Security News > 2021
Ai released a report detailing the findings of a survey of over 600 enterprise IT, security, and business decision makers on the state of digital transformation in their business and ROI during the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital transformation ROI. Survey respondents overwhelmingly agreed that visibility into planning processes and the alignment of software development and delivery processes to business objectives are critical to driving better business outcomes.
As businesses store more customer data online, thereby increasing their vulnerability to cybercrime, LegalShield announced the newest addition to its portfolio of personal and business security products: IDShield for Business. The cyberattack protection program offers companies with limited or no IT personnel, a comprehensive, affordable way to mitigate risk and recover from a cyberattack.
Loft Labs announced that vcluster, a virtual cluster technology for Kubernetes, is now freely available on GitHub. "Vcluster is the first actually working virtualization technology for Kubernetes," said Fabian Kramm, CTO of Loft Labs.
Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions Group and Nutanix announce an as-a-service solution for hosted desktops to help IT decision makers thrive in the new remote hybrid workforce model. Lenovo TruScale, Lenovo's first solution for hosted desktops with Nutanix, provides companies with a complete and more secure remote work solution.
Google on Tuesday released an update for Chrome web browser for Windows, Mac, and Linux, with a total of seven security fixes, including one flaw for which it says an exploit exists in the wild. The update comes after proof-of-concept code exploiting the flaw published by a researcher named "Frust" emerged on April 14 by taking advantage of the fact that the issue was addressed in the V8 source code, but the patch was not integrated into the Chromium codebase and all the browsers that rely on it, such as Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, and Opera.
CrossComply is one of four solutions available within AuditBoard's integrated GRC platform, which streamlines and simplifies audit, risk, and compliance programs for large organizations. Gartner recently cited IT Governance as a top risk in 2021, and a March 2021 AuditBoard market survey found that 47% of teams are still managing IT and information security compliance with manual processes and spreadsheets, leaving themselves vulnerable to errors, gaps, and risks.
GigaIO announced FabreX release 2.2, the native PCI Express Gen4 universal dynamic fabric, which supports NVMe-oF, GDR, MPI, and TCP/IP. This new release introduces an industry first in scalability over a PCIe fabric for AI workloads by enabling the creation of composable GigaPods and GigaClusters with cascaded and interlinked switches. Intel, WWT, and GigaIO will be discussing in an upcoming virtual roundtable on April 27th how the new scalability challenges for AI workloads can be met through next-gen high performance solutions like Optane and FabreX. By breaking the barrier of the server box, GigaIO's technology enables the entire rack to be treated as the compute unit.
Mirantis announced Mirantis Container Cloud with hundreds of updates, including support for the IaaS solution VMware, that enables businesses to build and operate container and virtual machine clouds anywhere they want, all consistent with one another. "Mirantis Container Cloud makes it easy to deploy and manage production Kubernetes at scale across multiple infrastructures, making multi-cloud operations simple, efficient, and reliable," said Adam Parco, VP engineering of Mirantis.
The FIDO Alliance announced the launch of the FIDO Device Onboard protocol, a new, open IoT standard which will enable devices to simply and securely onboard to cloud and on-premise management platforms. Of the 170 IoT leaders surveyed, they found that 85% say security concerns remain a major barrier to IoT adoption.
Mastercard took steps to advance its identity verification efforts with the acquisition of Ekata for $850 million. "With the addition of Ekata, we will advance our identity capabilities and create a safer, seamless way for consumers to prove who they say they are in the new digital economy."