Security News > 2019 > December

Avoiding the next breach: Four tips for securing your apps
2019-12-05 07:00

As security incidents continue to be an ongoing threat to businesses on a daily basis, keeping security procedures up-to-date and avoiding the next breach have become paramount. In the first six...

The rise of continuous crowdsourced security testing for compliance
2019-12-05 06:30

A large percentage of organizations and institutions are moving toward a rigorous, continuous testing model to ensure compliance, a Synack report reveals. As part of this shift toward continuous...

2020 predictions: Rising complexity of managing digital risk
2019-12-05 06:00

Digital risk management experts at RSA Security have released their predictions for 2020, detailing key cyber trends for the year ahead. With contributions from President, Rohit Ghai and CTO, Dr....

CPoC: New data security standard for contactless payments
2019-12-05 05:30

The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) published a new data security standard for solutions that enable merchants to accept contactless payments using a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS)...

How do SMBs plan to improve their security posture in 2020?
2019-12-05 05:00

With cybersecurity concerns already mounting ahead of the 2020 presidential election, SMB executives are turning their attention to how these threats could impact their own business. The threat of...

AWS launches three new services and capabilities to help customers build and operate securely
2019-12-05 04:30

Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company, announced three new services and capabilities that make it easier for customers to build and operate securely: Amazon Detective is a new security...

(ISC)2 offers Lab courses to help build technical skills in cybersecurity
2019-12-05 04:15

(ISC)2 – the world’s largest nonprofit membership association of certified cybersecurity professionals – announced that its Professional Development Institute (PDI) now offers five Lab courses...

AWS Outposts: Fully managed and configurable racks of AWS-designed hardware
2019-12-05 04:00

Amazon Web Services, an Amazon.com company, announced general availability of AWS Outposts, fully managed and configurable compute and storage racks built with AWS-designed hardware that allow...

Severe Auth Bypass and Priv-Esc Vulnerabilities Disclosed in OpenBSD
2019-12-05 03:31

OpenBSD, an open-source operating system built with security in mind, has been found vulnerable to four new high-severity security vulnerabilities, one of which is an old-school type...

StrongSalt Open Privacy API: Searching and sharing encrypted data in cloud and enterprise apps
2019-12-05 03:30

In a move to address today’s major problem behind privacy – making encryption usable – StrongSalt announced the first Open Privacy API for searching and sharing encrypted data in cloud services...