Security News

Seagate LyveTM Cloud SaaS platform enables always-on mass capacity data storage and activation
2021-02-26 02:30

Lyve Cloud enables always-on mass capacity data storage and activation. "Lyve Cloud is a natural extension of Seagate's leadership in mass data solutions, combining our mass capacity HDD innovation with deep storage industry knowledge to help customers activate more of their valuable data," said Ravi Naik, executive vice president, storage services, and chief information officer at Seagate.

Lunavi launches Azure Adoption Program aligned with the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework
2021-02-26 00:45

Lunavi announces the launch of its new Azure Adoption Program aligned with the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework. The program helps enterprise customers rapidly transition from their current on-premise infrastructure to a secure Azure cloud environment that takes advantage of best practices in security, governance, and optimization.

CrowdStrike boosts control, visibility and security for cloud workloads and cloud-native apps
2021-02-25 03:00

CrowdStrike announced expanded Cloud Security Posture Management and Cloud Workload Protection capabilities for the CrowdStrike Falcon platform to deliver greater control, visibility and security for cloud workloads and cloud-native applications from build to runtime. The expanded CSPM and CWP capabilities for the CrowdStrike Falcon platform identify and remediate vulnerabilities from development to production for a wide variety of cloud environments, including containers.

Veeam Backup & Replication 11: Enhanced data management for a multi-cloud environment
2021-02-25 02:30

Veeam Software announced general availability of new Veeam Backup & Replication v11, enabling the most advanced data protection solution for cloud, virtual, physical and enterprise workloads. "Veeam released V10 with more than 150 new enhancements just 12 months ago, and now has more than 700,000 downloads. Being able to launch the next version - Veeam Backup & Replication v11 - with an additional 200 new and powerful backup, cloud, DR, security and automation enhancements speaks volumes to Veeam's speed of innovation, as well as our strong commitment to the needs and data reliability demands of our customers and partners," said Danny Allan, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Product Strategy at Veeam.

Adaptiva’s content delivery network now integrated into OneSite Cloud
2021-02-25 02:00

Adaptiva announced its new content delivery network, which has been tightly integrated into OneSite Cloud. The Adaptiva CDN is included in the OneSite Cloud license at no additional charge so that Adaptiva customers can keep content storage and distribution services all under a single agreement.

Proofpoint acquires InteliSecure to strengthen its cloud-based people-centric security platform
2021-02-25 00:30

Proofpoint has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire InteliSecure. With this acquisition, Proofpoint looks to strengthen its cloud-based people-centric security platform by enhancing customers' ability to protect critical data in diverse environments.

10 tips for protecting your cloud data and accounts
2021-02-24 14:24

Released Wednesday by security software provider Netskope, the new "Cloud and Threat Report" looks at the vulnerabilities among cloud apps and offers 10 tips for organizations to better protect their online assets. The average number of cloud apps in use among enterprise companies rose by 20% last year, and cloud activity now accounts for 53% of secure web gateway traffic, Netskope said.

Think you know all about security pen-testing in the cloud? Here’s how to prove it
2021-02-24 08:00

On the face of it, cloud penetration testing might appear a complex undertaking involving very different architectures, such as containers and Kubernetes, to those found in traditional on-prem infrastructure. Having documented proof that you have the requisite skills to conduct cloud specific penetration testing and assess the security of cloud-based infrastructure gives your organisation an additional layer of comfort.

BBVA partners with Google Cloud to improve security infrastructure for financial services
2021-02-24 01:00

BBVA and Google Cloud announced a new strategic partnership to transform the bank's security strategy by optimizing and improving its security infrastructure. BBVA is the first bank in Europe to deploy Chronicle, Google Cloud's security analytics platform that allows teams to store and analyze all their security data in one place to detect and investigate threats at scale.

Top cloud infrastructure risks faced by real-world organizations
2021-02-23 05:00

There's an increased adoption of managed infrastructure services and the emergence of new cloud watering hole attacks, Accurics reveals. Cloud infrastructure risks Kubernetes users who try to implement role-based access controls often fail to define roles at the proper granularity.