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Reduced lifespan of TLS certificates could cause increase in outages
Beginning September 1st, all publicly trusted TLS certificates must have a lifespan of 398 days or less. According to security experts from Venafi, this latest change is …

(ISC)² research: Why cybersecurity is a great choice for an exciting career
Cybersecurity is becoming increasingly important as more businesses collect, share, and use more data as part of their practice. But you do not need to be a cybersecurity …

Security teams stretched to breaking point trying to secure new remote working regimes
The cybersecurity skills shortage means that many organizations are in urgent need of talented and experienced security professionals. This has been intensified by the …

Safe domain: How to protect your enterprise from DNS hijacking
In August 2019, cybersecurity researchers revealed that a hacker group known as Sea Turtle targeted 40 telecoms, internet service providers, domain registrars and government …

Phishing gangs mounting high-ticket BEC attacks, average loss now $80,000
Companies are losing money to criminals who are launching Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks as a more remunerative line of business than retail-accounts phishing, APWG …

Bring your own PC and SASE security to transform global businesses
Bring your own PC (BYOPC) security will reach mainstream adoption in the next two to five years, while it will take five to 10 years for mainstream adoption of secure access …

Five critical cloud security challenges and how to overcome them
Today’s organizations desire the accessibility and flexibility of the cloud, yet these benefits ultimately mean little if you’re not operating securely. One …

How to drive business value through balanced development automation
Aligning security and delivery at a strategic level is one of the most complex challenges for executives. It starts with an understanding that risk-based thinking should not …

A new project enables data to be read directly from compressed IoT data
The Network Computing, Communications and Storage research group at Aarhus University has developed a completely new way to compress data. The new technique provides …

Week in review: ERP security, early warning of ransomware, Active Directory disaster recovery
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: ERP security: Dispelling common misconceptions The various applications integrated in …

Vulnerability reporting is returning to normal
Vulnerability reporting, still impacted by COVID-19, is beginning to return to normal, Risk Based Security reveals. Out of 11,121 vulnerabilities aggregated during the first …

Data protection critical to keeping customers coming back for more
Although consumers remain concerned about sharing personal data with companies, the results of a Privitar survey highlight an opportunity for businesses to take a leadership …
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