The United States federal government has validated, confirmed, and required zero trust. For the US government and its suppliers, this executive order represents massive change. Image: Andriy Onufriyenko / Getty Images This post focuses on the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity and its impact on cybersecurity and the zero trust approach. The Biden administration also published a fact sheet: “President Signs Executive Order Charting New Course to Improve the Nation’s Cybersecurity and Protect Federal Government…

Can you feel it? DockerCon is just days away. There’s still time to register before the one-day, free, virtual extravaganza takes place this Thursday, May 27. Demonstrations, product announcements, company updates — you name it, it’s on the program. All of it focused on modern application delivery in a cloud-native world. Do DockerCon your way. There’s tons of options. Be sure to catch our line-up of top-notch keynote speakers, which includes Docker CEO Scott Johnston,…

The incidents of the past month have confirmed the lack of cyber resilience in many industrial companies and is another reminder of the benefits of zero trust in mitigating the effects of ransomware. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto On Friday, May 7, 2021, Colonial Pipeline safely shut down its pipeline operations due to a ransomware incident in its corporate network. Colonial Pipeline transports 45% of the fuel along the East Coast of the United States through 5,500 miles of…

Over the past 14 months, organizations have had to navigate the abrupt discontinuity caused by COVID-19 and the ensuing regulations. Today, sports fans are returning to arenas and students are back in schools, but most office workers are still on work-from-home orders. Returning to the workplace will constitute a new normal, but what will that look like in an unknown post-COVID world? I spoke to several CEOs, CIOs, and CISOs (all in the US) to…

Building a strong cybersecurity culture in your organization is not only possible, it’s a necessity. With cyberattacks spanning critical infrastructure, SMBs, retail organizations, and commercial businesses alike, addressing cybersecurity with internal users is key. Successful internal cyber-defense programs are attainable. But, first, start from within- embody every person in the organization by taking a team approach that centers on a cultural mindset. What does it mean to be “cyber-smart”? Building a cyber-smart culture means continuously…

SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 25, 2021 – Proofpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFPT), a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, and Ponemon Institute, a top IT security research organization, today released the results of a new study on “The Cost of Cloud Compromise and Shadow IT.” The average cost of cloud account compromises reached $6.2 million over a 12-month period, according to over 600 IT and IT security professionals in the U.S. In addition, 68 percent of these survey respondents…