Security News

S&I releases AI building security management system built on Microsoft Azure
2021-07-25 02:00

S&I Corporation has released "Atxpert AI Viewer", a new AI building security management system based on Microsoft Azure, TnM Tech's Ghost-I AI edge computing and Scenera's NICE PaaS, a managed Kubernetes service built on Microsoft Azure infrastructure. Combining these partners' technologies enables a highly scalable and easy to manage building safety and security management system.

Entrust adds automated key lifecycle management for AWS customers
2021-07-24 01:00

Entrust announced cryptographic key lifecycle management functionality for customer-generated keys used in Amazon Web Services. "Entrust now gives customers full control over the customer master keys in AWS, and we plan to extend this control across multiple public cloud service providers. KeyControl backs up and automates master keys in the key management system, to ensure full control of their keys from generation to retirement. As customers sail in the uncharted waters of multi-cloud deployments, they can benefit from the agility of running their workloads in AWS, while keeping one hand on the tiller - ensuring control over where their IT assets are headed."

Cyber Risk Management Firm Safe Security Raises $33 Million
2021-07-23 13:02

Cyber risk measurement and mitigation platform provider Safe Security this week announced that it has received a $33 million strategic investment led by BT Group. As part of the investment, BT will have exclusive rights to use and sell Safe Security's products in the U.K. by incorporating the cyber risk management platform into its portfolio.

The ransomware risk management calculus is changing for OT, ICS and critical infrastructure
2021-07-22 14:38

Needless to say, Geyer has a lot to say about the threat ransomware poses to OT, ICS and critical infrastructure. How to prepare for the future of ransomware risk management.

Asset inventory management: What’s the ROI?
2021-07-22 05:30

Asset inventory management is critical to any company's planning and accounting process. This article walks through all the above topics, and it outlines how better asset inventory management can provide significant return on investment in each area.

Unbound Security partners with HashiCorp to offer integrated encryption key management solution
2021-07-21 23:20

Unbound Security announced its partnership with HashiCorp to deliver a fully integrated encryption key management solution for enterprises. "This integration streamlines guarding secrets and key management and offers customers a seamless solution to meet their secrets management needs, that is underpinned by centralized key management which delivers the highest levels of security," said Asvin Ramesh, senior director, technology alliances at HashiCorp. HashiCorp Vault protects secrets and sensitive data across multiple clouds, systems, and endpoints.

Black & Veatch Management Consulting achieves accreditation as a RPO from CMMC-AB
2021-07-21 22:40

To help federal contractors prepare for their Level 1 - 3 assessment, Black & Veatch Management Consulting has achieved accreditation as a Registered Provider Organization from the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body. The DoD created the CMMC to combine various cybersecurity standards and best practices across five different maturity levels that range from basic cyber hygiene to advanced levels of threat management capabilities.

Industrial Firms Warned of Risk Posed by Cloud-Based ICS Management Systems
2021-07-21 15:13

The researchers showed how an attacker could go from the cloud-based management console to all managed endpoint devices, and also from the endpoint devices to the management console. In the first attack, the attacker obtains unauthorized access to the account of a management console operator using stolen credentials or exploits.

A New Security Paradigm: External Attack Surface Management
2021-07-20 13:00

Gartner calls this highly-exposed ecosystem your "External attack surface," and has recently recommended adopting an External Attack Surface Management approach. EASM solutions can inventory all of the cloud assets your service is built upon across multiple cloud providers and all of your third-party vendors to aid in your cloud governance processes, as well as cloud security.

Outsourcing cloud management driven by increasingly complex IT environments
2021-07-19 03:30

Enterprises across the globe are turning to cloud outsourcing providers to manage their private and hybrid cloud infrastructure because of increasingly complex IT environments, according to a report published by ISG. The report finds many enterprises focused on leveraging provider capabilities to control the cost of managing their private and hybrid clouds. "Enterprises worldwide have realized that outsourcing their cloud infrastructure management is a great way to realign their IT systems with business objectives in the most cost-effective manner," said Jan Erik Aase, partner and global leader, ISG Provider Lens Research.