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Cloud Controls Matrix v4 adds 60+ new cloud security controls

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 07:09:20 GMT

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced the availability of version 4 of the Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM), CSA’s cybersecurity framework for cloud computing. The CCM v4 includes additional cloud security and privacy-related controls and encompasses coverage of requirements deriving from new cloud technologies, improved control auditability, enhanced interoperability and compatibility with other standards, and expanded support offerings to navigate the cloud shared responsibility model. CCM is a cybersecurity control framework for cloud computing that aligns … More →

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Bolstering healthcare IT against growing security threats

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 06:00:23 GMT

As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, healthcare organizations are scrambling to ensure the safety and support of patients and staff, while also integrating and learning new technologies to support telehealth practices. The constantly evolving healthcare environment has placed immense financial strain on hospitals and increased pressure on healthcare staff, which has been made worse by the influx of possible security threats. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has recently released an alert highlighting imminent … More →

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Retail and hospitality sector fixing software flaws at a faster rate than others

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 05:30:14 GMT

The retail and hospitality sector is fixing software flaws at a faster rate than five other sectors, a Veracode analysis of more than 130,000 applications reveals. The ability to find and fix potential security defects quickly is a necessity, particularly in an industry that requires rapid response to changing customer demands. Retail and hospitality also track a high volume of personal information about consumers through loyalty cards and membership accounts, tying into marketing data from … More →

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Organizations struggle to maintain application security across platforms

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 05:00:36 GMT

Global organizations are struggling to maintain consistent application security across multiple platforms, and they are also losing visibility with the emergence of new architectures and the adoption of APIs, Radware reveals. Working to maintain application security across platforms A major factor in these challenges was the need to adjust rapidly to a new remote working and customer engagement model that resulted from the pandemic, leaving decision makers little or no time to conduct adequate security … More →

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Financial institutions must prepare for increased risk of financial crime

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 04:30:25 GMT

LexisNexis Risk Solutions published survey results of U.S. and Canadian compliance professionals on the range of challenges that financial institutions have experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey outlines the issues that many financial institutions encounter today and finds that the pandemic continues to test the resilience and agility of businesses across every market. The top three issues that compliance departments within financial institutions have experienced during the pandemic are: 42% face difficulty accessing information … More →

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3GPP standards enrich LTE and 5G with network architecture enhancements

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 04:00:22 GMT

Despite the impact of COVID-19, momentum for enhancements to LTE and 5G standards continue with additional releases from the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). 5G Americas announced the publication of a white paper providing an update on the newest 3GPP releases launching the next chapter of 5G standardization and beyond. Many new features to be introduced For decades, 3GPP has maintained detailed mechanisms through standards which have enabled billions of worldwide users to access mobile … More →

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Verimatrix launches enhanced Application Protection service for Android

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 01:30:31 GMT

Verimatrix announced general availability of version 2.2 of the Verimatrix Application Protection service for Android. The company’s latest Code Protection service for Android applications now supports the forthcoming Android ecosystem change that will mandate the use of Android Application Bundles (AABs) in the second half of 2021. A significant shift for developers, the upcoming AAB mandate creates a need for simple, reliable software security that prevents app attacks. In addition to traditional APKs, the Verimatrix … More →

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Field Nation Premier: Helping MSPs maximize profitability and service delivery strategy

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 01:00:17 GMT

Field Nation is introducing an enhanced version of Field Nation Premier that provides MSPs with three new features: MarketSmart Insights, PeopleSmart Talent Management Suite and WorkSmart Productivity Suite. “For MSPs, maximizing profitability has never been more challenging or more critical,” said Wael Mohammed, EVP of Product Management, Field Nation. “We designed Field Nation Premier to help companies address their top-line and bottom-line priorities, while getting more business value out of incorporating on-demand labor into their … More →

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CyberCube updates software to enable insurers to quantify losses to cyber scenarios issued by ...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 00:30:52 GMT

CyberCube has updated its data-driven analytic software to seamlessly enable insurers to quantify losses to scenarios that Lloyd’s has issued to syndicates for the upcoming March data collection deadline. These scenarios are used to report to Lloyd’s on how their portfolio of business would be affected by major cyber events. CyberCube has introduced the three scenarios for realistic cyber disasters as part of its Portfolio Manager product, which is used by risk carriers. The three … More →

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KABN partners with The Campus Agency to reach the US college and university market

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 23:30:14 GMT

KABN announces that it has entered into an agreement to partner with The Campus Agency to create innovative engagement programs for Liquid Avatar to reach the US college and university student, alumni and family market. KABN NA and The Campus Agency will be working together to engage micro-influencers, develop and launch innovative engagement and Augmented Reality programs to introduce the college and university market to the Liquid Avatar and KABN value programs. The partnership goals … More →

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Bugs in Signal, other video chat apps allowed attackers to listen in on users

