Europe’s Gaia-X cloud service faces a difficult future
In January, Microsoft reported its fiscal 2020 second quarter results. Among the company’s many impressive accomplishments is a 62% growth (yeay-over-year) of its Azure cloud …
Most enterprises choose multi-cloud strategies, 55% plan to invest in data virtualization
79% of enterprises want better integrated security and governance for their data in the cloud, a survey from AtScale reveals. “As more enterprises embrace cloud …
Devices on 5G networks demand differentiated security solutions
There will be 8.3 billion mobile broadband subscriptions by the end of 2024, which translates to 95 percent of all subscriptions by then, according to the SMU Office of …
You are focusing too much on vulnerabilities that pose little danger
Only half of the vulnerabilities in cloud containers ever posed a threat, according to a Rezilion study. The top 20 most popular container images on DockerHub were analyzed to …
Cloud-based collaboration tools are a major driver of data exfiltration
Cloud-based collaboration technologies and workforce turnover have become major drivers of data exfiltration as insider threat programs fail to keep pace with today’s digital …
Organizations lack confidence in their network security
IoT is barreling toward the enterprise, but organizations remain highly vulnerable to IoT-based attacks, according to Extreme Networks. The report, which surveyed 540 IT …
Cloud-enabled threats are on the rise, sensitive data is moving between cloud apps
44% of malicious threats are cloud enabled, meaning that cybercriminals see the cloud as an effective method for subverting detection, according to Netskope. “We are seeing …
Cloud misconfigurations surge, organizations need continuous controls
Nearly 33.4 billion records were exposed in breaches due to cloud misconfigurations in 2018 and 2019, amounting to nearly $5 trillion in costs to enterprises globally, …
Focus on cyber resilience increasing sharply as oil companies seek to protect their assets
Cybersecurity has emerged as the top focus of upstream oil and gas companies’ digital investments, according to a report from Accenture. The report is based on a global survey …
IT and business process automation growing with cloud architectures
Many organizations are starting to realize the benefits of increased scale and velocity of application deployment in their businesses, according to F5 Networks. This value, …
The frequency of DDoS attacks depends on the day and time
Multivector and cloud computing attacks have been rising over the last twelve months, according to Link11. The share of multivector attacks – which target and misuse several …
Organizational culture defines a successful cloud strategy
61% of organizations in the U.S. and Canada are committed to moving enterprise applications to the cloud as quickly as possible, but many struggle with challenges related to …