RSS_Virtulization

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has joined forces with nearly 40 US states to crack a major charity fraud operation that scammed victims out of more than $110m. The regulator teamed up with 46 agencies from 38 states and Washington DC, most of them state attorneys general, to shut down the work of Associated Community Services (ACS), sister companies Central Processing Services and Community Services Appeal, and two other fund-raising spin-offs run by ACS managers,…

Companies are looking to grab any technology-driven advantage they can as they adapt to new ways of working, managing employees, and serving customers. They are making bigger moves toward the cloud, e-commerce, digital supply chains, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), data analytics, and other areas that can deliver efficiency and innovation. At the same time, enterprises are trying to manage risk — and the same digital initiatives that create new opportunities can also…

Organisations have had to overcome countless challenges during the pandemic, but one that has continued to cause headaches is IT security for home workers. A remote workforce comes with myriad dangers, with employees relying on their home networks – and sometimes their own devices – and without the assurance of a member of your IT team on hand if anything goes wrong. But unlike many COVID-19 risks, these issues won’t go away when life eventually…

We see the word “cyber” everywhere today. It’s included in all the hashtags, events names and even in hand sanitizer available for purchase at Toys ‘R Us: Cyber Clean (72% ethanol alcohol, with aloe.) With the market booming and the buzzword exploding, many of us still don’t understand what this vague word means. We’re simply toeing the line, either reluctantly when our IT department sends out a reminder to complete our annual security training or…

By Krupa Srivatsan, Director, Cybersecurity Product Marketing at Infoblox With the remote working trend on the rise due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many IT managers and corporate leaders have naturally been concerned about the challenges of securing employee’s access to the corporate network. Given the precipitous nature of the pandemic, organizations have had very little time to prepare for such large-scale remote work, let alone think about how to securework from home’ users. These remote…

The rise of cyber hacks in an age of remote working – and how to prevent them By Steve Hanna, Embedded Systems Work Group Co-Chair at Trusted Computing Group (TCG) and Jun Takei, Japan Regional Forum Co-Chair at Trusted Computing Group Technology is replacing a number of real-life activities, helping to maintain a level of normalcy and connection with familiar faces amid unprecedented times. As remote working continues to prove an ever-essential trend in light…

By George McGregor, VP of Marketing, Approov A new report by Knight Ink, sponsored by Mobile API Security firm Approov describes how thirty leading mHealth applications were tested and everyone contained a vulnerability that exposed private patient data. If you have published a mobile healthcare app, you should be worried and this report should be essential reading. In this case, a medical practitioner may not be able to help you, but applying better security practices…