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:28:30 GMT

Bugs in several messaging/video chat mobile apps allowed attackers to spy on targeted users’s surroundings. The vulnerabilities – in Signal, Google Duo, Facebook Messenger, JioChat, and Mocha – could be triggered by simply placing a call to the target’s device – no other action was needed. Searching for bugs in video chat apps In early 2019, Apple fixed a major logic bug (CVE-2019-6223) in its Group FaceTime feature. The bug, discovered by a Tucson high-schooler, … More →

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Ransomware provides the perfect cover

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 06:00:00 GMT

Look at any list of security challenges that CISOs are most concerned about and you’ll consistently find ransomware on them. It’s no wonder: ransomware attacks cripple organizations due to the costs of downtime, recovery, regulatory penalties, and lost revenue. Unfortunately, cybercriminals have added an extra sting to these attacks: they are using ransomware as a smokescreen to divert security teams from other clandestine activities behind the scenes. Attackers are using the noise of ransomware to … More →

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Financial institutions can strengthen cybersecurity with SWIFT’s CSCF v2021

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 05:30:28 GMT

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT) has introduced an updated set of baseline customer security controls that all of its users must implement on their SWIFT-related infrastructure by mid-year 2021. SWIFT is the world’s largest provider of secure financial messaging services to banks and other financial institutions. SWIFT has more than 11,000 users in over 200 countries, which makes it an attractive target to cybercriminals looking for banking information to perpetuate their fraudulent … More →

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Most CISOs believe that human error is the biggest risk for their organization

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 05:00:19 GMT

53% of CISOs and CSOs in the UK&I reported that their organization suffered at least one significant cyberattack in 2020, with 14% experiencing multiple attacks, a Proofpoint survey reveals. This trend is not set to slow down, with 64% expressing concern that their organization is at risk of an attack in 2021. Those in larger organizations feel at greater threat, with this figure jumping to 89% amongst CSOs and CISOs from organizations over 2,500 employees … More →

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IT leaders concerned about their ability to keep up with digital transformation

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 04:30:33 GMT

IT leaders have growing concerns about their ability to keep up with digital transformation, a Dynatrace survey of 700 CIOs reveals. Traditional IT operating models with siloed teams and multiple monitoring and management solutions are proving ineffective at keeping up with cloud-native architectures. As a result, teams waste time manually combining data from disparate solutions in a reactive effort to solve challenges instead of focusing on driving innovation. Key findings 89% of CIOs say digital … More →

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Worldwide private LTE/5G infrastructure market to reach $5.7 billion in 2024

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 04:00:31 GMT

Private LTE/5G infrastructure is any 3GPP-based LTE and/or 5G network deployed for a specific enterprise/industrial customer that provides dedicated access. It includes networks that may utilize dedicated (licensed, unlicensed, or shared) spectrum, dedicated infrastructure, and private devices embedded with unique SIM identifiers. Private LTE/5G infrastructure carries traffic native to a specific organization, with no shared resources in use by any third-party entities. Worldwide revenue attributable to the sales of private LTE/5G infrastructure will grow from … More →

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BitDam adds MSP console to its Advanced Threat Protection solution

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 03:00:08 GMT

BitDam announced that it is enhancing its offering for MSPs (Managed Service Providers) by adding a unique MSP console to its Advanced Threat Protection solution. This console provides MSPs with an overview of all tenants/clients/organizations they oversee and enables fast and easy management. BitDam ATP secures business collaboration platforms (email, cloud drives, instant messaging and more) from unknown content-borne threats at first encounter. BitDam protects from malware, ransomware, phishing, BEC and zero-day attacks at unmatched … More →

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PacketFabric Cloud Router: A multi-cloud connectivity solution

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 02:45:13 GMT

PacketFabric announced it has launched Cloud Router, a multi-cloud connectivity solution. PacketFabric’s Cloud Router is built on the edge with market-leading distributed architecture and is one of the most technically advanced multi-cloud products on the market today. Cloud Router will super-serve the enterprise as well as small business who are seeking a future-proofed way to connect multiple cloud providers. “With the launch of Cloud Router, PacketFabric now can provide connectivity to colocation, hybrid cloud and … More →

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Absolute’s customers can now self-heal critical apps to secure their distributed workforces

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 02:30:22 GMT

Absolute Software announced customers can now autonomously self-heal more of the critical applications they rely on to secure remote access and communication for their distributed workforces. Using Absolute’s Application Persistence service, IT and security administrators can help ensure the Netskope Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) and Next-Gen Secure Web Gateway (NG-SWG) – in addition to more than 40 other leading endpoint security agents and productivity tools – remain installed, healthy, and undeletable. The ongoing global … More →

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SS8 improves mediation results for law enforcement with Xcipio

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 02:15:49 GMT

SS8 Networks announced that it deployed its Xcipio mediation and interception platform in one of the largest global CSPs to support their Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) infrastructure. Next generation network architectures benefit from distributed traffic processing, which requires some communications traffic to be processed on the edge and not in the network core. This is true for CSPs that leverage an MEC, which is often used for high traffic applications including Internet of Things (IoT) … More →

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