Security News

Zscaler acquires Cloudneeti to extend data protection coverage in the Zscaler Cloud Security Platform
2020-04-12 23:00

With the acquisition, Zscaler will provide its customers industry-leading data protection coverage in the Zscaler Cloud Security Platform. "Cloudneeti augments Zscaler's data protection capabilities and will dramatically improve organizations' cloud security by discovering and eliminating some of the most common causes of data breaches and compliance violations," said Jay Chaudhry, Chairman and CEO of Zscaler.

Enterprises regard the cloud as critical for innovation, but struggle with security
2020-04-10 04:30

Most enterprises believe embracing the public cloud is critical to fuel innovation, but the majority are not equipped to operate in the cloud securely, according to a DivvyCloud survey of nearly 2,000 IT professionals. "Only 35% of respondents do not believe security impedes developers' self-service access to best-in-class cloud services to drive innovation-meaning 65% believe they must choose between giving developers self-service access to tools that fuel innovation and remaining secure."

Number of VMware Virtual Cloud Network customers now exceeds 15,000
2020-04-09 23:30

VMware's Virtual Cloud Network solution is an integral component of VMware Cloud Foundation, which is offered on all major hyperscale cloud providers - AWS, Azure, Alibaba Cloud, Google Cloud, IBM Cloud and Oracle Cloud - and uniquely enables VMware to make private clouds as efficient and agile as public clouds and support business continuity efforts. "Our Virtual Cloud Network solution is helping our customers provide the public cloud experience on-premise, removing the inefficient IT ticket requests and long waits for networking and security changes," said Tom Gillis, senior vice president and general manager, Networking and Security Business Unit at VMware.

DataStax Enterprise 6.8: Advanced cloud-native data and bare-metal performance
2020-04-09 01:30

DataStax announced the general availability of DataStax Enterprise 6.8. Built on the foundation of Apache Cassandra, DSE is the scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to handle any workload on-premises and in any cloud on a continuously available, active-everywhere data platform.

GlobalSign joins DocuSign’s Agreement Cloud partner ecosystem to deliver trusted digital identities
2020-04-09 00:30

GlobalSign, a global Certificate Authority and leading provider of identity and security solutions for the Internet of Things, announced it has joined the DocuSign Agreement Cloud partner ecosystem. "Businesses use DocuSign for mission-critical front- and back-offices processes like account opening, policy binding, and money movement, among many other things," said Ryan Cox, vice president, Global Partner Solutions, DocuSign.

IBM and Turbonomic deliver consistent management of cloud-native applications
2020-04-08 23:00

IBM, the leader in multicloud management and Turbonomic, the leader in Application Resource Management, announced a partnership that brings the power of continuous application performance to IBM's multicloud management solutions. IBM clients can leverage MCM with Turbonomic's AI-driven automation to manage the entire stack of resources that deliver today's applications.

Box unveils new automated malware detection tool for cloud platform
2020-04-08 15:00

To address this issue, cloud content management company Box is announcing a new feature that detects malware and immediately takes steps to contain it before it can spread across a network. For Box users, the system will let them know when an incoming file is infected with malware, block them from downloading or sharing it, and alert security teams or IT departments.

Cloud Providers, CDNs Team Up to Battle Internet Routing Attacks
2020-04-03 17:16

MANRS over the past six years has worked to build up a team of 300 network operators, internet exchange points and other companies to provide "Crucial fixes to reduce the most common routing threats." The internet routing process is complex; exchanged traffic for instance runs on Border Gateway Protocol, a protocol that joins different networks together to build a "Roadmap" of the internet.

RtBrick BNG: Delivering automation, web-scale and cloud operating costs for carrier IP/MPLS networks
2020-04-03 01:30

RtBrick has announced the availability of its Broadband Network Gateway software. RtBrick's BNG is the first use-case for its FullStack routing software, which runs on merchant-silicon hardware, transforming it into carrier IP/MPLS infrastructure.

44M Digital Wallet Items Exposed in Key Ring Cloud Misconfig
2020-04-02 14:00

Key Ring, creator of a digital wallet app used by 14 million people across North America, has exposed 44 million IDs, charge cards, loyalty cards, gift cards and membership cards to the open internet, researchers say. The Key Ring app allows users to upload scans and photos of various physical cards into a digital folder on a user's phone.