Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

According to recent research, 68% of computer applications use open-source software libraries without the knowledge of the company. Another study by Argon Security shows that the supply chain attacks have grown up to 300% in 2021 compared to 2020.

Innovation and regulation are two important factors that have a significant impact on the growth of any industry, including information security. The question of whether regulation inhibits or inspires innovation is a contentious one, and there are compelling arguments on both sides.

Last week, three golds. This week, two more. Wow – the accolades keep coming. Salt took top honors in two Globee® Cybersecurity World Award categories: Hot Security Company of the Year for Security Software, and API Management and Security! You can read all the formal details in our announcement. We’ve earned five awards in the past two weeks, and the month isn’t even half over.

Imagine doing business in a bubble. You are an international company only allowed to make decisions using data collected within your country and by your business unit (BU). You also cannot share data with subsidiaries or third parties. It would be challenging to conduct day-to-day business, let alone innovate and grow. Fortunately, this isn’t the state of business today. Organizations transfer trillions of data points across borders daily.

The past three years have been challenging in many ways for the retail industry, and this uncertain reality isn’t going anywhere. The industry continues to face challenges; the cost-of-living and energy crisis, and expected period of economic downturn, are understandably unsettling for all sectors, with retail particularly hard hit in a recessionary period.