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Consumer expectations will reshape the needs and economics of the internet, according to Cisco. People in EMEA are rethinking what they rely on the internet for, balancing classic demands for...

A little over a week after JumpCloud reset API keys of customers impacted by a security incident, the company said the intrusion was the work of a sophisticated nation-state actor. The adversary "Gained unauthorized access to our systems to target a small and specific set of our customers," Bob Phan, chief information security officer at JumpCloud, said in a post-mortem report.

How snapshots - point-in-time copies of data - can improve data security. Here are a few ways to use snapshots to enhance data security.

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Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered in various services, including Honeywell Experion distributed control system and QuickBlox, that, if successfully exploited, could result in severe compromise of affected systems. Dubbed Crit.IX, the nine flaws in the Honeywell Experion DCS platform allow for "Unauthorized remote code execution, which means an attacker would have the power to take over the devices and alter the operation of the DCS controller, whilst also hiding the alterations from the engineering workstation that manages the controller," Armis said in a statement shared with The Hacker News.

As security practices continue to evolve, one primary concern persists in the minds of security professionals-the risk of employees unintentionally or deliberately exposing vital information. While access controls, encryption, and monitoring systems are crucial for identifying and mitigating unauthorized access and suspicious activities, the increasing prevalence of cloud-based environments and the surge in SaaS application usage demand a fresh perspective on Insider Risk Management from a SaaS security standpoint.

Researchers from Ruhr University Bochum and the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security in Saarbrücken have assessed the security mechanisms of satellites currently orbiting the Earth from an IT perspective. They analyzed three current low-earth orbit satellites and found that, from a technical point of view, only some modern security concepts were implemented.

SonicWall on Wednesday urged customers of Global Management System firewall management and Analytics network reporting engine software to apply the latest fixes to secure against a set of 15 security flaws that could be exploited by a threat actor to circumvent authentication and access sensitive information. "The suite of vulnerabilities allows an attacker to view data that they are not normally able to retrieve," SonicWall said.

While 75% of organizations have made significant strides to upgrade their infrastructure in the past year, including the adoption of public cloud hosting and containerization, and 78% have increased their security budgets, only 2% of industry experts are confident in their security strategies, according to OPSWAT. Rapid evolution of web application security landscape. In today's rapidly evolving landscape of web application security, organizations are constantly striving to adapt and fortify their infrastructure, particularly with the rise of hybrid work environments.

Developing and implementing both preventive security protocols and effective response plans is complicated and requires a security architect with a clear vision. DETERMINING FACTORS, DESIRABLE PERSONALITY TRAITS AND SKILLSETS. Depending on the size of the organization, the security architect position may take on different roles and responsibilities, but in general the position requires certified expertise, comprehensive training and extensive experience in IT security.