Cisco unveiled its plan for a global, cloud-delivered, integrated platform that secures and connects organizations of any shape and size at today’s RSA Conference. Cisco Security Cloud is designed to be the “industry’s most open platform, protecting the integrity of the entire IT ecosystem—without public cloud lock-in,” says Cisco. Cisco Security Cloud is expected provide […]
In December 2021, the Apache Software Foundation disclosed that the popular Log4j framework contained a critical vulnerability that allowed remote code execution (RCE). It caused a security earthquake, keeping many CISOs up at night. The aftershocks are still felt. The vulnerability, known as Log4Shell, was extremely easy to exploit. Put simply, it allowed any malicious […]
Since the federal government mandate calling for the creation of a software bill of materials (SBOM) to avoid the next SolarWinds or Log4j exposures, software providers have been scrambling to figure out how to create SBOMs that are both effective and dynamic, given that software changes over time. Bills of material have long been standard […]
Editor’s note: This post has been modified with an updated security advisory and mitigation tips from Atlassian following a critical vulnerability first reported on June 3, 2022. Security researchers say a new critical zero-day vulnerability in all supported versions of Atlassian Confluence is being actively exploited to deploy webshells, and admins are being urged to […]
Attack resistance management provider HackerOne is launching a new initiative, OpenASM, designed to combine scan data from multiple vendors so customers can strengthen penetration testing and bounty efforts. According to the company, this can also help ethical hackers enrich, risk rank and prioritize assets. HackerOne Assets, a new attack resistance management (ASM) product, is the […]
Threat hunting platform SnapAttack and Mandiant have announced a strategic partnership to integrate Mandiant’s adversary intelligence along with SnapAttack’s adversary emulation and no-code threat detection capabilities. The partnership will allow customers to drive modernization and actionable data in their security operations. “The proliferation and scale of cyber threats worldwide has never been higher,” said Marshall […]
Cybersecurity rating provider SecurityScorecard is expanding its platform to include four new modules, 30 integrations and three new cybersecurity education courses designed to help organizations identify security blind spots and quantify risk. According to the New York-based firm, the new offerings help address top concerns faced by cybersecurity and IT executives, including articulation of cybersecurity […]
InfoComm, the largest professional audiovisual trade show in the U.S., is returning to the Las Vegas Convention Center next week, with hundreds of technology vendors showcasing their latest conferencing and collaboration solutions, as well as innovative display and audio technologies. While the show has historically catered to the professional audiovisual (AV) industry and AV integrators, […]
A report by insurance broker Marsh and tech giant Microsoft looks at how cyber risk is viewed by various functions and leaders within organizations, specifically cybersecurity and IT, risk management and insurance, finance and executive leadership. While all functions have common interests around cyber risks, the report finds that they often act independently. All departments […]
Microsoft is releasing Microsoft Entra, a new family of products that houses all of the company’s identity and access capabilities, including Azure Active Directory and two new product categories for cloud infrastructure entitlement management and decentralized identity. The products combined in the new identity and access suite of products are designed to help organizations secure […]
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