Day: November 13, 2023
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Cohesity taps Amazon for generative AI, cloud-based security
Bringing its security and data analysis capabilities to a new potential audience, data security and multicloud data management provider Cohesity is now taking signups for access to its Turing generative AI features via Amazon’s Bedrock front-end for cloud-based AI. Cohesity Turing’s AWS-available features, the company announced Monday, will center on three main areas. The first…
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Embed security from code to cloud with unified CNAPPs
A decade ago, most companies relied on individual point solutions to secure specific aspects of their cloud environment. They might have one solution for vulnerability management, another for monitoring employee device usage, yet another for verifying login information, and so on. However, as multi-cloud environments grew in popularity and attack surfaces became more complex, we…
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The Role of Cyber Wellness in Safeguarding Businesses
As I step out of our London office at lunchtime, I’m bombarded with establishments that promote ‘wellness’ in their description. From the £12 salad bar to the yoga and meditation studio, the nail salon to the library, I’m faced with a plethora of options to contribute to my physical, social, mental or intellectual wellbeing. In…
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Half of Data Security Leaders Struggle to Keep Pace With AI Evolution
The fourth annual State of Data Security Report by Immuta highlights the current state of data security amid organisations’ rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI tools. The report found that most executives (88%) say that their employees are using AI, but 50% say their organisation struggles to keep pace with its evolution.…
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CAPSLOCK & BAE Systems Course Aims to Tackle the UK’s Cybersecurity Skills Gap
Cybersecurity training company CAPSLOCK and BAE Systems, a global leader in defence, aerospace and security solutions, have launched a new partnership, designed to provide learners with the knowledge and hands-on experience they need to join the UK’s growing cybersecurity sector. This move is particularly significant given that the UK government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media…
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China, Ukraine, and Israel in the cyberwar spotlight as tensions rise
As military conflicts cause devastating real-world harm in the physical realm, the governments of Ukraine and Israel are battling escalating cyber harms from nation-state and non-state threat actors. Against this backdrop, the US government is increasingly alarmed about China and its capabilities of slipping into active cyberwarfare mode. At this year’s Cyberwarcon, top government and…
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Netskope Delivers the Next Gen SASE Branch, Powered by Borderless SD-WAN
Netskope have unveiled their Next Gen SASE Branch, a major step forward in infrastructure that uses Netskope’s award-winning Borderless SD-WAN to transform how organisations manage their most critical networking and security functions and optimise enterprise branches everywhere. In today’s digital age, IT teams seek cloud-centric infrastructure solutions that elegantly converge network and security capabilities, reduce…
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China’s biggest bank hit by LockBit ransomware; US Treasury markets impacted
On November 8th, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) was impacted by a ransomware attack that disrupted a subset of their Financial Services (FS) systems. ICBC is China’s largest bank with the Financial Services unit based in New York City. ICBC FS has many operations but has a significant hand in the U.S.…
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Deception technology use to grow in 2024 and proliferate in 2025
Tis the season to make predictions for 2024, so here’s one of mine: Deception technology will become more pervasive in 2024 and become a security operations staple by the end of 2025. Now, there are two common counterpoints I often hear from deception technology skeptics. First, many cybersecurity pros say they’ve heard this prediction before,…