Security News
Google Cloud announced 11 new G Suite security features on Tuesday. The Google Cloud upgrades optimize security across G Suite's key products: Gmail, Meet, and Chat.
Cloud software provider Blackbaud has admitted that it paid cybercriminals to regain control of data following a ransomware attack in May 2020. Last week, the company published a notice on a ransomware attack that it fell victim to in May 2020, claiming that it was able to discover and stop the assault, but not before some data was exfiltrated by the attackers.
Additional results revealed business leaders are confident in their company's business continuity during COVID-19 due to managed cloud services. 48 percent of businesses have adopted cloud solutions to provide end-customers with critical services.
Blackbaud, a cloud software provider specializing in fundraising suites for charities and educational institutions, quietly paid off a ransomware attacker - and then got around to telling customers about it a full two months later. "After discovering the attack, our Cyber Security team - together with independent forensics experts and law enforcement - successfully prevented the cybercriminal from blocking our system access and fully encrypting files; and ultimately expelled them from our system," said Blackbaud.
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, and Cloud Native Computing Foundation, which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, announced a new certification, the Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist is in development. CKS will consist of a performance-based certification exam testing competence across a broad range of best practices for securing container-based applications and Kubernetes platforms during build, deployment and runtime.
Quest Software, a global systems management, data protection and security software provider, announced new capabilities available within On Demand Audit to support the industry-wide shift to the cloud and ensure Microsoft environments remain secure in the face of growing malware and cyber threats. To further help customers tighten their security posture, streamline auditing processes, and adhere to compliance requirements, On Demand Audit now features new support for Teams and delivers the necessary auditing and alerting on all critical events to minimize vulnerabilities across the business collaboration tool.
LogicGate adds a Zapier integration to its Integrations Suite, and has expanded its Third-Party Risk Management and Information Security offerings with three additional pre-built applications. The integration links activity from Risk Cloud to these applications, creating custom business functions within their GRC programs.
Google this week announced Assured Workloads for Government, a new Google Cloud service meant to address some of the unique challenges faced by government organizations adopting cloud technologies. Currently available in private beta, Assured Workloads for Government seeks to simplify the process of configuring applications for compliance, while also ensuring compatibility between commercial and government cloud.
Traceable, a company that has developed a security monitoring platform for cloud applications, emerged from stealth mode on Tuesday. Bansal previously founded AppDynamics, an application performance management and IT operations analytics company that was sold to Cisco in 2017 for $3.7 billion.
Google on Tuesday unveiled the first product in its Google Cloud Confidential Computing portfolio: Confidential VMs. Currently in beta for Google Compute Engine, Confidential VMs are designed to help organizations, particularly ones in regulated industries, protect sensitive data by providing memory encryption capabilities that can be leveraged to isolate cloud workloads. Confidential VMs leverage the Secure Encrypted Virtualization feature in 2nd Gen AMD EPYC processors to ensure that sensitive data remains encrypted at all times, including while it's used, queried or indexed.