Securing the edge is no longer enough. SPIFFE can protect your infrastructure Phil VachonSeptember 21, 20210449 views Security architect and identity program manager for Bloomberg (a global leader in business and financial data, news, and insight) discusses how open source software helps his team stay ahead of security threats... Read more
PCI DSS 4.0 Is Coming. Will You Be Ready? Steve TcherchianJune 15, 20210344 views Since the release of PCI-DSS 3.0 in 2013, the PCI Security Standards Council has been quite busy. A little over a year after it was published, the council released PCI-DSS 3.1, followed by several new templates and supplements, including the “Migrating from SSL and early TLS Information Supplement” in April 2015 which highlighted the risks of SSL and TLS 1.0. The supplement described a migration plan as well as set a migration deadline of 1 July, 2016. Read more
Ransomware Data Recovery — Protect and Recover Your Data CohesityJune 15, 20210374 views A ransomware attack is devastating. Compromised businesses and organizations suffer steep financial losses (an estimated $10.5 trillion annually by 2025) compounded by the loss of customer and partner trust. If a healthcare organization is a victim, it can even risk human life. By virtue of the increased value of data to organizations, not only are the number of ransomware attacks growing, but so too are the different types of this threat. According to Bitdefender’s Mid-Year Threat Landscape Report 2020, global ransomware reports increased by 715% year over year. Read more
Three Years of GDPR – a Look Back Thomas GloerfeldJune 15, 20210289 views It might be hard to imagine, but it has been three years since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was implemented in the European Union (EU) on 25 May 2018. Time certainly does fly by when you are trying to protect data. Nevertheless, the term ‘GDPR’ has set a precedent on what is to be expected from organizations when it comes to protecting personally identifiable information (PII) of EU data subjects and has served as the foundational inspiration for many international data security regulations. Read more
President Biden’s Cybersecurity Order 101: The Essential Guide Steve TcherchianJune 15, 20210317 views On May 12th, 2021, President Biden released the “Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity”. Its primary goal is to secure our national digital landscape. What we’re seeing is an overdue, full-force reaction to the threats to cybersecurity and operational infrastructure. Read more
Meeting Your Security Integration Objectives – CyberArk, ServiceNow, Splunk and more… Steve TcherchianMarch 23, 20210431 views COVID-19 and its security ramifications continue in 2021 and well beyond. All of the threats brought to the fore when we were sent to work from home got added to the already-growing set of risks we were already trying to mitigate. Read more
Take a Data Privacy Road Trip Tobias FuertjesMarch 23, 20210512 views Three years ago, I started as a PreSales consultant covering the topics of Data Analysis and Data Management. These topics were directly connected to the topic of Data Privacy and all the regulations around it, so it was naturally part of my conversations. Read more
Digital Transformation For Public Sector Agencies Starts With Better Data Management And Strategies CohesityMarch 23, 20210292 views Digital transformation is more than just a buzzword. For many government agencies, it’s a long-overdue necessity that can be broken down into three main improvement areas: better data insights, better delivery models (especially through mobile technology) and a better customer experience. Read more
‘New Nacha supplementing data security requirements coming up’ Thomas GloerfeldMarch 23, 20210391 views Nacha is a non-profit organization that convenes hundreds of diverse organizations to enhance and enable electronic payments and financial data exchange within the U.S. and across geographies. Through the development of rules, standards, governance, education, advocacy, and in support of innovation, Nacha's efforts benefit the providers and users of those systems. Nacha leads groups focused on API standardization, authors the Quest Operating Rules for EBT, and is the steward of the ACH Network, a payment system that universally connects all U.S. bank accounts and facilitates the movement of money and information. In 2020, nearly 27 billion payments and close to $62 trillion in value moved across the ACH Network. Read more
Introducing the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Communications Technology Group Phil MottramMarch 23, 20210278 views Today at our special event “Realize the Full Potential of Open RAN & 5G”, we’re telling the story of how we’re helping customers to unlock the true value of 5G, accelerate innovation with Open RAN (radio access network) and ignite new revenue at the telco edge. We will be joined by an impressive collection of industry leaders who will discuss how an open, cloud-native telco network provides the agility to address the digital transformation needs of the next generation of customers. Read more