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Q&A: Sophos poll shows how attackers are taking advantage of cloud migration to wreak havoc

The Last Watchdog

Cloud migration, obviously, is here to stay. But there’s no doubt that the exodus to a much greater dependency on hybrid cloud and multi-cloud resources – Infrastructure-as-a-Service ( IaaS ) and Platforms-as-a-Service ( PaaS ) – is in full swing. Attacks targeting these resources aren’t targeting exposed data.

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NEW TECH: Silverfort helps companies carry out smarter human and machine authentications

The Last Watchdog

LW: What obstacles are companies running into with cloud migration? Tamir: The problem is that companies have thousands of applications and systems that they need to migrate to the cloud, including older applications and homegrown applications. This becomes a barrier to cloud migration.

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The Impact of Remote Work and Cloud Migrations on Security Perimeters

Security Affairs

Different industries and regions have specific regulatory requirements, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for data protection in the EU, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) for healthcare information in the US, and the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) for credit card information.

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Microsoft Office 365 Attacks on the Rise

Security Boulevard

It’s not surprising the COVID-19 pandemic that pushed workers home also accelerated cloud migration and digital transformation, but new research from Vectra.ai

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RSAC insights: Introducing ‘CWPP’ and ‘CSPM,’ new frameworks to secure cloud infrastructure

The Last Watchdog

Related: How credential stuffing fuels account takeovers. In pulling off that milestone hack, Paige Thompson took advantage of CapOne’s lack of focus on cloud security as the banking giant rushed headlong into leveraging Amazon Web Services. Here are the key takeaways: Cloud migration risks.

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NEW TECH SNAPSHOT: The role of ‘MSSPs’ in helping businesses manage cybersecurity

The Last Watchdog

They must take into account a widely scattered workforce and somehow comprehensively mitigate new and evolving cyber threats. MSSPs have since broadened and advanced their services, a trend that continues as cloud migration gained momentum in the 2010s — and then accelerated with the onset of Covid 19.

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RSAC insights: How the ‘CIEM’ framework is helping companies manage permissions glut

The Last Watchdog

To deliver on all of these rich digital services, hundreds of billions of human-to-machine and machine-to-machine identities, each represented by an account, must be connected on the fly. And each new connection represents another access point that can potentially be maliciously manipulated by an unauthorized party.