Secure hybrid and remote workplaces with a Zero Trust approach

Productivity and innovation have become critical goals in many hybrid and remote work environments. Ensuring preventative and strong security, in turn, must be at the heart of that. In this blog series, we’ll discuss two Zero Trust business scenarios: enabling a more productive hybrid or remote...

Why Zero Trust Should be the Foundation of Your Cybersecurity Ecosystem

For cybersecurity professionals, it is a huge challenge to separate the "good guys" from the "villains". In the past, most cyberattacks could simply be traced to external cybercriminals, cyberterrorists, or rogue nation-states. But not anymore. Threats from within organizations – also known as...

Samsung Confirms Lapsus$ Ransomware Hit, Source Code Leak

Just days after leaking data it claims to have exfiltrated from chipmaker NVIDIA, ransomware group Lapsus$ is claiming another international company among its victims — this time releasing data purportedly stolen from Samsung Electronics. The consumer electronics giant confirmed in a media...

This Week in Security News - January 28th, 2022

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, read the third installment of Trend Micro’s Codex series. Also, read about the White House’s latest zero-trust approach to its cybersecurity...

MVP Health Care secures member portal access with Microsoft Azure Active Directory B2C

Hello! I’m Sue Bohn, Microsoft Vice President of Program Management for Identity and Network Access. In today’s Voice of the Customer blog post, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer David Swits of MVP Health Care shares how Microsoft Azure Active Directory B2C helped th...

California Pizza Kitchen Serves Up Employee SSNs in Data Breach

California Pizza Kitchen CPK served up more than tasty meals recently after a data breach exposed the names and Social Security numbers SSNs of more than 100,000 current and former employees. The “external system breach” occurred on Sept. 15 at the popular U.S. pizza chain and affected 103,767...

Why diversity is important for a strong cybersecurity team

Medicine. Aeronautics. Academia. When you’re a cybersecurity professional, the colleague next to you could have started in one of these industries—or just about any other you can imagine. The backgrounds of cybersecurity professionals are more diverse than those of professionals in other...

How a positive hybrid work culture can help you to mitigate insider risk

As Vasu Jakkal recently shared, we are operating in the most sophisticated threat landscape ever seen, and coupled with the next great disruption—hybrid work—security is more challenging than ever. Protecting from external threats is only one part of the challenge, though. You also must protect...

How a positive hybrid work culture can help you to mitigate insider risk

As Vasu Jakkal recently shared, we are operating in the most sophisticated threat landscape ever seen, and coupled with the next great disruption—hybrid work—security is more challenging than ever. Protecting from external threats is only one part of the challenge, though. You also must protect...

How to apply a Zero Trust approach to your IoT solutions

For many, 2020 was a year of survival as they rapidly transformed their businesses in response to a new normal. From enabling new remote and hybrid work models to implementing new technology to help optimize operations, the last year has seen a significant uptick in the proliferation and role of...

The Zero Trust Approach to Data Security – 2020 Trend #2

As 2019 comes to an end, our security experts are looking ahead to the new year to predict cybersecurity trends that will shape the landscape in 2020. Imperva CTO Kunal Anand blogged about his “Top 5 Cybersecurity Trends to Prepare for in 2020,” last week. This week, we’re digging deeper into his...

The Benefits of a Single Provider DNS Platform

I've written in previous blogs about the value of using DNS as a security control point and how using a DNS based security solution like Akamai's Enterprise Threat Protector can help accelerate your transition to a Zero Trust security approach. In this blog, I'm going to cover how in addition to...

Keeping False Positives in Check

In 2017, seven out of ten organizations said their security risks increased significantly, according to a Ponemon Institute study. This is no surprise given that last year organizations suffered the largest ransomware outbreak in history WannaCry and vulnerabilities such as Meltdown and Spectre...

February 6, 2018 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Coffee” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! February 6, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Threat Hunting and...