So your company has decided to do FedRAMP - What does that mean?

The exponential increase in cloud adoption in recent years has led to a dramatic increase in technology companies evolving from software and application companies to Software as a Service SaaS, Platform as a Service PaaS or Infrastructure as a Service IaaS providers. The 2011 release of the Cloud...

This Week in Security News: Ransomware and Cyber Threats

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about new routines for encryption of JobCrypter ransomware. Also, understand how Emotet has managed to evolve into one of the most...

Zero Trust and the Case for Application Microsegmentation

Data breaches have become incessant. Recently, a very popular airline sevices company revealed a suspected breach involving customer credit card information. Even more recently, a hospital in Indiana reported that a virus had infected some of its systems that caused the hospital to be placed on...

The Year Ahead: Cybersecurity Trends To Look Out for In 2019

A Proven Record Tracking Cybersecurity Trends This time of the year is always exciting for us, as we get to take a step back, analyze how we did throughout the year, and look ahead at what the coming year will bring. Taking full advantage of our team’s expertise in data and application security,...

No Apps Left Behind on Your Zero Trust Journey

Complexity kills productivity. When it comes to enabling application access, enterprises should not have to choose between user experience and complex techniques that ensure application security. Traditionally, perimeter security is built on an assumption that whatever is inside the perimeter is...

10 Endpoint Security Problems Solved by the Cloud – An Introduction

Question: Where do 70% of successful breaches begin? Answer: The endpoint. The State of Endpoint Security Traditional defensive security solutions are fighting a losing battle against hackers and malware. With each day, new attacks and viruses appear and keeping systems safe is like bailing out a...

NEW: Vulnerability and Assessment Scanning for Your AWS Cloud Databases

Scuba is a free and easy-to-use tool that uncovers hidden security risks. Scuba is frequently updated with content from Imperva’s Defense Center researchers. With Scuba you can: Scan enterprise databases for vulnerabilities and misconfigurations Identify risks to your databases Get recommendation...

Data Masking 101 – Whiteboard Wednesday [Video]

Data masking is an effective way to protect a large majority of your organization’s data. It replaces original data with realistic, but fictional data—reducing production data sprawl and your attack surface footprint, while maintaining the data's use for things like development, analytics modelin...

Reduce cloud adoption risks and deliver superior digital experiences with Akamai Cloud Delivery Platform - Part 1

Businesses are rapidly moving to the cloud and a recent IDG survey indicates that 70% of businesses have at least 1 application in the cloud and 16% plan to take their first app to the cloud in the next 12 months. However public cloud providers present their own challenges. They are unreliable...

Regain reliability and control over the cloud with Application Load Balancer

It's no secret that businesses are rapidly adopting Cloud Service Providers such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform for cost efficiency, agility, scalability and global distribution to serve their customers more easily. A recent IDG survey indicates that 70% of...

Regain reliability and control over the cloud with Application Load Balancer

It's no secret that businesses are rapidly adopting Cloud Service Providers such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform for cost efficiency, agility, scalability and global distribution to serve their customers more easily. A recent IDG survey indicates that 70% of...

4 Principles For Hybrid Cloud Success

The future is cloud. At this point in it’s evolution it’s undeniable. The questions facing organizations now are “how much?” and “how fast?” How do you map out a reasonable path to a cloud deployment? Few organizations will be 100 percent cloud and most will take years to migrate existing assets...

Superior and safe user experiences with the Akamai Cloud Delivery Platform

Your customers are unique and they all expect fast, secure, personalized digital experiences. They are spread across the world, in regions of varying network connectivity, utilize a plethora of devices and screen sizes - making it challenging to deliver your experiences. By delivering 95 Exabytes...

Static Versus Dynamic Data Masking

Most participants in the trench warfare of IT security agree that the best way to protect data is to apply a layered approach to security. Data masking is a security and privacy enhancing technology recommended by industry analysts as a must-have data protection layer. While terminology varies...

Balance traffic intelligently by leveraging Application Layer (Layer 7) and DNS Layer (Layer 3) logic

Gaining new customers and retaining existing ones is at the core of every business. In the past few years, two major trends have emerged in this drive towards customer centricity To meet the ever increasing customer demands, most modern digital applications leverage microservice architecture to...

Top 7 Key Network Security Trends to Watch in 2011

Network security is on everyone's mind as 2010 comes to an end. Adam Powers, CTO of Atlanta-based Lancope, offers insights into expected trends for 2011. 1. IT Consumerization and Internal Threats The introduction of consumer devices into corporate networks is reshaping security strategies...