RSS_Virtulization

With the shift to remote learning, schools are facing greater security risks and smaller financial margins, says BlueVoyant. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto The coronavirus pandemic and lockdown have affected many individuals and organizations around the world. But one sector that’s been hit hard is higher learning. As education has moved from in-classroom teaching to remote learning, colleges and universities have had to set up technologies that open the door to greater security risks. Further, many schools…

Tenable®, Inc. the Cyber Exposure company, today launched Tenable.ep, the industry’s first, all-in-one, risk-based vulnerability management platform designed to scale as dynamic compute requirements change. Tenable.ep combines the company’s industry-leading products — Tenable.io® Vulnerability Management, Tenable.io Web Application Scanning, Tenable.io Container Security and Tenable Lumin – into one platform, enabling customers to see all of their assets and vulnerabilities in a single dashboard alongside key threat, exploit and prioritization metrics. Moreover, Tenable.ep’s single, flexible asset-based…

Cybersecurity is increasingly becoming the responsibility of in-house legal departments within organizations. That’s according to a survey from the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), which discovered that this year, for the first time, cybersecurity has overtaken compliance as the most important issue facing businesses, as ranked by company chief legal officers (CLOs). ACC surveyed almost 1000 global CLOs from 21 industries, with just under half stating that responsibility for cybersecurity and data privacy within their…

The impact of COVID-19 on the cyber-threat landscape was discussed by a panel during a virtual roundtable session held by Orange Cyberdefense and the UK Cyber Security Association. Citing Orange’s Security Navigator 2021 report, Charl van der Walt, head of security research at Orange Cyberdefense, began by outlining some unexpected trends in regards to incidents detected in the early stages of the crisis. Comparing two countries that took differing approaches to dealing with COVID-19 infections,…

Cybersecurity audit fatigue has become a very real issue for organizations that are required to comply with multiple government, industry, and internal requirements. In recent years, concerns over data breaches and privacy violations have spawned a bewildering array of regulations—all with similar goals but subtle differences in scope and in what they require organizations to do and provide by way of compliance evidence. The requirements have left security teams duplicating efforts and almost constantly engaged in…

If you are embracing DevOps, cloud and containers, you may be at risk if you’re not keeping your security methodologies up to date with these new technologies. New security techniques are required in order to keep up with current technology trends, and the Center for Internet Security (CIS) provides free cybersecurity best practices for many newer platforms. The CIS benchmarks and controls provide clear instruction to help any organization tackle threats and reduce risk. Meanwhile, Tripwire makes benchmark alignment…

A new collaboration has been formed by 10 strategic organizations as part of efforts to enhance cyber-resilience and increase awareness of cyber-risks in Scotland. The CyberScotland partnership, which includes the Scottish Government, Police Scotland and the Scottish Business Resilience Center (SBRC), will work on ensuring individuals and organizations have easy access to up-to-date guidance on cybersecurity and resilience. The UK’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) will act as a technical advisor to the partnership. The partnership’s first…

Digital attackers are increasingly targeting energy organizations including those that support national electric grids. As reported by Morning Consult, security researchers found that utilities worldwide had suffered a recorded 1,780 distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks between June 15 and August 21, 2020. That’s a 595% year-over-year increase. Brandon Robinson, a partner at Balch & Bingham LLP, said that these research findings highlight how malicious actors of varying motivations continue to prey upon utilities entities. “Whether one’s…

Most organizations don’t give the same thought and attention to their non-human workers, such as bots, RPAs and service accounts, as they do human workers and identity lifecycles. Image: iStock/NanoStockk The term non-human worker conjures up several images. In this case, we’re talking about “non-living workers,” so no worries about mistreating any animals. Some examples include chatbots, robotic process automation, robots and more. They’re now likely to be working alongside us in the office. SEE: Robotics…