Security News > 2020 > March
While enterprises rapidly transition to the public cloud, complexity is increasing, but visibility and team sizes are decreasing while security budgets remain flat to pose a significant obstacle to preventing data breaches, according to FireMon's 2020 State of Hybrid Cloud Security Report. "It is shocking to see the lack of automation being used across the cloud security landscape, especially in light of the escalating risk around misconfigurations as enterprises cut security resources. The new State of Hybrid Cloud Security Report shows that enterprises are most concerned about these challenges, and we know that adaptive and automated security tools would be a welcomed solution for their needs."
WAF is not a new technology and has been around for a while now, where many organizations have some form of WAF deployed. Static WAF rules in traditional WAF do not provide visibility to application vulnerabilities, nor do they provide complete protection when it comes to the everchanging threat landscape.
More than 36,000 attendees, 704 speakers and 658 exhibitors gathered at the Moscone Center last week to explore the Human Element in cybersecurity through hundreds of keynote presentations, track sessions, tutorials, seminars and special events. "Our mission is to connect cybersecurity professionals with diverse perspectives and backgrounds to inspire new ways of thinking and push the industry forward," said Linda Gray Martin, Senior Director and General Manager, RSA Conference.
Pivot3, a leading provider of intelligent infrastructure solutions, announced that it achieved Common Criteria Assurance Continuity certification for its Acuity 10.6 hyperconverged infrastructure software platform. Pivot3 is the only HCI vendor with Common Criteria certification of a native-NVMe solution with policy-based management to automate data protection, security and workload performance.
It enables Intune users to connect from managed mobile apps to data sources of their choice via a micro VPN. The growth in demand for, and usage of enterprise mobile applications is undeniable, with the enterprise mobile application development market expected to grow at a CAGR of 15.65% by 2025. Enterprises continue to struggle with secure access from the managed mobile apps to their sensitive data, stored on premises or in their private clouds, that increasingly power critical business outcomes and cost-effectively driving end-user adoption of mobile apps.
Data-security and privacy pioneer Dathena announced the appointment of veteran software engineer Lylian Kieffer as its new Chief Technology Officer. Kieffer will lead Dathena's engineering department, overseeing development and technical operations as the deep-tech leader expands its global offerings and uses innovative AI tools to offer global enterprises best-in-class data privacy and protection.
US lawmakers have passed legislation offering $1 billion to help telecom carriers "Rip and replace" equipment from Chinese tech firms Huawei and ZTE amid national security concerns. To allay concerns over the impact for small telecom carriers, the bill provides funds to subsidize the removal of equipment "That poses a national security risk" for firms with fewer than two million customers, according to the text.
Healthcare industry at greatest risk of data breachThe healthcare industry has significantly more exposed attack surfaces than any other industry surveyed, according to Censys's research findings of cloud risks and cloud maturity by industry, revealed at RSA Conference 2020. Attackers probing for vulnerable Microsoft Exchange Servers, is yours one of them?CVE-2020-0688, a remote code execution bug in Microsoft Exchange Server that has been squashed by Microsoft in early February, is ripe for exploitation and could become a vector for ransomware groups in coming months, warns cybersecurity researcher Kevin Beaumont.