Security News

AT&T, Palo Alto Networks and Broadcom Develop Firewall Framework
2020-03-10 12:07

AT&T, Palo Alto Networks and Broadcom have been developing a framework that enables organizations to deploy firewalls as software-based platforms instead of hardware appliances. The expansion, which should provide necessary protections on 5G networks, delivers a dynamically programmable basis with embedded security at the edge of the network and also allows for the deployment of future services.

Taming Regulations: Frameworks Needed More Than Ever
2020-03-04 21:04

As organizations face having to demonstrate compliance with a broad range of regulations that have an IT and cybersecurity impact, the imperative is to adopt frameworks such as ISO 27001 and NIST 800-53, says David Ogbolumani, chief cybersecurity and privacy officer at IT Security Consultants. Tackling today's top compliance and regulatory issues;.

Framework Isolates Libraries in Firefox to Improve Security
2020-02-27 13:35

A group of researchers has built a sandbox framework that can improve the security of Firefox by isolating third-party libraries used by the browser. Similar to other major browsers, Firefox relies on third-party libraries to render content - such as audio, video, and images - and these libraries often introduce additional vulnerabilities, researchers from the University of California San Diego, University of Texas at Austin, Stanford University and Mozilla say.

Gurucul Risk Analytics platform automates threat detection and response for MITRE ATT&CK Framework
2020-02-17 01:30

Gurucul, a leader in unified security and risk analytics technology for on-premises and the cloud, announced the Gurucul Risk Analytics platform has added and aligned machine learning models to detect and enable automated responses to adversarial tactics and techniques defined by the MITRE ATT&CK Framework. "Gurucul customers using the MITRE ATT&CK Framework confirmed that these new advanced behavior models have been able to detect unknown threats associated with high risk third parties including customers, partners and contractors, that evaded signature-based approaches," said Nilesh Dherange, CTO of Gurucul.

NIST Privacy Framework: The Implementation Challenges
2020-02-11 14:03

Challenges firms are facing in adopting the framework;. Why NIST is considering additional guidance for small business;.

Week in review: Kubernetes security challenges, NIST Privacy Framework, Mitsubishi Electric breach
2020-01-26 15:15

It's time to patch your Cisco security solutions againCisco has released another batch of security updates and patches for a variety of its offerings, including many of its security solutions. Techniques and strategies to overcome Kubernetes security challengesFive security best practices for DevOps and development professionals managing Kubernetes deployments have been introduced by Portshift.

NIST Releases Framework for Privacy Risk Management
2020-01-20 13:27

The National Institute of Standards and Technology last week announced version 1.0 of its Privacy Framework, a tool designed to help organizations manage privacy risks. NIST published a preliminary draft of the Privacy Framework in September 2019, when it requested public feedback.

NIST Privacy Framework 1.0: Manage privacy risk, demonstrate compliance
2020-01-20 05:30

The publication also provides clarification about privacy risk management concepts and the relationship between the Privacy Framework and NIST's Cybersecurity Framework. The NIST Privacy Framework is not a law or regulation, but rather a voluntary tool that can help organizations manage privacy risk arising from their products and services, as well as demonstrate compliance with laws that may affect them, such as the California Consumer Privacy Act and the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation.

The Update Framework graduates from the Linux Foundation’s Cloud Native Computing Foundation
2019-12-23 04:30

The Update Framework (TUF), an open-source technology that secures software update systems, has become the first specification project to graduate from the Linux Foundation‘s Cloud Native...

Saturn Cloud Dask: A Python-native parallel computing framework for scalable data science
2019-12-03 02:30

Saturn Cloud, a provider of data science tools, announced it has launched the first-ever commercial offering of Dask, a Python-native parallel computing framework for scalable data science. This...