The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reportedly suffered a second data breach that has exposed details of more Afghan citizens who may be at risk of reprisals from Taliban forces. Earlier this week, the government department was forced to apologize for sending an email that exposed the data of more than 250 Afghan interpreters who worked for British forces during the allied occupation of the country. This included their email addresses, names and LinkedIn profile images,…

This blog on Cloud Governance represents part 6 of a multi-part blog series on Multi-Cloud use maturity.  A comprehensive eBook that includes the entire Multi-Cloud use maturity framework can be found here.  At the end of this blog, you can also find links to all the prior blogs in this series. Governance is more than managing cloud spend While most organizations are keenly aware that they need to implement strong governance practices as it relates to…

Executive Summary Today, enterprises tend to use multiple layers of security defenses, ranging from perimeter defense on network entry points to host based security solutions deployed at the end user’s machines to counter the ever-increasing threats. This includes inline traffic filtering and management security solutions deployed at access and distribution layers in the network, as well as out of band solutions like NAC, SIEM or User Behavior Analysis to provide identity-based network access and gain…

Knowing who has credentials, how those credentials are granted, and how they are being used is the foundation of any secure environment. It begins with user accounts and the credentials they use. Maintaining a thorough inventory of all accounts and verifying any changes to those accounts as authorized and intentional vs unintended is paramount to establishing a secure environment and this includes service accounts. Establishing and maintaining visibility on all accounts can protect assets in…

A fraudster who tricked and threatened thousands of Spanish-speaking immigrants into paying for educational products has been sentenced to 110 months in prison in the United States. Peruvian national and call center owner Henrry Adrian Milla Campuzano was part of a conspiracy to defraud victims using false statements and the threat of deportation or legal action in a non-existent “minor crimes court.” Milla Campuzano, a 37-year-old resident of Lima, owned and operated two call centers in Peru,…

This blog post is co-authored by Soumay Das, Anish Swaminathan, Georgi Alexandrov, Dean Efrati, and Thiru Bhat AMI is Amazon Machine Image which provides the information needed to launch an instance in AWS. In this article, we look at building a custom AMI for specific service needs and the best practices when building a custom AMI. It is possible to take an existing AMI, make changes to it and save it for the future. It is also possible to bring…

A new partnership aimed at amplifying the security of operational technology (OT) networks was announced today by cybersecurity company SCADAfence. Under the new pact, SCADAfence will join forces with American manufacturer of electronics testing and measurement equipment and software, Keysight Technologies, to enhance the cybersecurity of complex OT networks and boost their network visibility. Through continuous monitoring and proactive mitigation, the new partnership aims to increase the control that organizations have over their industrial environments. The union brings together SCADAfence’s…