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Debunking the top myths about cloud-based physical security

Fin Strathern — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 09:05:21 +0000

Over the years, cloud-based physical security technology has been increasing in power and popularity as many businesses have begun to favour the cloud over on-premises systems. According to cloud security company Thales, 90% of companies worldwide use the cloud. The cloud is essential to data management for most businesses and there are many reasons why. ... Read more »

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Microsoft extends security offering for multi-cloud environments

Fin Strathern — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 11:23:45 +0000

Microsoft is extending its Defender for Cloud service to cover the Google Cloud Platform in an effort to simplify security for organisations utilising multi-cloud strategies. The move will see all three of the world’s largest public cloud providers protected under the same Microsoft solution for posture management and threat protection, with AWS and Azure already... Read more »

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Imperial College and UAE institute partner for cloud security research

Fin Strathern — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 12:16:18 +0000

Imperial College London is partnering with the Technology Innovation Institute (TII) in Abu Dhabi to develop a new operating system (OS) designed with cloud security in mind. According to Professor Peter Pietzuch of the Imperial College Department of Computing, the devices and OS typically used to host cloud services in data centres today have outdated... Read more »

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Why IT needs smarter cloud security

Anurag Kahol — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 08:12:00 +0000

For IT and security professionals, the job is getting more complex day by day. With widely dispersed teams fast becoming the norm, new technologies emerging and an ever-increasing level of threats, it’s a big job and a lot to keep on top of. There is no doubt that IT needs smarter security. Security management needs... Read more »

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Breaking through the cloud security skills gap

Vince Hwang — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 09:00:00 +0000

With the proliferation of remote workers over the past eighteen months, companies have had to rely on cloud-based applications to ensure they remained in business. The recent Application Security Report from Fortinet and Cybersecurity Insiders found that 48% of respondents had more than 100 unique applications running in their environment, whilst 26% reported using more... Read more »

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Ransomware mitigation sees focus from AWS, Azure, Google Cloud

Fin Strathern — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:16:00 +0000

Ransomware mitigation strategies have become an increasingly important aspect of major cloud providers’ offering following the pandemic. In recent weeks, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud have all published articles recommending mitigation tactics and best practice in the event of a ransomware attack. A ransomware attack occurs when company files are encrypted... Read more »

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Greg Day, Palo Alto Networks: On protecting our way of life in the digital age

Ryan Daws — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 14:12:06 +0000

Security threats have evolved considerably over the years and Palo Alto Networks knows more than most that “protecting our way of life” also requires a digital approach in the modern world. Historically, nations would protect their way of life by having the sharpest swords, the biggest guns, the sturdiest tanks, or the fastest planes. Nowadays,... Read more »

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Palo Alto unveils third-gen Cortex XDR solution

Fin Strathern — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:45:33 +0000

Palo Alto Networks has unveiled Cortex XDR 3.0, the next generation of the cybersecurity firm’s extended detection and response (XDR) solution. The upgrade will provide updated analytic tools to deal with the increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity attacks initiating cloud and identity-based threats. More specifically, the third generation offers security operations centres even broader protections across their... Read more »

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Cloud account compromises costs organisations £4.5m annually

Fin Strathern — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 15:47:00 +0000

The average cost of cloud account compromises reached $6.2 million (£4.5m) over a 12-month period according to more than 600 IT and IT security professionals in the US. This finding is the most revealing of many from a new report on ‘The Cost of Cloud Compromise and Shadow IT’ released by Proofpoint, a cybersecurity and... Read more »

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Cloud security fears continue: Managed services, messaging, FaaS at ‘perilous’ stage

James Bourne — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 13:18:48 +0000

As adoption of managed infrastructure services increases, new cloud attack areas arrive with them. According to a new report from Accurics, 23% of all security violations identified relate to poorly configured manage service offerings. The study, Accurics’ Cloud Cyber Resilience Report, assessed violations and drifts in real-world environments of Accurics users, as well as open... Read more »

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