Security News

Podcast: Shifting Cloud Security Left With Infrastructure-as-Code
2020-05-08 13:00

Companies are increasingly dealing with a slew of security and compliance issues across cloud services and containers - from AWS to Azure to Google Cloud. Infrastructure-as-Code security capabilities can help companies shift their cloud security "Left" to improve developer productivity, avoid misconfigurations and prevent policy violations.

World Password Day: We're moving toward a passwordless infrastructure
2020-05-07 15:33

As we celebrate World Password Day, companies of all sizes are looking to password alternatives including YubiKeys, Google Titan keys, and biometrics. Organizations have been asking us and saying, "Hey Gartner, are there viable options for passwordless authentication?" And in fact, so much so that it was one of our top security trends last year, in saying that, yes, it wasn't a trend for 2019, but it was something that we saw signals in the market where organizations wanted to move away from passwords and to move more toward a world of passwordless techniques.

Digital Realty’s PlatformDIGITAL and NVIDIA DGX systems power AI-ready infrastructure
2020-05-06 00:15

Digital Realty developed a pre-configured Data Hub footprint based on typical customer deployment scenarios on NVIDIA DGX and DGX PODTM configurations. Delivered as part of NVIDIA DGX-Ready Data Center program, the Data Hub solution accommodates a typical enterprise deployment of AI infrastructure to address the placement, connectivity and hosting of critical data infrastructure in proximity to users, networks, clouds and things.

5G infrastructure market estimated to reach $44.9 billion by 2025
2020-05-04 03:30

Post COVID-19, the 5G infrastructure market is estimated to grow from $12.6 billion in 2020 and projected to reach $44.9 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 28.97%, according to ResearchAndMarkets. The major factors driving the growth of the global 5G infrastructure market is the need for high data transfer speed with low latency, increasing adoption of IoT devices, rising implementation of automation technologies across the end-user industries, and exponential rise in data traffic.

Accurics launches to protect cloud native infrastructure throughout the DevOps lifecycle
2020-04-30 01:30

It introduced technology that protects the cloud native infrastructure throughout the DevOps lifecycle, and reconciles risk posture drift between infrastructure defined through code and infrastructure running in the cloud. In contrast, there are disparate tools that can be embedded earlier in the DevOps lifecycle but they only protect parts of the cloud native stack and solve point problems such as infrastructure as code scanning and vulnerability management.

Accedian and New Context revolutionize next-generation V2G and C-V2X infrastructure
2020-04-29 00:15

Accedian, a leader in performance analytics, cybersecurity threat detection, and end user experience solutions, and New Context, a leader in Digital Transformation for infrastructure security, announced a strategic partnership to revolutionize next-generation vehicle to grid and cellular vehicle to everything infrastructure. From shipping containers to carriers, Accedian and New Context are poised to help engineer the next generation of V2G and C-V2X solutions.

Equinix Cloud Exchange Fabric expansion in EMEA helps simplify hybrid and multicloud infrastructures
2020-04-28 23:30

Equinix, the global interconnection and data center company, announced one of its largest expansions of Equinix Cloud Exchange Fabric in seven new EMEA markets to help global businesses simplify hybrid and multicloud infrastructures. In response to this market shift, Equinix is extending its ECX Fabric service in EMEA to help digital businesses simplify hybrid multicloud deployments and expand their global interconnection opportunities on Platform Equinix®.

Safe Remote Access to Critical Infrastructure Networks in a Time of Global Crisis
2020-04-14 13:00

The Wired article argued that it is essential to engineer a way to provide remote access to control system environments for critical infrastructure services such as water, electricity, and fuel refining during the coronavirus crisis. Through server replication, critical infrastructure sites enable 100% real-time visibility into protected networks, 100% protection from remote attacks, with a number of options for truly secure remote access in this time of crisis.

IoT security, neglected infrastructure, and a crisis of trust deemed major threats for 2022
2020-04-13 13:36

The Information Security Forum predicts the coming threats with a very good track record so far. The ideal choice would be to find someone who can predict future threats and to prepare for them in the present.

Industries with critical infrastructure are at greater risk during the pandemic
2020-04-09 13:49

Fewer people working onsite due to the pandemic means critical infrastructure is at greater risk in industries like oil and gas, manufacturing, and utilities-and most organizations don't have the right tools in place, according to Dave Weinstein, chief security officer at Claroty, a provider of OT software. Dave Weinstein: A lot of the blocking and tackling of remote access management isn't happening, so there's clearly a need for that; certainly in the coronavirus age, but even before the pandemic occurred and even after it goes away.