Security News
Businesses around the globe are facing challenges as they try to protect data stored in complex hybrid multi-cloud environments, from the growing threat of ransomware, according to a Veritas Technologies survey. Typically, if businesses fall foul to ransomware and are not able to restore their data from a backup copy of their files, they may look to pay the hackers responsible for the attack to return their information.
Multi-factor authentication, for those who haven't been paying attention, involves adding one or more additional access requirements to password-based authentication. At the same time, he argues people should avoid relying on SMS messages or voice calls to handle one-time passcodes because phone-based protocols are fundamentally insecure.
Ermetic announced a platform that provides full stack visibility and control over multi-cloud infrastructure entitlements. To help security and cloud operations teams reduce their attack surface, Ermetic combines a holistic view of both network access and IAM policy entitlements to comprehensively assess risks.
The purpose of threat intelligence is to collect data from a variety of sources outside of the organization's perimeters and generate intelligence on what is happening "Out there", enriching the organization's security operations. Threat intelligence provides visibility that extends beyond the organization's perimeters - and this visibility is based on the vendor's coverage on intelligence sources.
BetterCloud announced the launch of BetterCloud Discover. The new centralized platform gives enterprises insights into employee SaaS adoption, and visibility into the full scope of sanctioned and unsanctioned applications within their company's multi-SaaS environment.
A Russian goes on trial in Paris Monday accused of having defrauded nearly 200 victims across the world of 135 million euros using ransomware. In France, many of the victims were local councils, law or insurance firms and small local businesses such as driving schools or pharmacies.
Quobyte announced details of its latest version of the Data Center File System, a deploy-anywhere, scale-out storage solution with new security features, a powerful new policy engine and simplicity of self-service to better enable low-latency and high-throughput workloads within a single system. Version 3.0 of the Quobyte Data Center File System builds on its previous successes to offer organizations additional features of multi-tenancy, 360 security and self-service.
LexisNexis Risk Solutions announced the availability of the LexisNexis ID Compass Platform for Insurance. A multi-layered identity access management solution, the platform combines physical and digital intelligence to help insurance carriers respond to identity risk and reduce friction for consumers seeking insurance quotes and other transactions.
BullGuard announced its new 2021 suite of antimalware solutions featuring dynamic machine learning capabilities and multi-layered protection. The BullGuard 2021 security suite empowers consumers to confidently perform sensitive online transactions in absolute safety and rest assured knowing cyber threats are stopped dead in their tracks.
Rescale announced the availability of the industry's first hybrid and multi-cloud intelligent control plane to deliver new levels of performance, architectural control and R&D productivity. The Rescale intelligent control plane combines software-defined computing, hardware-based acceleration, and performance intelligence to deliver the best high-performance computing solution for each project per business objectives.