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10 Major Database Security Threats and How to Prevent Them
by Guest Author •
Data is a crucial asset of your company. Companies gather a lot of data daily from their customers and daily operations. The data stored in databases are then utilized to handle and automate different functions within and outside companies. Because of …
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DE:CODED – Firewall speeds and VPN risks
by SE Labs Team •
“If they are not getting any money from you, then where are they getting the money from?” Show notes for series 2, episode 2 Is your firewall as fast as you think? What does XDR mean and how does it work? Do you need a personal VPN? We talk to Brian Mo…
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The Role of IAM in Maintaining Cloud Security
by Tripwire Guest Authors •
Cloud computing is an effective solution for large and small companies across every industry. There has been rapid adoption due in large part to its accessibility, flexibility, and reliability. The cloud environment brings a significant amount of benef…
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Cisco showcases cloud at Cisco Live
by Lynn Greiner •
Cisco’s annual flagship event, Cisco Live, went hybrid this year, with 16,000 live attendees as well as a global online audience. And, fittingly, its focus was on the cloud. Cisco chairman and chief executive office Chuck Robbins kicked off the conference by reiterating the four priorities – reimagine applications, power hybrid work, secure the enterprise,
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Coffee Briefing June 21 , 2022 – SAS’s Batting Lab; Sage rolls out new platforms; Telus acquires LifeWorks; and more
by Samira Balsara •
Coffee Briefings are timely deliveries of the latest ITWC headlines, interviews, and podcasts. Today’s Coffee Briefing is delivered by IT World Canada’s edito
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CIPL Publishes New White Paper on the Approach of British Columbia, Canada to Cross-Border Data Transfers by Public Sector Bodies
by Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP •
On June 10, 2022, CIPL published a white paper entitled “Local Law Assessments and Online Services – Refining the Approach to Beneficial and Privacy-Protective Cross-Border Data Flows A: Case Study from British Columbia.” Continue Reading
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Cloudflare, Microsoft 365 suffer major outages
by Howard Solomon •
Two major IT providers suffered service problems this morning, causing CIOs and CISOs hours of grief. A huge outage affected more than a dozen of content provider Cloudflare’s data centers, which affected a large number of major websites. It began around 2:34 a.m. Eastern time and was reported by the company to be resolved about
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A Qubit of Solace: How QKD Systems Defend Against Future Cyberattacks
by Steve Alexander •
Every industry is on high alert when it comes to cyberattacks, and rightly so. A cyberattack can halt business, add unexpected costs to mitigate, damage a company’s reputation and more. Cybercriminals can take many forms: They may steal your credentia…
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Electricity 4.0: Powering Schneider’s global net-zero vision
by Paul Barker •
A group of senior executives at Schneider Electric recently delved into the plethora of environmental challenges that exist today and how technology advances can help meet them head-on. The advances, they said, are wrapped into an initiative called Electricity 4.0 that involves many facets, key among them being that chief information officers (CIOs) and cloud
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Cloud computing has Oracle’s results soaring
by Renaud Larue-Langlois •
Cloud computing seems to be profitable for Oracle. This week, the company announced results exceeding Wall Street experts’ estimates. Demand for its cloud products has indeed experienced strong growth in an environment where the transition to cloud computing platforms continues to accelerate. The company reported Monday revenues of US$11.85 billion against a forecast of US$11.66
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Enterprises want to modernize applications – they’re just not sure how
by Christine Wong •
The great push to modernize enterprise applications is now underway, but many organizations still aren’t clear what modernization means — or what role cloud should play in the process. According to a survey of 600 enterprises in the U.S., U.K. and Asia-Pacific, more than half plan to modernize their custom applications within the next 12 […]
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Cloud computing top concerns: The focus is shifting
by Help Net Security •
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) released the Top Threats to Cloud Computing: The Pandemic 11 report, which found a marked change in what cloud security provider (CSP) security issues are seen as concerning. New, more nuanced items, such as configurat…
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Coffee Briefing June 14, 2022 – Uber Canada releases 2022 Lost and Found index; YWCA awards; Mastercard expands Girls4Tech; and more
by Samira Balsara •
Coffee Briefings are timely deliveries of the latest ITWC headlines, interviews, and podcasts. Today’s Coffee Briefing is delivered by IT World Canada’s editorial team!
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Only 13.5% of IT pros have mastered security in the cloud native space
by Help Net Security •
Canonical released data from a survey revealing the goals, benefits, and challenges of cloud-native technologies. The report has surveyed more than 1,300 IT professionals over the last year about their usage of Kubernetes, bare metal, VMs, containers, …
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What Is ISO/IEC 27017?
by Joe Pettit •
More than a third of organizations suffered a serious cloud security incident in 2021. According to a survey of 300 cloud professionals covered by BetaNews, 36% of those respondents said that their organizations had suffered a severe cloud security dat…
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AWS, Azure and GCP: The Ultimate IAM Comparison
by Ermetic Team •
AWS vs. Azure vs. GCP – how do these cloud providers compare when it comes to IAM? Read on to find out.
