A new report by Delta Risk sheds light on the challenges faced by companies as part of their efforts to migrate IT operations to the cloud. The survey highlights data loss and leakage (64%) as the top …
Over reliance on public cloud vendor security puts data and companies at risk of breach
In line with previous research, a new CyberArk study found that many organizations overstate the security benefits of moving assets to the cloud. The survey found that 36% of firms believe the top …
Only Quarter of IaaS Users Can Audit Config Settings
A new McAfee report shows that moving to the cloud often has security benefits for organizations, but there are some major drawbacks as well. According to the survey, 87% of organizations “experience …
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Security Pros Feel Aligned with Board, Still Fear a Phish
A recent report[pdf] by AT&T Cybersecurity shows that an increasing number of security professionals feel they are on the same page with the stakeholders, although the situation at larger …
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Five Tech Trends Driving Cybersecurity In 2019
Cybersecurity is key to the top technology trends that are reshaping the digital era. Bob Bruns of Forbes Technology Council believes that the following five technology trends will be especially …
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Cloud Customers Faced 681M Cyberattacks in 2018
According to a new report by Armor, a total of 681 million cyberattacks targeted cloud customers in 2018. The most popular attack techniques employed by threat actors were exploiting software flaws; …
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Malware can now evade cloud security tools, as cybercriminals target public cloud users
Rocke Group, a cybercrime group believed to be operating from China, has developed cryptocurrency mining software that can uninstall cloud-based security solutions from targeted systems as a way of …
DISA Outlines Plans to Wall Off the Public Internet
The DoD has been seeking white papers from vendors with plans for cloud-based systems that would effectively permit continued use of necessary internet connectivity but cut off public web access in a …
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FBI’s Counterterrorism Investigations Now Run on Amazon
An FBI Deputy Assistant Director for Counterterrorism recently announced a nearly two-year-old partnership between the bureau and Amazon in which Amazon’s cloud services are used to host and analyze …
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Microsoft to Host the Government’s Classified Data Early Next Year
"Microsoft is making moves to target a growing multibillion market: hosting, storing and running the U.S. government’s most sensitive classified secrets and data. On Tuesday, the software giant …
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