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Privacy regulations making cloud migration complex
Digital transformation is driving multi-cloud migrations, as 85 percent of organizations use at least two cloud providers for data storage and analytics, while 40 percent use …

Week in review: Top security threats for power plants, defending against Windows RDP attacks
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Why threat hunting is obsolete without context Threat hunting is one of the more recent …

DevOps didn’t kill WAF, because WAF will never truly die
The web application firewall (WAF) is dead, they say, and DevOps is the culprit, found over the body in the server room with a blade in its hand and splattered code on its …

Maximizing a hybrid cloud approach with colocation
As a multi-tenant cloud environment, the public cloud offers companies with vast amounts of data a highly affordable option. However, it also presents a number of limitations …

Researchers design a way to make encrypted keys harder to crack
As more private data is stored and shared digitally, researchers are exploring new ways to protect data against attacks from bad actors. Current silicon technology exploits …

When exploit code precedes a patch, attackers gain a massive head start
Cybersecurity researchers that publicize exploit code used in cyberattacks are giving a clear and unequivocal advantage to attackers, new research conducted by Kenna Security …

Data growth as the number one storage management challenge
Datadobi released a report by 451 Research which reveals the major impact that data growth is having on storage management, highlighting the rise in retention of unstructured …

Product Showcase: Acronis Cyber Protect
Considering the breadth and diversity of attacks facing today’s organizations, it’s no wonder cybersercurity and IT professionals are relying on an ever expanding arsenal of …

3 areas of implicitly trusted infrastructure that can lead to supply chain compromises
The SolarWinds compromise in December 2020 and the ensuing investigation into their build services put a spotlight on supply chain attacks. This has generated a renewed …

Top security threats for power plants and how to proactively avoid them
Power plants are one of the most vitally important components of modern civilization’s infrastructure. A disruption in energy production impacts all aspects of society from …

Infrastructure drift: A multidimensional problem with the need for new DevSecOps tools
As modern infrastructures get more complex everyday, DevOps teams have a hard time tracking infrastructure drift. The multiplicity of factors involved when running …

Organizations using Microsoft 365 experience more breaches, with more severe impacts
85% of organizations using Microsoft 365 have suffered email data breaches in the last 12 months, an Egress report reveals. The increased amount of remote work as a result of …
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