Security News

Protecting the digital workplace with an integrated security strategy
2021-03-01 06:30

Is it possible to secure this new digital world, when IT security teams are still struggling to protect the old one? The answer is yes, but it won't be through buying more security tools. Here's the good news: as security controls move to the cloud, we have a unique opportunity to break free from this legacy approach and rethink how security and related IT and security controls are implemented, integrated and automated in this new environment.

India's demand to identify people on chat apps will 'break end-to-end encryption', say digital rights warriors
2021-02-26 02:10

After a three-year review process, India has announced strict regulations for instant chat services, social network operators, and video-streaming companies. India's Internet Freedom Foundation has slammed this traceability requirement, claiming it will be impossible to implement strong end-to-end encryption as a result, and thus could harm privacy.

Digital Guardian enhances connection with AWS through key initiatives and achievements
2021-02-26 00:30

Digital Guardian announced it significantly enhanced its relationship with Amazon Web Services through several key initiatives and achievements. Digital Guardian has announced the general availability of their integration with Amazon Macie, a fully managed data security and data privacy service that uses machine learning and pattern matching to discover and provide additional protection for customers' sensitive data in AWS. As organizations manage growing volumes of data, identifying and protecting their sensitive data at scale can become increasingly complex, expensive, and time-consuming.

IT leaders form coalition to develop open standard for tracing the evolution of digital content
2021-02-23 09:45

A group of influential technology and media companies has partnered to form the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity, a Joint Development Foundation project established to address the prevalence of disinformation, misinformation and online content fraud through developing technical standards for certifying the source and history or provenance of media content. C2PA member organizations will work together to develop content provenance specifications for common asset types and formats to enable publishers, creators and consumers to trace the origin and evolution of a piece of media, including images, videos, audio and documents.

Neustar’s digital and call center identity service approved by Kantara
2021-02-19 00:30

As the provider of a Credential Service, approved by Kantara Initiative, Neustar can more effectively serve the federal market and address digital identity proofing and authentication service requirements with accurate, frictionless identity verification. "From coordinating complex federal initiatives, like contact tracing, to fielding daily service calls involving the transfer of personal and financial information, it is critical that governments have the proper tools in place to verify the identity of the person on the other end of the interaction with confidence, speed and accuracy," said Tom McNeal, vice president of partner channel and public sector for Neustar.

Cobwebs visual link analysis tool enables investigators to visualize digital footprints
2021-02-18 02:15

Cobwebs visual link analysis tool enables investigators to find and visualize real-world relationships between pieces of information from various sources located on the web in an organized, dynamic graph. Investigators rely on big data collection and analysis for getting actionable Intelligence to wrap up their investigations.

Digital Warfare: Myanmar's Cyber Crackdown Explained
2021-02-17 11:44

"People had to gather on the street and share the information," the car rental salesman told AFP. Myanmar did not have easily available internet until about 2013, when a state monopoly on telecommunications ended and international companies began offering affordable sim cards. In terms of getting online, Myanmar netizens have managed to skirt the social media blocks by using virtual private networks.

Accenture acquires Edenhouse to support clients in their digital transformation journey
2021-02-17 00:30

The acquisition will further enhance Accenture's capabilities to support clients in their digital transformation journey. Edenhouse's SAP specialists have a broad breadth of technical knowledge, coupled with deep industry and line of business experience - spanning on-premise and cloud-based solutions - to help clients unleash the full power of SAP solutions and get increased value from their investments.

CFOs are becoming catalysts of digital strategy
2021-02-15 04:00

As the pandemic continues to challenge organizations worldwide, the role of chief financial officers has moved further beyond "Economic guardians" of the enterprise to "Architects of business value" and "Catalysts of digital strategies," with 72% of CFOs reporting that they have the final say on the appropriate technology direction of the enterprise, according to a research from Accenture. "The role of the CFO has further evolved beyond serving as the finance lead to becoming a 'digital steward' of their organization. Increasingly, CFOs are focused on collecting and interpreting data for key business decisions and enabling strategy beyond the borders of the finance function," said Christian Campagna, Ph.D., senior managing director and global lead of the CFO & Enterprise Value practice at Accenture.

Dynatrace enhances its Digital Experience Module to include Session Replay for native-mobile apps
2021-02-10 01:45

Dynatrace announced it has enhanced its Digital Experience Module to include Session Replay for native-mobile applications. This will provide digital teams with a movie-like view of a mobile user's experience, enabling teams to see every click, swipe, and tap from the user's perspective, and allowing them to optimize mobile apps for performance, feature adoption, and conversions.