our past and present research (available at research.splunk.com), these malware families are still active in the wild. Notably, five malware families we analyzed in this article can still be seen in the ANY.RUN Malware Trends Tracker.
Modern applications are sophisticated, with different third-party software and hardware components and complicated integrations compared to legacy applications. With these complications, there is an increase in exploitable vulnerabilities in the application layer. Thus, application security is one of the most critical aspects organizations should focus on to secure their applications from cyberattacks.
