Security News

Google Applies Generative AI Tools to Cloud Security
2023-08-29 17:42

At its Google Next '23 event this week, Google revealed how - with the use of its PaLM 2 foundational model - it is applying the generative AI Duet AI to security solutions in Google Cloud, including posture management, threat intelligence and detection and network and data security. Integrating Duet AI into Chronicle explicitly addresses security operations workload and tool proliferation, and implicitly the shortage of security operators in SOC teams, Potti explained.

Adapting authentication to a cloud-centric landscape
2023-08-28 04:30

In this Help Net Security interview, Florian Forster, CEO at Zitadel, discusses the challenges CISOs face in managing authentication across increasingly distributed and remote workforces, the negative consequences of ineffective authorization, and how the shift toward cloud transformation affects authentication strategies. Authentication devicesWhen companies want to start using secure authentication concepts like passwordless or even Smartcards it becomes an additional burden to deliver the authentication devices to their employees.

Experts demand clarity as they struggle with cloud security prioritization
2023-08-28 03:30

Cloud Native Application Protection Platforms have emerged as a critical category of security tooling in recent years due to the complexity of comprehensively securing multi-cloud environments, according to Cloud Security Alliance. Much of CNAPPs popularity has been driven by their ability to consolidate the capabilities of the numerous security tools organizations current deploy, namely Cloud Security Posture Management, Cloud Workload Protection, and Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management, network security, and secure DevOps.

Cloud hosting firms hit by devastating ransomware attack
2023-08-24 13:15

Danish cloud hosting firms CloudNordic and Azero - both owned by Certiqa Holding - have suffered a ransomware attack that resulted in most customer data being stolen and systems and servers rendered inaccessible. The companies believe the attack happened while they were transfering servers from one data center to another.

Lack of visibility into cloud access policies leaves enterprises flying blind
2023-08-24 03:00

Fragmented access policies are top security concern in multi-cloud environments, with more than 75% of enterprises reporting they do not know where applications are deployed and who has access to them, according to Strata Identity. "More identity systems are being used to manage users, and organizations are losing visibility and control over their identities and access policies. So improvements in identity infrastructure intended to drive an improvement in an enterprise's cybersecurity posture have caused the opposite effect leading to complexity overload," said Michael Sampson, principal analyst for Osterman Research.

Agile Approach to Mass Cloud Credential Harvesting and Crypto Mining Sprints Ahead
2023-08-23 11:44

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Maintaining consistent security in diverse cloud infrastructures
2023-08-22 04:00

Visibility into the security posture is critical for staying ahead of the cloud attackers due to the nature of cloud infrastructure. Security mechanisms are usually designed to address security issues in specific technologies.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Gets More Multicloud
2023-08-15 17:55

With Microsoft Defender for Cloud, cloud security posture management features are now available for Google Cloud Platform, as well as AWS and Azure. Almost 90% of enterprises use more than one public cloud provider, according to Flexera's 2023 State of the Cloud survey.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Gets More Multicloud
2023-08-15 17:55

With Microsoft Defender for Cloud, cloud security posture management features are now available for Google Cloud Platform, as well as AWS and Azure. Almost 90% of enterprises use more than one public cloud provider, according to Flexera's 2023 State of the Cloud survey.

Research Eyes Misconfiguration Issues At Google, Amazon and Microsoft Cloud
2023-08-07 18:43

Qualys report looks at how misconfiguration issues on cloud service providers help attackers gain access. Cloud misconfiguration - incorrect control settings applied to both hardware and software elements in the cloud - are threat vectors that amplify the risk of data breaches.