Security News

What’s next for cloud backup?
2020-10-30 06:00

Cloud storage is just that - you've stored your data in the cloud. In its most rudimentary form, a traditional cloud backup essentially makes a copy of cloud data to support business continuity and disaster recovery initiatives.

AST TaaS 3.0 enables orgs to accelerate release, patch, and upgrade test cycles across Oracle Cloud apps
2020-10-29 01:00

Applications Software Technology announced the version 3.0 release of AST's automated Testing-as-a-Service, powered by the unique and proprietary AST Autonomous Cloud Tester tool. The latest series of enhancements enables organizations to further accelerate their release, patch, and upgrade test cycles across the full breadth of Oracle Cloud applications.

WekaIO WekaFS: Unified storage solutions with cloud-native ecosystem partners
2020-10-28 01:30

WekaIO announced a transformative cloud-native storage solution underpinned by the world's fastest file system, WekaFS, that unifies and simplifies the data pipeline for performance-intensive workloads and accelerated DataOps. Weka has developed reference architectures with leading object storage technology providers, like Amazon Web Services, Cloudian, IBM, Seagate, Quantum, Scality, and others in Weka's Technology Alliance Program, to deliver cost-efficient, cloud-native data storage solutions at any scale.

AttackIQ integrates Security Optimization Platform with Microsoft Azure Sentinel cloud-native SIEM platform
2020-10-28 01:15

AttackIQ announced its integration between the Microsoft Azure Sentinel cloud-native security information and event manager platform and the AttackIQ Security Optimization Platform. "We're delighted to announce AttackIQ's integration with Microsoft Azure Sentinel, and the opportunity to enable Azure Sentinel users to test and validate their detection pipeline and ultimately fine-tune security processes across their organization," said Dariush Afshar, VP of Platform & Business Development, AttackIQ. "With our integration with Azure Sentinel, Microsoft customers now have another powerful tool for optimizing their security investments, whether that be their Microsoft 365 Defender investments like Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, or third-party security products - such as nextgen firewall - that feed Azure Sentinel."

Catalogic Software adds direct offload to cloud from storage arrays to its ECX CDM solution
2020-10-28 01:00

Catalogic Software announced that it is bringing its enterprise data protection expertise to Kubernetes and cloud native applications and that the company added direct offload to cloud from storage arrays to its flagship ECX copy data management solution. The company continued its strong focus on storage vendor partnerships with HPE, IBM, NetApp and Pure Storage and has maintained its business plan and strategic initiatives for 2020 in the face of the economic and social challenges driven by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Eagle Eye Networks raises $40M to accelerate growth and AI investment for its Cloud VMS
2020-10-27 23:30

"Its true cloud technology puts Eagle Eye in a unique position to instantly deploy new analytics breakthroughs. Dean Drako's track record, proven with Eagle Eye and previously as founder of Barracuda Networks, speaks for itself." Eagle Eye Networks Cloud VMS. The Eagle Eye Cloud Video Management System is a smart cloud video surveillance solution, purpose-built to help businesses improve safety, security, operations, and customer service while saving money.

Confluera 2.0: Enhanced autonomous detection and response capabilities to protect cloud infrastructure
2020-10-27 01:30

Confluera announced Confluera 2.0 which includes new features and capabilities that will address evolving customer needs as they battle cyberattack amid the current volatile security environment. Confluera XDR delivers a purpose-built cloud workload detection and response solution with the unique ability to deterministically track threats progressing through the environment.

Dropbox qualifies Western Digital Ultrastar 20TB SMR HDD to meet growing cloud storage demands
2020-10-27 00:30

With Western Digital SMR HDDs serving as the storage foundation for its custom-built, multi-exabyte storage platforms, Dropbox continues its strategic path, taking advantage of the highest storage densities with the lowest TCO without sacrificing data durability and availability for its 600 million+ online customers. "We've been working with Western Digital for many years, and throughout several phases of our storage platform development," said Andrew Fong, vice president of engineering, Dropbox.

Containerd Bug Exposes Cloud Account Credentials
2020-10-26 17:12

A security vulnerability can be exploited to coerce the containerd cloud platform into exposing the host's registry or users' cloud-account credentials. Containerd bills itself as a runtime tool that "Manages the complete container lifecycle of its host system, from image transfer and storage to container execution and supervision to low-level storage to network attachments and beyond." As such, it offers deep visibility into a user's cloud environment, across multiple vendors.

Protegrity Data Protection Platform enhancements help secure sensitive data across cloud environments
2020-10-26 02:00

Protegrity announced a significantly transformed Protegrity Data Protection Platform, offering enterprises the flexibility to easily secure sensitive data across cloud environments from a single platform. This latest version of the Protegrity Data Protection Platform builds on a legacy of innovation, spanning 87 U.S. patents and more than two decades of experience delivering data security and protection to the world's largest enterprises.