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The vast majority of IT organizations live in a multicloud world, striving to optimize for agile business while mitigating the risk of single-vendor dependence. Yet distributing workloads across a diverse landscape can create complexity and transparency challenges that beg for modern solutions. The allure of a multicloud landscape shows no signs of abating. This approach maps specific workloads to specific private or public cloud environments, based on individual strengths and what’s perceived to work optimally…

Czech-based multinational cybersecurity software company Avast has suspended the sale and marketing of its products in Russia and Belarus.  In a statement shared Thursday, Avast said it was ceasing business in Russia and offering its premium products free of charge to the people of Ukraine. “With immediate effect, we have withdrawn the availability of all of our products from Russia and Belarus and suspended all marketing and sales operations in these countries,” said Avast.  “We do not take…

French bank BNP Paribas has reportedly blocked its Russian-based employees from accessing its internal computer systems. According to a Reuters source, the bank rescinded the access privileges of its Russian workforce over fears that connections to the local network could leave BNP Paribas vulnerable to cyber-attacks by Russian threat actors.  The restriction is reportedly part of the French lender’s strategy to improve its cybersecurity in response to the increase in geopolitical tensions between NATO member countries and Russia, triggered…

A former employee of the Canadian government has been extradited to the United States to face charges pertaining to a slew of ransomware attacks.  Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins, 34, of Gatineau, Quebec, is accused of using NetWalker ransomware to target dozens of victims all over the world, including hospitals and school districts.  The United States launched a global action against the NetWalker cyber-criminal gang in January 2021, seizing $454,000 in crypto-currency from ransom payments made by victims of three separate NetWalker…

By Marc Packler, President, CISO Advisory, Silent Quadrant Gartner’s article, “The Top Cybersecurity Predictions for 2021-2022,” contains a quote from philosopher George Santayana: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Reading the article made me ponder whether we, as cybersecurity practitioners, actually do learn enough from our collective cybersecurity past to effectively protect present activities and to anticipate and meet future threats. Have we really learned from our past? Because protecting…