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Alternatives to a lift-and-shift cloud migration strategy
2022-11-02 05:00

Retiring: All cloud migration initiatives should begin with an IT portfolio audit to assess migration complexity, cost requirements, and security risks. Retaining: As an alternative to the retiring strategy, retaining involves keeping some applications on-premises or in a colocation as part of a hybrid cloud strategy.

Whitepaper: Shared responsibility model for cloud security
2022-11-02 04:00

With high chances of user error, limited security resources, and constantly evolving computing environments, commercial and public organizations need cybersecurity resources to help protect their data and workloads in the cloud. Download this white paper to learn what CIS resources can help secure your cloud environments.

Cloud Security Made Simple in New Guidebook For Lean Teams
2022-10-28 13:25

For lean security teams, the more important question is how to make cloud security work, especially as the cloud footprint grows faster than security resources. It explains how security teams with less than 20, 10, or even 5 members can make cloud security work from here forward.

The top cloud cyber security threats unpacked
2022-10-28 13:12

Webinar The cloud is constantly in flux, and with its continual growth comes an equally rapid acceleration of threats and vulnerabilities direct towards it. You could say the cloud environment resembles the wild west where even hired guns carefully guarding your wagon train are not always enough to prevent an ambush by a gang of determined outlaws.

Cloud security made simple in new guidebook for lean teams
2022-10-27 02:50

Cloud computing was the lifeline that kept many companies running during the pandemic. But it was a classic case of medicine that comes with serious side effects. Having anywhere, anytime access...

VMware Releases Patch for Critical RCE Flaw in Cloud Foundation Platform
2022-10-26 04:24

VMware on Tuesday shipped security updates to address a critical security flaw in its VMware Cloud Foundation product. "Due to an unauthenticated endpoint that leverages XStream for input serialization in VMware Cloud Foundation, a malicious actor can get remote code execution in the context of 'root' on the appliance," the company said in an advisory.

VMware fixes critical Cloud Foundation remote code execution bug
2022-10-25 16:49

VMware has released security updates today to fix a critical vulnerability in VMware Cloud Foundation, a hybrid cloud platform for running enterprise apps in private or public environments. The flaw is in the XStream open-source library used by Cloud Foundation and has an almost maximum CVSSv3 base score of 9.8/10 assigned by VMware.

Massive cryptomining campaign abuses free-tier cloud dev resources
2022-10-25 15:39

An automated and large-scale 'freejacking' campaign abuses free GitHub, Heroku, and Buddy services to mine cryptocurrency at the provider's expense. The operation relies on abusing the limited resources offered to free-tier cloud accounts to generate a tiny profit from each free account, which, when combined, becomes something more significant.

Fighting cybersecurity risks for law enforcement: On-premises vs. cloud native systems
2022-10-24 13:56

One answer for law enforcement agencies is to switch from on-premises systems to those that are cloud-native. The team overseeing an on-prem server at a local law enforcement agency must be concerned about a seemingly endless list of threats, weaknesses and vulnerabilities, ranging from floods to temperature variations and malware to denial of service attacks.

Cloud migration and the cyber skills shortage
2022-10-20 17:51

Sponsored Post Shifting workloads and applications to the cloud is on every forward-thinking CIO's wish list. The cloud first popped up on the IT agenda over a decade ago, yet fears around regulatory compliance, governance and cybersecurity still linger.