Security News > 2020 > October
75% of all 56 U.S. states and territories leading up to the presidential election, showed signs of a vulnerable IT infrastructure, a SecurityScorecard report reveals. Since most state websites offer access to voter and election information, these findings may indicate unforeseen issues leading up to, and following, the US election.
Previous appeals to VanwaTech to disconnect these sites have fallen on deaf ears, as the company's owner Nick Lim reportedly has been working with 8kun's administrators to keep the sites online in the name of protecting free speech. Based CNServers LLC. On Sunday evening, security researcher Ron Guilmette placed a phone call to CNServers' owner, who professed to be shocked by revelations that his company was helping QAnon and 8kun keep the lights on.
Despite 88% of cybersecurity professionals believing automation will make their jobs easier, younger staffers are more concerned that the technology will replace their roles than their veteran counterparts, according to a research by Exabeam. "The concern for automation among younger professionals in cybersecurity was surprising to us. In trying to understand this sentiment, we could partially attribute it to lack of on-the-job training using automation technology," said Samantha Humphries, security strategist at Exabeam.
63% of CIOs say the complexity of their cloud environment has surpassed human ability to manage. Cloud environment complexity Organizations are using cloud-native technologies including microservices, containers and Kubernetes to advance innovation and achieve more successful business outcomes.
As many business leaders look to close the skills gap and cultivate a sustainable workforce amid COVID-19, an IBM Institute for Business Value study reveals less than 4 in 10 human resources executives surveyed report they have the skills needed to achieve their enterprise strategy. COVID-19 exacerbated the skills gap in the enterprise.
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Honeywell announces the launch of Honeywell Secure Media Exchange R201.1, an enterprise software offering to better protect users from advanced malware and firmware-based cybersecurity attacks from USB drives and other removable media. "We are excited to expand Honeywell SMX as an enterprise security solution to include hardware device management with our TRUST V2 ," said Jeff Zindel, vice president and general manager, Honeywell Connected Enterprise Cybersecurity.
Zerto launched Zerto Data Protection, which displaces traditional backup with continuous data protection for all applications. By offering a new, cost-effective backup solution, Zerto is bringing the power of its award-winning CDP to all applications at a much lower TCO. "At Zerto, we have always worked with our customers to deliver backup and data protection solutions that align with their enterprise IT infrastructure strategies," commented Gil Levonai, CMO and senior vice president of product, Zerto.
Protiviti has launched a new privacy offering in response to the evolving privacy landscape, which has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Privacy as a Service, is a managed service privacy offering helping companies assess their privacy needs, implement effective compliance measures and respond to new and changing regulations.
Phunware announced the launch of its Multiscreen-as-a-Service Customer Data Platform. Phunware's MaaS CDP is cloud-based and includes software and proprietary algorithms that aggregate and organize customer data across a variety of touchpoints in real-time in order to create persistent, unified customer databases.