Is Cloud Computing Any Safer From Malicious Hackers?

Cloud computing has revolutionized the IT world, making it easier for companies to deploy infrastructure and applications and deliver their services to the public. The idea of not spending millions of dollars on equipment and facilities to host an on-premises data center is a very attractive...

Principles of a Cloud Migration – Security, The W5H

Whosawhatsit?! - WHO is responsible for this anyways? For as long as cloud providers have been in business, we’ve been discussing the Shared Responsibility Model when it comes to customer operation teams. It defines the different aspects of control, and with that control, comes the need to secure...

Cloud Transformation Is The Biggest Opportunity To Fix Security

This overview builds on the recent report from Trend Micro Research on cloud-specific security gaps, which can be found here. Don’t be cloud-weary. Hear us out. Recently, a major tipping point was reached in the IT world when more than half of new IT spending was on cloud over non- cloud. So rath...

The HITRUST shared responsibility matrix – the assessor’s point of view

HITRUST® announced the availability of the new Shared Responsibility Program and MatrixTM Version 1.0 to help communicate and assign security and privacy responsibilities between cloud service providers CSPs and their customers. Coalfire is proud that we helped develop the Matrix as part of the...

Cloud-First but Not Cloud-Only: Why Organizations Need to Simplify Cybersecurity

The global public cloud services market is on track to grow 17% this year, topping $266 billion. These are impressive figures, and whatever Covid-19 may do short-term to the macro-economy, they’re a sign of where the world is heading. But while many organizations may describe themselves as...

Defender Behavior in 2019

Security is a team sport, or at least it should be. Given the constant behavior evolution we see from attackers and the vast IT footprint attackers can target, IT and security teams clearly face an uphill battle. Whereas attackers only have to be right once to succeed, defenders must be right 100...

Smart Check Validated for New Bottlerocket OS

Containers provide a list of benefits to organizations that use them. They’re light, flexible, add consistency across the environment and operate in isolation. However, security concerns prevent some organizations from employing containers. This is despite containers having an extra layer of...

October Release: Q&A with Ari Weil

Shortly after Akamai announced the October 2019 Release with new features and capabilities across its security, performance and media product lines, Akamai's VP of Product Marketing, Ari Weil, took over Akamai's Twitter account for a live October Release Q&A. For those that missed the live event,...

This Week in Security News: Trend Micro Acquires Cloud Conformity and Apple Removes Malicious iOS Apps from App Store

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 Trend Micro’s recent acquisition of Cloud Conformity. Also, read about a fake photo editing app on Google Play and the 17...

The Shared Responsibility Model

I’m often asked what the biggest cyberthreats are in the cloud. When people pose that question, they seem to be expecting an answer on par with a Hollywood movie plot. The truth is far simpler. The number one threat in the cloud today is service misconfigurations. Despite the cloud’s clear...

Best practices for adding layered security to Azure security with Check Point’s CloudGuard IaaS

The cloud is changing the way we build and deploy applications. Most enterprises will benefit from the cloud’s many advantages through hybrid, multi, or standalone cloud architectures. A recent report showed that 42 percent of companies have a multi-cloud deployment strategy. The advantages of th...

Answering IoT Security Questions for CISOs

Given the permeating nature of IoT and Industrial IoT devices in our daily lives, from smart homes to smart cities, one cannot escape the growing cybersecurity risks associated with these devices. It might leave CISOs with a lot of questions about how this newer, growing attack vector could impac...

How to Prepare for Misconfigurations Clouding the Corporate Skies

Cloud-based storage and infrastructure provides myriad benefits for any organization, like letting them avoid the costs of expensive hardware and granting them quick access to infrastructure as needed. Companies can use cloud services for minutes or years, depending on their needs. However, there...

TOP 10 BEST PRACTICES FOR SECURING CLOUD WORKFLOWS

Cloud migration is a double-edged sword. While promising greater scalability, agility, and even new approaches to applications, it also introduces complexity--which means more security risk. Security vulnerabilities exposed in breach after breach have highlighted the risk that comes with the clou...

Top 10 Practices for Securing Cloud Workloads

Public cloud is one of the biggest challenges in every IT organization. While driving greater scalability, performance, and access for a competitive edge, it also introduces new security risks. More than just hosted data center infrastructure, public cloud offers the promise of agility, efficienc...

Security Fundamentals Are Key To Successful Cloud Migration

Earlier I wrote about the importance of patching, or more accurately the importance of transferring the need to patch & the associated risk to someone else by using their cloud security service. While patching definitely falls into the security fundamentals category it remains as relevant as ever...

The AWS Cloud Security Issues You Don’t Want to Ignore

AWS is the biggest name in IaaS, but the shared responsibility model leaves you open to risk. A full approach to AWS cloud security can fill the gap...

Imperva Integration With AWS Security Hub: Expanding Customer Security Visibility

This article explains how Imperva application security integrates with AWS Security Hub to give customers better visibility and feedback on the security status of their AWS hosted applications. Securing AWS Applications Cost reduction, simplified operations, and other benefits are driving...

AWS Security Hub and Deep Security

One of the biggest challenges in maintaining your security posture is visibility. You have security controls deployed throughout the stack, and each fo these tools is generating its own set of data points and has its own view of your deployment. Managing the multitude of alerts and events from...

Qualys Broadens Security Offerings for Azure

Qualys is expanding its security and compliance capabilities for Microsoft Azure, by adding protection for the on-premises Azure Stack and extending capabilities for public cloud deployments. By using Qualys’ platform to defend hybrid IT environments, organizations get a unified view of their...