Tech giants, including Meta, Google, and Amazon, want to put an end to leap seconds

Tech giants, including Meta, Google, and Amazon, want to put an end to leap seconds

In her hit song, Cher sang, “If I could turn back time.” For her, that would be a good thing. But in the computing world, Meta, formerly Facebook, believes it would be a very bad thing indeed. In fact, Meta wants to get rid of leap seconds, which keep computing time in sync with Earth’s rotational time.  Meta’s not the only one that feels that way. The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),…

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Trend Micro Joins AWS Marketplace Vendor Insights

Trend Micro Joins AWS Marketplace Vendor Insights

Cloud computing is on a roll. Gartner predicts that spending on public cloud services including IaaS, SaaS and PaaS will reach nearly $500bn this year and grow by over 21% to hit $600bn by 2023. But security concerns persist. Marketplaces like the one offered by AWS make it a lot easier to get the right security tools in the hands of those that need them most. But finding the right cybersecurity partners can still be…

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Major Challenges in Cybersecurity and How Seceon helping to Overcome those.

Major Challenges in Cybersecurity and How Seceon helping to Overcome those.

By Chandra S Pandey, Founder & CEO, Seceon Inc. Challenges in Cybersecurity Industry are as dynamic as the changes coming in Technology every day. When the world is growing fast with technology organizations should focus to enhances their IT infrastructure. Business must secure their valuable assets and ensure to have a 360-degree view of Comprehensive Cybersecurity Solutions that can take care of any known or unknown challenges in this growing Era. There are several challenges…

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Securing Cloud is Everyone’s Responsibility

Securing Cloud is Everyone’s Responsibility

Cisco and AWS demonstrate shared responsibility that identifies Security “of” the Cloud versus Security “in” the Cloud. Shared responsibility remains central to every cloud initiative and defines how cloud providers and customers work together to achieve maximum security across all aspects of the cloud. While shared responsibility is a common term, surprisingly few people understand the model and fewer still have implemented it correctly. The lack of consistent security controls across cloud services does not…

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The small business CIO with big lessons for enterprise IT chiefs

The small business CIO with big lessons for enterprise IT chiefs

Small and medium business’ CIOs have much to teach larger enterprises, according to Fabienne Wintle, CIO of Navii, the Australian government-backed platform that supports small and medium businesses going digital. Wintle, who is also the CIO of Tourism Tribe, had an interest in connecting businesses with information through technology, and tells CIO Australia she always saw technology as being about how to organise information and make it useful for business. A career related to tourism…

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ThousandEyes Looking at EchoLink

ThousandEyes Looking at EchoLink

I’m working with a Cisco service called ThousandEyes. Now, the best application of ThousandEyes would be to spot problems, especially with cloud services. If you offer a service in the cloud and customers are complaining about performance, ThousandEyes can reveal where the bottlenecks exist. Then you can execute a plan of action to get the issues addressed. But, indulge me a moment to explain the excuse I’m using to play with it. I recently passed…

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Anomali Cyber Watch: Cozy Bear Abuses Google Drive API, Complex Lightning Framework Targets Linux, Google Ads Hide Fraudulent Redirects, and More

Anomali Cyber Watch: Cozy Bear Abuses Google Drive API, Complex Lightning Framework Targets Linux, Google Ads Hide Fraudulent Redirects, and More

The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, Bots, China, Linux, Malspam, Mobil, Russia, and Spearhishing. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to Anomali Cyber Watch and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity. Figure 1 – IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the threats discussed. Trending Cyber…

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Zero-Trust Architecture Is Incomplete Without Digital Signatures

Zero-Trust Architecture Is Incomplete Without Digital Signatures

Zero trust is often mistakenly understood as merely a matter of cybersecurity; however, adhering to zero trust is a crucial factor in agency IT modernization. By Geoff Mroz, Principal Digital Strategist, Adobe By design, zero trust mandates that all resources, regardless of physical or network location, undergo verification, authentication, and thorough authorization before being allowed access to another resource. The Office of Management and Budget has set 2024 as the target date for the completion…

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Phishers Targeted Financial Services Most During H1 2022

Phishers Targeted Financial Services Most During H1 2022

Banks received the lion’s share of phishing attacks during the first half of 2022, according to figures published by cybersecurity company Vade today. The analysis also found that attackers were most likely to send their phishing emails on weekdays, with most arriving between Monday and Wednesday. Attacks tapered off towards the end of the week, Vade said. While financial services scored highest on a per-sector basis, Microsoft was the most impersonated brand overall. The company’s Microsoft 365…

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Get Hands-on with the Meraki API in the DevNet Sandbox

Get Hands-on with the Meraki API in the DevNet Sandbox

One of the strongest components of the Meraki platform is the consistent and simplified operational management of the network. The modern API, as an extension to the cloud managed service, makes it amazingly simple to programmatically control and manage all aspects of your network. There are customers that fully automate the onboarding of devices via the Meraki portal using routine automation scripts. Or, front-end systems or operational teams with lookup tools that pull analytics or…

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