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SHARING INTEL: Why full ‘digital transformation’ requires locking down ‘machine identities’

The Last Watchdog

This is so in spite of the fact that machine identities are exploding in numbers and have come to saturate digital transformation. A machine, in this context, refers to any piece of hardware or software that can accept and execute instructions. By comparison, scant effort has gone into securing the latter.

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How to make sure your digital transformation is secure

CyberSecurity Insiders

In our increasingly digital world, a greater proportion of businesses across different sectors are trying to integrate new technologies into their processes. Simply put: the more digitally transformed an organisation becomes, the more likely it is to experience a data breach. Cybersecurity Bedrock.

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Companies need CASBs now more than ever — to help secure ‘digital transformation’

The Last Watchdog

These hustlers were unwilling to slog through lugubrious IT onboarding processes in order to get their hands on the latest, greatest software-as-a-service tools. That suggests CASBs may yet have an enduring role to play in securing what our business networks are morphing into, as the result of digital transformation.

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MY TAKE: How ‘CASBs’ are evolving to close the security gaps arising from digital transformation

The Last Watchdog

The Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) space is maturing to keep pace with digital transformation. Organizations need to protect the digital rights of this data, Lakshmanan observed. A new use case of CASBs that’s emerging is the capacity to apply digital rights management on sensitive data.

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MY TAKE: How the lack of API security translates into ‘digital transformation’ security holes

The Last Watchdog

In fact, API stands for Application Programming Interface, the indispensable technology that makes it possible for software applications to exchange data across the Internet. APIs have been a cornerstone of our digital economy from the start. Think of APIs as the software connectors that permit applications to interact.

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MY TAKE: Agile cryptography is coming, now that ‘attribute-based encryption’ is ready for prime time

The Last Watchdog

Encryption agility is going to be essential as we move forward with digital transformation. All of the technical innovation cybersecurity vendors are churning out to deal with ever-expanding cyber risks, at the end of the day, come down to protecting encrypted data. Refer: The vital role of basic research.

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MY TAKE: PKI, digital certificates now ready to take on the task of securing digital transformation

The Last Watchdog

Related: Why PKI is well-suited to secure the Internet of Things PKI is the authentication and encryption framework on which the Internet is built. Nonetheless, it is a pivotal chapter in the evolution of digital commerce. It can be as granular as a microservice in a software container connecting to a mobile app, for instance.