Security News

EMQ X Cloud now available on Microsoft Azure to help users carry out their IoT projects with MQTT
2021-07-28 01:00

EMQ announced that EMQ X Cloud is now available on Microsoft Azure. EMQ X Cloud is a fully managed MQTT service built on the worldwide used open-source MQTT broker - EMQ X, which has more than 10 million downloads and hundreds of thousands of deployments around the globe.

Spectro Cloud raises $20M to improve its product and services for customers
2021-07-27 22:50

Spectro Cloud announced the completion of its Series A funding round, amounting to $20M, which is led by Stripes, an investor in software and consumer products. Further, Spectro Cloud will continually focus on adding top engineering talent to improve its product and services for customers - arming them with the features they need to grow and capitalize on technologies that enable them to leverage new innovation for businesses and markets.

36% of organizations suffered a serious cloud security data leak or a breach in the past year
2021-07-27 05:30

As cloud adoption accelerates and the scale of cloud environments grows, engineering and security teams say that risks-and the costs of addressing them-are increasing. The survey of 300 cloud pros found that 36% of organizations suffered a serious cloud security data leak or a breach in the past 12 months, and eight out of ten are worried that they're vulnerable to a major data breach related to cloud misconfiguration.

SSD belonging to Euro-cloud Scaleway was stolen from back of a truck, then turned up on YouTube
2021-07-27 03:58

It sounds like a "Dog ate my homework" excuse for the cloud age, but Euro-cloud Scaleway says one of its solid-state disks was stolen from a truck, turned up in the hands of a YouTuber, and has now made its way back home. A Saturday post by CEO Yann Lechelle revealed that over a year ago, a disk was stolen while in transit between two Scaleway data centres.

Blue Hexagon integrates with AWS Network Firewall to offer protection against unknown cloud threats
2021-07-26 23:45

Blue Hexagon announced the native integration of Blue Hexagon's real-time deep learning based threat detection with AWS Network Firewall for real-time protection. As a cloud security platform, for actionable visibility, real-time threat defense and continuous compliance, this integration underscores Blue Hexagon's commitment to delivering innovative solutions to the AWS customers who need to secure their data, network and workloads in the cloud.

Sage selects Cloud at Work as an approved Strategic Hosting Provider
2021-07-26 23:30

Cloud at Work announced that it has been selected by Sage as an approved Strategic Hosting Provider to help Sage Partners migrate customers to the cloud. Cloud at Work allows Sage customers in the U.S. currently using on-premises solutions, including Sage 100, Sage 300, and Sage CRE, to realize the increased performance, efficiencies and financial benefits of SaaS, with the Sage support and SaaS expertise of the Cloud at Work team.

Hunter Strategy enters Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program
2021-07-26 22:30

Boutique cloud engineering and agile DevOps firm, Hunter Strategy, announced their entrance to Google Cloud's partner network. As a Google Cloud Partner, Hunter joins a premier alliance of Cloud engineers to expand services offerings around cloud advisory, migration, software security, automation, orchestration, and robust managed services capabilities.

Government IT decision makers worried about security risks related to cloud migration
2021-07-23 04:30

Nearly 70% of U.S. government IT decision makers surveyed view security risks as the top barrier when migrating to modern cloud platforms, a Morning Consult survey reveals. As federal government agencies look to make decisions for their long-term strategies, IBM's research provides insights into the critical role of security and privacy in cloud adoption and modernization decision-making.

Dremio Cloud empowers self-service and interactive analytics on the data lake
2021-07-23 02:10

Dremio Cloud enables organizations of any size to leverage a no-copy open data architecture that eliminates the need to copy data into expensive and proprietary data warehouses. Dremio Cloud reimagines the traditional data lake by combining the best of traditional data warehouses and data lakes into a SQL lakehouse, while removing the limitations of traditional data warehouses resulting from closed data architectures.

Industrial Networks Exposed Through Cloud-Based Operational Tech
2021-07-22 17:46

OT engineers using Automation Server can download logic and configure their PLCs through the cloud-based Automation Server management console. WAGO PFC100/200 meanwhile is a series of PLCs that make heavy use of the CODESYS runtime, and most of the communication, configuration and programming of these PLCs is done through the CODESYS platform.