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3 Reasons Why API Security Issues Are Growing
by Guest Author •
In September 2018, Facebook discovered an API loophole leveraged by cyber criminals to expose the information of over 50 million users. This incident and many others clarified that not considering Application Programming Interface (API) security is a r…
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Can’t Choose Between Public And Private Cloud? You Don’t Have To With IaaS
by Security | TechRepublic •
In 2021, Dell, Intel, and VMware commissioned a custom study from Forrester Consulting to understand today’s IT and business requirements for infrastructure, data storage, and application performance. We found that, though many businesses prefer to kee…
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40% of enterprises don’t include business-critical systems in their cybersecurity monitoring
by Help Net Security •
Logpoint has announced findings from a recent poll to uncover the security and cost implications enterprises face with their existing IT infrastructure. The poll was targeted at cybersecurity and IT professionals in both the U.S. and UK. The problem wi…
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5 new Microsoft certifications announced at Build 2022
by Tom Li •
Microsoft announced five new certifications at its Build 2022 event last week. These new certs focus on a diverse range of topics, including cybersecurity, automation, and data analysis, to prepare users for future roles. Microsoft Power Automate RPA Developer Associate certificate Prerequisite: None Required skills: JSON, cloud flows, and desktop flows; integrating solutions with REST […]
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Building a More Secure Cloud: 5 Strategies for 2022
by Tripwire Guest Authors •
Cloud adoption continues to soar. More than two-thirds of small to mid-sized businesses intend to increase their use of cloud technologies over the next few years. While the cloud comes with many security benefits, it also carries unique concerns. As t…
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8 Reasons Why Your Business Should Utilise Robotic Process Automation
by Amazing Support •
As more and more organisations adapt to the new normal, the value and scope of automation in business processes will grow further. In the world of business operations, automation has become a buzzword. Freeing up human resources has become a priority for business leaders, as organisations aim to become more agile, improve their resilience, and …
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TechRepublic Premium editorial calendar: IT policies, checklists, toolkits, and research for download
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TechRepublic Premium content helps you solve your toughest IT issues and jump-start your career or next project.
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How to eliminate the weak link in public cloud-based multi-party computation
by Help Net Security •
Secure multi-party computation (MPC) has seen steady evolution to tackle many scientific challenges. These include enabling the creation and tuning of AI or machine learning algorithms, as well as developing open-source software and games. Now, digital…
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Regulatory Compliance in the Cloud: What you Need to Know
by Chris Hudson •
Anyone reading this post will have at least dipped their toes into the world of cloud services. As a result of this massive growth, the world of compliance has spent much of the last decade catching up with the implications of cloud services. For hos…
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Cloud computing concentration and systemic risk
by Al Berg •
I came across an interesting blog post over at Finextra which got me thinking about a topic that has been in the back of my…
The post Cloud computing concentration and systemic risk appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Oxeye Contextualizes Cloud Native Application Risk Assessment — Investigates Application-Level Vulnerabilities
by Priya James •
Oxeye has announced the availability of its Cloud Native Application Security Testing (CNAST) platform. The application security platform identifies custom code and open-source vulnerabilities, as well as software secrets to reveal the critical, exploi…
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Strata Identity launches open-source project enabling multi-cloud access policy management for organizations
by Pragya Sehgal •
New open-source standard launched by U.S.-based Identity Orchestration for multi-cloud company will unify incompatible cloud identity systems for organizations
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API Security and Cloud: What you Need to Know
by Ross Moore •
The internet is much like a shopping mall—intended to be open. And because it is designed to be open to the public, there’s little to stop anyone from entering. Security guards and law enforcement are present, but even several officers in 800,00…
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Securing Your Cloud with Zero Trust and Least Privilege
by Ermetic Team •
Zero trust could be the solution for your modern security perils. Read on to discover what zero trust and least privilege are – and how to get started.
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Cylance vs CrowdStrike: EDR software comparison
by Guest Contributor •
See what features you can expect from Cylance and CrowdStrike to choose the EDR solution that is ideal for your business.
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SAP highlights four focus areas at Sapphire conference
by Lynn Greiner •
Enterprise application software giant SAP chose four areas to focus on during its hybrid Sapphire customer and partner conference this week: supply chain, sustainability, business process transformation, and accelerating innovation. Chief executive officer and member of the executive board of SAP SE Christian Klein noted that the company turns 50 this year, and said that […]
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Red Hat announces a series of new features and services, prioritizing hybrid cloud
by Samira Balsara •
Red Hat Inc, a provider of open source solutions, made a series of announcements focusing on hybrid cloud acceleration during its annual Red Hat Summit.
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Get lifetime access to 2TB of cloud storage for just $49
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Need a secure space to store more data? This cloud service can help.
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Coffee Briefing May 10, 2022 – Zerto 9.5 announced; Vector Scholarship in AI winners announced; She’s Next Grant recipients announced; and more
by Pragya Sehgal •
Coffee Briefings are timely deliveries of the latest ITWC headlines, interviews, and podcasts. This briefing is delivered by IT World Canada’s editorial team!
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SANS 2022 Cloud Security Survey
by Security | TechRepublic •
Over the past several years, we have seen more and more examples of vulnerabilities in cloud assets, cloud service provider outages, sensitive data disclosure, and breaches involving the use of public cloud environments. The 2021 Data Breach Investigat…
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The main security challenges when adopting cloud services
by Tripwire Guest Authors •
The popularity of cloud services has increased exponentially in recent years. The prospects of saving on capital and operational expenditures have been significant driving forces in influencing companies to adopt cloud services. Scalability and elastic…
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Automate Your Cloud-Native Security From Code to Cloud
by Security | TechRepublic •
Bridgecrew by Prisma Cloud is the codified cloud security platform built to bridge the gap between DevOps and security teams. Powered by automation, Bridgecrew empowers teams to find, fix, and prevent vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and license com…
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The Government of Ontario to use Anaplan on a cloud platform
by Samira Balsara •
The Government of Ontario will use products from Anaplan, a business planning software company, on a cloud platform to support improved financial processes across the Ontario Public Service (OPS). The partnership with the Government of Ontario marks Anaplan’s first public sector customer win in Canada and its largest deal in the market to date. The […]
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