At Fireblocks, it’s always been our highest priority to provide the fastest and most diverse range of blockchain support. With a growing list of over 75 supported blockchains, we’re committed to empowering customers to securely custody tokens on the latest chains, and quickly build innovative services for their customers.

ServiceNow and SecurityScorecard have been longtime strategic partners, helping mutual customers measure and manage cyber risk. Today we’re highlighting the next phase of our partnership and innovation to help customers tackle the complex challenges associated with managing cyber risk in the third party ecosystem. Organizations struggle with prioritization, resource constraints, and the need to act quickly when responding to threats.

This is a public service announcement: The not-so-simple act of securing applications produces a lot of documentation, including playbooks and policies, that isn’t typically needed on a daily basis. But when a zero-day event occurs, such as the recent Crowdstrike incident, application security teams better be able to find everything they need—and fast. Sadly, in both big and small companies, missing and outdated documentation is rampant.

This week, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) released “Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture (NIST SP 1800-35)” for public comment. The guide is written by NIST’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) in collaboration with 24 cybersecurity companies. Now in its fourth draft, NCCoE has opened up comments for this Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) guide through Sept. 30, 2024, as part of a 60-day review cycle.

The Splunk team is excited to announce the release of the latest addition to our security product portfolio, Splunk Asset and Risk Intelligence (ARI). The modern digital landscape is a complex mix of devices, users, and a wide array of products and applications, all spread across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.

Is your company grappling with an increasing volume and complexity of information? A strong data governance framework is essential to harness the power of data while lessening risks. This strategic framework ensures data is managed effectively, meets quality standards, and supports informed decision-making, quality standards, and supporting informed decisions. As regulatory compliance burdens intensify, data governance has become critical to organizational success.

Child identity theft can happen in many different ways, such as by family members, data breaches, compromised online accounts or even sensitive documents being stolen. According to a Carnegie Mellon CyLab study, children are 51 times more likely to fall victim to identity theft than adults. Child identity theft happens when an individual uses a minor’s sensitive information to open lines of credit, get loans or steal benefits under the minor’s name.

The financial repercussions of the May 2024 ransomware attack on the electronics manufacturing services firm Key Tronic underscores just how costly these attacks are. Key Tronic makes parts for a number of sectors, including computer, telecom, medical, industrial, automotive and aerospace. They were struck in May with a ransomware attack by Black Basta, which claimed to have stolen 500 GB of data.

A couple of weeks ago, we started talking about cybersecurity spending and how we, as security professionals, need to rethink prioritizing those budgets to match the cyber threat landscape. One key takeaway: identity and access management (IAM) is chronically underfunded compared to other, more glamorous security initiatives.