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MY TAKE: Coping with security risks, compliance issues spun up by ‘digital transformation’

The Last Watchdog

Companies are being compelled to embrace digital transformation, or DX , if for no other reason than the fear of being left behind as competitors leverage microservices, containers and cloud infrastructure to spin-up software innovation at high velocity. A core security challenge confronts just about every company today.

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MY TAKE: Businesses gravitate to ‘passwordless’ authentication — widespread consumer use up next

The Last Watchdog

Companies in the throes of digital transformation, and especially post Covid19, have never been more motivated to adapt a new authentication paradigm – one that eliminates shared secrets. Password abuse at scale arose shortly after the decision got made in the 1990s to make shared secrets the basis for securing digital connections.

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Q&A: Why SOAR startup Syncurity is bringing a ‘case-management’ approach to threat detection

The Last Watchdog

Now toss in the fact that digital transformation is redoubling software development and data handling complexities. Demisto launched in May 2016. LW: How has ‘digital transformation’ exacerbated the need for SOAR? Sutton: Digital transformation is a big driver for SOAR.

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BEST PRACTICES: The case for ‘adaptive MFA’ in our perimeter-less digital environment

The Last Watchdog

One of the catch phrases I overheard at RSA 2019 that jumped out at me was this: “The internet is the new corporate network.” There’s no question the benefits of accelerating digital transformation are astounding. Yet the flip side is that legacy security approaches never envisioned perimeter-less computing. Talk more soon.

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RSAC insights: How ‘TPRM’ can help shrink security skills gap — while protecting supply chains

The Last Watchdog

CyberGRX launched in 2016 precisely because bespoke assessments had become untenable. Digital transformation had taken hold; so their timing was pitch perfect. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW I’ll keep watch and keep reporting.

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NEW TECH: CyberGRX seeks to streamline morass of third-party cyber risk assessments

The Last Watchdog

In 2016, Jay Leek – then CISO at the Blackstone investment firm, and now a CyberGRX board member — was collaborating with CSOs at several firms Blackstone had invested in when a common theme came up. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW

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MY TAKE: DigiCert and Oracle partner to extend digital trust and scalable infrastructure globally

The Last Watchdog

Oracle launched OCI in October 2016. Extending ‘digital trust’ As DigiCert and Oracle separately headed down these paths, digital transformation shifted into high gear and massive interconnectivity built off of wide distribution of ephemeral APIs took center stage. Back in Silicon Valley, Oracle was playing catchup.