Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Understanding ROPA: Who, What, Why?

ROPA is primarily utilized by organizations subject to data protection regulations. While it is a legal requirement for businesses of all sizes handling personal data, it is especially critical for large enterprises that process substantial volumes of data or sensitive information. Compliance officers, data protection officers (DPOs), legal teams, and IT departments often rely on ROPA to demonstrate compliance to regulators during audits or investigations.

Teleport 17: A Game-Changer in Scalable, Secure, and Resilient Infrastructure Access

The explosive growth of computing infrastructure has ushered in a new era of complexity for engineering, infrastructure, and security teams. Managing access, identities, and policies across thousands—or even tens of thousands—of resources such as physical servers, multi-cloud platforms, and web apps is no small feat in itself.

Teleport 17

Teleport 17 marks our final major release of the year, bringing significant enhancements to our platform. In the six months since Teleport 16, we've not only developed this major release but also introduced several valuable features through minor and patch updates. A core theme for this release is scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure access. This starts with our expanded focus on AWS Access. Teleport 17 includes preview support for AWS IAM Identity Center.

Impossible Travel Detection with Torq: Defend Against the Most Prominent and Expensive Breach

With widespread remote work and global access, organizations face mounting challenges in securing user identities against sophisticated threats. One critical identity risk signal is impossible travel, where a user appears to log in from two unrecognized, geographically distant locations within an unrealistic timeframe, indicating the possibility of compromised credentials or session hijacking.

Ransomware Campaign Encrypting Amazon S3 Buckets using SSE-C

On January 13, 2025, Halcyon released a research blog about the Codefinger group conducting a ransomware campaign targeting Amazon S3 buckets. The attacks leverage AWS’s Server-Side Encryption with Customer Provided Keys (SSE-C) to encrypt data. The threat actors then demand ransom payments for the symmetric AES-256 keys required to decrypt it.

The Five Best Cloud Storage for Business Providers in 2025

Businesses are generating more data than ever, with 60% of company data being stored in the cloud, and businesses are storing 48% of their most important and sensitive data using some form of cloud storage. Even though businesses are using cloud storage, the risk of data breaches or attacks on company data is at the highest it's ever been, with 24% of breaches involving personal data and costing companies, on average, $4.88 million.

Neo4j: Building a Secure Future with Sysdig CNAPP

Discover how Neo4j, the world’s leading graph database company, collaborates with Sysdig to reduce its risk in the cloud. From streamlining vulnerability management to building a trusted partnership, this video explores the transformative impact of Sysdig on Neo4j’s security operations. Speakers featured in this video: David Fox, CISO Fredrik Clementson, Senior Director of Engineering Preeti Preeti, Security Analyst.

How Yahoo Scaled Application Security & Saved Millions with Mend.io

Join Chris Madden, Distinguished Technical Security Engineer at Yahoo, as he shares how Yahoo scaled its application security program with Mend.io. In this insightful video, Chris details the challenges Yahoo faced in managing open source security and compliance risks, and how Mend.io's AppSec platform helped them: Discover how Mend.io enabled Yahoo to address critical vulnerabilities like Log4Shell, codify security policies, and achieve quantifiable benefits across their organization. If you're looking to improve your AppSec posture, especially at enterprise scale, this video is a must-watch!