What cyber security trends and issues can the world expect in 2020: more stringent regulation, creations of new roles? When looking for possible cyber security trends in 2020, it is clear to see that 2019 was an interesting year for all things cyber security. It was the year that brought major breaches pretty much every … Read more
IBM Cloud Pak for Security features open-source Red Hat technology for hunting threats and automation to speed response to cyberattacks. IBM is taking aim at the challenging concept of securely locking-down company applications and data spread across multiple private and public clouds and on-premises locations. IBM is addressing this challenge with its Cloud Pak for … Read more
Cisco is bringing some of the bells and whistles of its Catalyst environment to Meraki customers with hardware and software to help customers better support and secure distributed network resources. Cisco Meraki has introduced new hardware and software the company says will help customers more effectively support and secure a wide variety of distributed network … Read more
This Cisco IOS XE REST API vulnerability could lead to attackers obtaining the token-id of an authenticated user. Cisco this week said it issued a software update to address a vulnerability in its Cisco REST API virtual service container for Cisco IOS XE software that scored a critical 10 out of 10 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring … Read more
Amazon Relational Database Service on VMware automates DB provisioning. VMware has taken another step to integrate its virtual kingdom with Amazon Web Services’ world with an on-premise service that will let customers automate database provisioning and management. The package, Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) on VMware is available now for customers running VMware vSphere 6.5 or later and supports … Read more
Deploying microsegmentation as part of a broad IoT security strategy can enable more granular control of network systems and better isolation if a security flaw is exploited. The Internet of Things (IoT) promises some big benefits for organizations, such as greater insights about the performance of corporate assets and finished products, improved manufacturing processes, and … Read more
Doing a few things well can keep your organisation protected from common cyber attacks and fraudsters. In the time it takes you to read this sentence, three attempts to hack UK businesses will have taken place. By the time you finish this article, 15 businesses will have had their security successfully breached. Your business has … Read more
A new report shows that hackers are going after vulnerabilities in containers. Here are a few things you can do. The computer security company Skybox Security released an update to its 2019 Vulnerability and Threat Trends report. As the name implies, this report analyzes the computer vulnerabilities in play during the first half of 2019. Some of … Read more
Cisco says vulnerabilities in IOS/IOS XE could cause DOS situation; warns on Traceroute setting. Cisco this week warned its IOS and IOS XE customers of 13 vulnerabilities in the operating system software they should patch as soon as possible. All of the vulnerabilities – revealed in the company’s semiannual IOS and IOS XE Software Security Advisory … Read more
The threats against organizations are growing in volume and success, but can AI in cybersecurity stop the rot and turn failure into success? There is a list of growing cyber security threats, ranging from a rise in identity thefts and account takeovers to vindictive ransomware strains. Businesses are feeling the strain, especially Fortune 500 enterprises, … Read more
