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5 minutes with Roy Horev - The evolution of DDoS attacks

May 24, 2021

Distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks - when an attacker attempts to make it impossible for a service to be deliverable - are increasing in size, frequency and duration. Kaspersky Lab reported a doubling of DDoS attacks in the first quarter of 2020 compared with the fourth quarter of 2019, plus an 80% jump compared with the same quarter last year. To learn more about how these attacks have evolved over the years, we talk to Roy Horev, Co-Founder and CTO at Vulcan Cyber, a vulnerability remediation orchestration provider.

cybersecurity best practices amid COVID-19 as offices reopen

The return of vaccinated employees with un-vaccinated computers

Emil Sayegh

May 24, 2021

As employees return back to the office, challenges continue to unfold and the best way to approach many of the computers and systems that have been off company premises for so long is to regard them as potentially infected.

vaccinated employees with the un-vaccinated computer

The return of vaccinated employees with un-vaccinated computers

Emil Sayegh

May 24, 2021

As employees return back to the office, challenges continue to unfold and the best way to approach many of the computers and systems that have been off company premises for so long is to regard them as potentially infected.

AI technology NIST proposes user trust evaluation method

NIST proposes evaluation model for user trust in artificial intelligence

May 21, 2021

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a new document, Artificial Intelligence and User Trust (NISTIR 8332), that is now open for public comment until July 30, 2021. The document's goal is to stimulate a discussion about how humans trust artificial intelligence (AI) systems.

Dave MacKinnon takes over as CSO of N-able (formerly SolarWinds MSP)

May 21, 2021

N-able (formerly SolarWinds MSP) has announced Dave MacKinnon as its new Chief Security Officer (CSO).

Data of more than 100 million Android users exposed by mobile app developers

May 21, 2021

Researchers at Check Point Research analyzing Android apps have discovered serious cloud misconfigurations leading to the potential exposure of data belonging to more than 100 million users. In a report published recently, the firm discusses how the misuse of real-time database, notification managers, and storage exposed over 100 million users’ personal data (email, passwords, names, etc.) and left corporate resources vulnerable to malicious actors.

5 steps to integrating security into the app development process (without disrupting CI/CD workflows)

Art Poghosyan

May 21, 2021

The traditional approach to securing cloud access goes against everything that DevOps is about. Regardless of what providers of legacy IAM, PAM, and other security solutions claim about their ability to scale with cloud application dev cycles, they’re concealing the extensive time, effort, and resources required to manage their solutions – three things that are in short supply in DevOps teams. So, the challenge becomes: how can enterprises integrate world class technologies for securing identities and access to cloud environments without bringing DevOps to a grinding halt?

New survey finds that password hygiene amongst cybersecurity leaders is lacking

Constella Intelligence research reveals that one in four cybersecurity leaders use the same passwords for both work and personal use; more than half experience account takeover first-hand

May 21, 2021

Constella Intelligence (“Constella”), Digital Risk Protection leader, released the results of “Cyber Risk in Today’s Hyperconnected World,” a survey that unlocks the behaviors and tendencies that characterize how vigilant organizations’ leaders are when it comes to reducing cyber vulnerability, allowing the industry to better understand how social media is leveraged as an attack vector and how leaders are responding to this challenge.

5 minutes with Todd Waskelis - Cybersecurity consulting during the pandemic

Maria Henriquez

May 21, 2021

COVID-19 brought with it a massive influx of data, most of it moving from a centralized location to the cloud (and other environments). Now, these businesses are trying to understand how to re-engineer their environment for the next 10+ years, in the advent of Zero Trust, SASE and more. How has COVID-19 impacted the need for cybersecurity consulting, specifically new trends, and Zero Trust? Here, we speak with Todd Waskelis, AVP of AT&T Cybersecurity, who leads AT&T’s cybersecurity consulting services.

Security leaders can learn about decision making from poker

What poker can teach security leaders about decision-making

Ricardo Villadiego

May 21, 2021

Like the game of Texas Hold ‘Em, the practice of security is ultimately an exercise in decision-making. Specifically, how do you make the best decision possible with limited and incomplete information?