Security News > 2021 > May
Portworx released findings from its survey which assesses the mass adoption and evolution of Kubernetes usage among enterprise users in the last 12 months, in addition to the impact of the pandemic on IT users' attitudes towards their jobs. The survey found that 68 percent of IT professionals said they increased their usage of Kubernetes as a result of the pandemic, primarily to accelerate their deployment of new applications and increase their use of automation - both of which are critical to meeting customers and employees where they are today.
Law enforcement agencies across the U.S. have used facial recognition technology to solve homicides and bust human traffickers, but concern about its accuracy and the growing pervasiveness of video surveillance is leading some state lawmakers to hit the pause button. The issue caught fire in statehouses after law enforcement applied facial recognition technology to images taken from street cameras during last year's racial justice demonstrations - and in some cases used those to make arrests.
Avatier announced the release of Avatier for Outlook, giving users passwordless Single Sign-On and unified Identity Access Management from within Outlook to make remote work more secure. Avatier for Outlook improves workforce efficiency by providing a unified approach to manage access to any application, approve workflows and review user rights, all conveniently located with the email, calendar and contacts you use every day.
Semperis announced the general availability of Directory Services Protector 3.5, which includes DSP Intelligence, a new module that provides automated security assessments of Microsoft Active Directory. DSP Intelligence proactively uncovers dangerous vulnerabilities that arise from external threat actors, systemic weaknesses in default identity and access settings, and even internal configuration drift that leads to security regression.
Teradata announced a set of enhancements for Teradata Vantage on Google Cloud, making it easier for Teradata customers to use the Google Cloud services they prefer in a consumption pricing model. The platform enhancements highlight Teradata's commitment to its Google Cloud offering, as well as its commitment to provide Vantage customers with the choice, integration, and consistency they need to leverage their modern data platform in the cloud.
Nutanix announced the Nutanix cloud platform now extends to AWS GovCloud, providing a unified cloud platform across Nutanix on-premises and bare metal Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud instances running on Amazon Web Services GovCloud region. This new solution helps enable U.S. public sector organizations looking for the strengthened security posture offered by AWS GovCloud to adopt the same software stack across their private and public clouds, providing the flexibility to choose the right cloud for each application.
Accurics announced that its open source project Terrascan, which enables teams to detect compliance and security violations across Infrastructure as Code, now integrates with the Argo Project. This integration, coupled with the new Terrascan admission controller feature to enforce CNCF's Open Policy Agent policies across the software development lifecycle, significantly enhances cloud security as developers adopt a GitOps approach.
Adlumin announced that its platform will now integrate directly with Google Workspace, giving customers the ability to ingest crucial audit logs from their Google Workspace domains. Google Workspace is a suite of secure, cloud-native collaboration and productivity apps powered by Google AI and has become a viable competitor to Office365.
McAfee and Ingram Micro have announced that the full MVISION portfolio of McAfee Device-to-Cloud suites is available globally for Ingram Micro's network of independent software vendors, value added resellers and managed service providers via the Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace. Now, channel partners can offer proactive cloud-delivered security solutions for an organization's entire hybrid IT environment including comprehensive and unified endpoint security across the entire attack lifecycle, Secure Access Service Edge security for safe network transformation and integrated Cloud Native Application Protection Platform security to enable secure digital transformation.
Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Prevailion, a next-generation cyber intelligence company that provides clients with expansive visibility into malware across their organization and supply chains with early detection of advanced threats through adversary counterintelligence. The investment will enhance Accenture's ability to provide clients with advanced indications and warnings of cyber threats through actionable evidence of malware that has potentially compromised their systems and third-party ecosystems, which are increasingly prime targets for cybercriminal and espionage actors.