Security News

The DHS is partnering with BlueRISC Inc to develop Cloud-based Root-of-Trust technology to keep agency email separate and secure on corporate-owned, personally enabled devices, even when the user operates personal email from the same device. "The EPRIVO Enterprise 2.0 email system ensures the confidentiality of email in transit, in cloud storage at an email service provider, and when stored on the mobile device, providing both physical and cryptographically based protections," said Kris Carver, BlueRISC Technical Director.

IDERA, a provider of powerful database productivity tools, announced an expanded portfolio of cloud-based database and workload management solutions for SQL Server. SQL Inventory Manager to automatically discover, track, and manage SQL Server inventory and perform health checks, including SQL Server in the cloud.

Echoworx, the industry leader in message encryption, unveiled enhancements to its OneWorld cloud-based security platform with the addition of user-centric two-factor authentication, enabling enterprises of all sizes to adopt best-in-class security protocols while improving user experience. "Enterprises, customers and employees want the enhanced security that multi-factor authentication provides," said Chris Peel, Echoworx Vice President Customer Engineering.

Infoblox, the leader in Secure Cloud-Managed Network Services, announced new updates to its Network Identity Operating System platform, adding the ability to monitor NIOS via the cloud-based BloxOne platform, as well as improving performance and simplifying network monitoring for NIOS users. This latest update enables organizations to deploy robust, manageable and cost-effective DNS, DHCP and IP address management services to networks of any size, while providing a bridge to innovative, cloud-based networking services and IT management solutions.

WAF is not a new technology and has been around for a while now, where many organizations have some form of WAF deployed. Static WAF rules in traditional WAF do not provide visibility to application vulnerabilities, nor do they provide complete protection when it comes to the everchanging threat landscape.

Cloud-based collaboration technologies and workforce turnover have become major drivers of data exfiltration as insider threat programs fail to keep pace with today's digital workplace, a Code42 survey reveals. Collaboration tools rated among top vectors for data exfiltration.

SS8 Networks, a leader in Lawful Intercept and Monitoring Center platforms, is proud to announce the completion of the first Lawful Intelligence platform built on Amazon Web Services for Operators and Law Enforcement Agencies globally. SS8 has deployed the SS8 platform on AWS to provide customers flexibility, scalability and removes the complexity and costs associated with the mobile core.

Web attacks originating from the public cloud saw a 16% spike from November to December 2019. AWS was the top source of attacks, responsible for 94% of all web attacks coming from public clouds.

On Monday, Google sent emails to certain Google Photos users alerting them of a problem that affected them in late November 2019, as described by 9to5Google. For some Google Photos users who turned to Google Takeout between November 21 and 25 to download their data, one or more of their videos were "Incorrectly exported to unrelated users' archives," meaning that other people were able to see them.

Micro Focus released Micro Focus AD Bridge 2.0, offering IT administrators the ability to extend Active Directory controls from on-premises resources, including Windows and Linux devices to the cloud - a solution not previously offered in the marketplace. With AD Bridge 2.0, organizations can leverage existing infrastructure authentication, security as well as policy, in order to simplify the migration of on-premises Linux Active Directory to the cloud, resulting in fully secured and managed Linux virtual machines in the cloud.