Security News > 2020
Singapore will bin the physical tokens used to provide two-factor authentication for some digital government services. The city-state operates "SingPass", a government service that connects Singapore's residents with 200 government services.
In this day and age of cyber risk and data privacy regulations, automated third-party questionnaires are a must. Organizations can no longer simply hire vendors without proof of a strong cyber posture, and a comprehensive questionnaire can demonstrate that vendors' internal security policies are up to par.
Zettaset, a leading provider of software-defined encryption solutions, announced Zettaset XCrypt Kubernetes Encryption, a software-defined solution that protects data at-rest across any Kubernetes environment. Data protection within Kubernetes environments is a growing challenge for organizations because the location of sensitive data or whether a container has access to unauthorized data is unknown.
Onapsis, the leader in business-critical application protection, announced the official launch of the Onapsis nCase Partner Program. "We're excited to see this next phase of the Onapsis nCase Partner Program come to fruition as our strategic alliances grow," said Chris Smith, Chief Revenue Officer, Onapsis.
ImageWare Systems, a leader in identity management software, announces that on March 3, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent 10,580,243 entitled, "Conditional and Situational Biometric Authentication and Enrollment." Together, these rights uniquely enable ImageWare to provide the flexible, multimodal, biometric authentication solutions that meet the needs of modern systems.
The Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security initiative, supported by the Internet Society, announced the Content Delivery Network and Cloud Program to help secure large hubs of the internet from common routing problems. "The MANRS community can leverage the new participants' unique roles in the Internet routing system, in particular their vast peering value, for the benefit of a more secure Internet," says Andrei Robachevsky, the Internet Society's Senior Director for Technology Programs.
Aurea Software, a leading provider of cloud-based, enterprise-scale software to help businesses drive digital transformation, announced its intention to acquire BroadVision, a leader in complex document creation, management and collaboration tools. The proposed addition of BroadVision to Aurea's extensive enterprise software library continues the company's focus on strengthening its collaboration suite of offerings available under their Aurea Unlimited single subscription plan.
In this newly created position, he will be responsible for the development and the delivery of AGCS data strategy and will report directly to AGCS Chief Operating Officer Bettina Dietsche. Data and analytics are important drivers for the future success of AGCS and form an essential part of the company's transformation strategy.
Turbo Systems, the no-code platform that makes it easy for anyone to build a mobile app for their business, announced it has appointed Jen Grant as Chief Executive Officer. Grant joins Turbo Systems at a pivotal time as the company undergoes an ambitious expansion to serve the needs of organizations that must rapidly develop custom mobile apps to serve their ever more distributed teams.
An extensive campaign has surfaced that targets Windows users belonging to a specific Asian religious and ethnic group. While the Uighurs - an ethnic and religious minority in China - have been the targets of multiple cyberattacks and surveillance in the past, the firm said that it couldn't reveal the identity of the target group.