93% of organizations turned to privacy teams to help navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, a new Cisco report finds. Image: Cisco Data privacy has become a top area of responsibility for security professionals, and 34% of respondents to a survey indicated privacy is one of their core competencies and responsibilities. Ahead of Data Privacy Day on Jan. 28, Cisco’s 2021 Data Privacy Benchmark Report also finds that 74% of more than 4,400 security professionals surveyed last…

Application security threat modeling solutions provider IriusRisk has announced the appointment of Dr Gary McGraw to its threat modeling technical advisory board. Dr McGraw – who has a PhD in computer science and cognitive science – joins existing advisor Adam Shostack and will assist in the strategic direction and development of the AppSec firm. The board’s aim is to accelerate IriusRisk’s efforts to push threat modeling to the forefront of the security agenda. “As a…

Cybersecurity firm Akamai said in a report that COVID-19 and a newfound reliance on digital tools prompted a spike. Igor Stevanovic, Getty Images/iStockphoto For many enterprises, 2020 was a tough year for cyberattacks, with dozens suffering from devastating DDoS attacks due to the newfound reliance on digital tools, according to a new report from cybersecurity firm Akamai.  In its report, “Retrospective 2020: DDoS was Back — Bigger and Badder than Ever Before,” the company found…

The data protection company’s latest delivers new features on a simplified platform to provide customers with additional choice for deployment across edge, core, and cloud. Image: iStock/kentoh NetBackup9 customers wanted developer Veritas Technologies to develop a new tool for those “operating demanding multicloud data centers with heterogeneous environments that require a data protection platform without compromise,” and today Veritas announced its new NetBackup Flex Scale. Must-read developer content “We are supporting 87% of the global…

Today, Docker and JFrog announced a new partnership to ensure developers can benefit from integrated innovation across both companies’ offerings. This partnership sets the foundation for ongoing integration and support to help organizations increase both the velocity and quality of modern app development.  The objective of this partnership is simple: how can we ensure developers can get the images they want and trust, and make sure they can access them in whatever development process they…

At a national summit, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said before his state could test a cyberattack plan, five schools were hit with ransomware. lucky-photographer, Getty Images/iStockphoto States across the country are increasingly realizing that more needs to be done to prepare in advance of cyberattacks, according to Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, who spoke at the National Governors Association’s biennial National Summit on State Cybersecurity. Edwards spoke in depth about his efforts to prepare…