Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

DEF CON 31 was a unique experience. Read highlights from GitGuardian's time in Las Vegas, AppSec Village, the Hunt the Hacker CTF, insightful talks, and hacker fun.

Today, cyberattacks pose the most significant threat to an organization’s data. The Spring 2023 Rubrik Zero Labs report, based on research from over 1,600 IT and Security professionals, revealed that 99% of IT and security leaders were informed of at least one attack in their own environment in 2022.

In 2023, cybersecurity continues to be in most cases a need-to-have for those who don’t want to take chances on getting caught in a cyberattack and its consequences. Attacks have gotten more sophisticated, while conflicts (online and offline, and at the same time) continue, including in Ukraine. Governments have heightened their cyber warnings and put together strategies, including around critical infrastructure (including health and education).

Cloudflare has a unique vantage point on the Internet. From this position, we are able to see, explore, and identify trends that would otherwise go unnoticed. In this report we are doing just that and sharing our insights into Internet-wide application security trends. This report is the third edition of our Application Security Report. The first one was published in March 2022, with the second published earlier this year in March, and this is the first to be published on a quarterly basis.

If you're a Microsoft-focused organisation you may be able to leverage the technology you already have to become more secure. Nirvana, for many of the organisations I speak with on a daily basis is to maximise what is already included in their licensing agreement and use the current people already in their IT and security department. This presents a challenge for smaller organisations without the extensive security analyst teams of a big financial institution.

The United States stands at a pivotal juncture for true digital and cyber security, with unlimited potential. The 2023 U.S. National Cybersecurity Strategy presents a fresh perspective on safeguarding digital territory—a perspective rooted in collaboration, innovation, and accountability.

The Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability (CIA) Triad is a crucial information security model that guides and assesses how an organization manages data during storage, transmission, and processing. Each component of the triad plays a vital role in maintaining information security: Although all components are equally essential, we were intrigued to ask cybersecurity professionals which attribute they consider the most important.

The IT future is a cloudy one. Organizations are increasingly relying on cloud servers, as today’s IT environments use a combination of public and private clouds alongside on-premise infrastructure. Gartner® estimates that by 2026, 75% of organizations will adopt a digital transformation model predicated on the cloud as the fundamental underlying platform.

It never gets old! We’re excited to share that Salt has won yet another award — our 15th award this year! This time, we have been named the “Best API Security Solution” in the renowned 2023 SC Awards. The SC Awards are cybersecurity’s most prestigious and competitive honor. The premier recognition program honors outstanding innovations, organizations and leaders that are advancing the practice of information security.