The Last Watchdog

MARCH 29, 2022

By no means has the cybersecurity community been blind to the complex security challenges spinning out of digital transformation. In the early days of the Internet, coders created new programs for the sake of writing good code, then made it available for anyone to use and extend, license free.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 21, 2021

From January through March 2021, TLS concealed 45 percent of the malware Sophos analysts observed circulating on the Internet; that’s double the rate – 23 percent – seen in early 2020, Dan Schiappa, Sophos’ chief product officer, told me in a briefing. And on the back end, it allows them to cloak any data as it is getting exfiltrated.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 18, 2022

The shift to software-defined everything and reliance on IT infrastructure scattered across the Internet has boosted corporate productivity rather spectacularly. But then along came digital transformation. The opportunity, going forward then, is for security to jump fully onboard the digital transformation bandwagon.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 1, 2019

Enterprises have dumped small fortunes into stocking their SOCs (security operations centers) with the best firewalls, anti-malware suites, intrusion detection, data loss prevention and sandbox detonators money can buy. Now toss in the fact that digital transformation is redoubling software development and data handling complexities.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

One could make the argument that Application Programming Interfaces — APIs – are a vital cornerstone of digital transformation. APIs interconnect the underlying components of modern digital services in a very flexible, open way. Related: How a dynamic WAF can help protect SMBs. API complexity. Tool limitations.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 9, 2019

For decades, the cornerstone of IT security has been Public Key Infrastructure, or PKI , a system that allows you to encrypt and sign data, issuing digital certificates that authenticate the identity of users. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Related: The role of PKI is securing digital transformation That was in 2002. Cybersecurity, which started with antivirus suites, spam filters and firewalls, has mushroomed into a $103 billion industry. Cybersecurity, which started with antivirus suites, spam filters and firewalls, has mushroomed into a $103 billion industry.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 11, 2018

We’re undergoing digital transformation , ladies and gentlemen. LW: Can you frame what’s going on with identities when it comes to digital transformation? The actors on digitally transformed networks come from two realms: people and machines. Venafi is a leading supplier of machine identity protection.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Locking down web gateways and erecting a robust firewall were considered the be-all and end-all. Related: The shared burden of securing the Internet of Things. Company networks must support endless permutations of users and apps, both on-premises and in the Internet cloud. Fast forward to the 21 st Century’s third decade.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Related: Why Google’s HTTPS push is a good thing At the time, just 50 % of Internet traffic used encryption. Without TLS, digital transformation would come apart at the seams. Sophos’ new XG Firewall is a good start to the improved technologies that are needed. But that’s obviously going to take some time.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Related :Promise vs. pitfalls of IoT For small- and mid-sized businesses, firewalls, antivirus suites and access management systems represent the entry stakes for participating in today’s digital economy. Threat actors simply seek out the endless fresh attack vectors arising as an unintended consequence of digital transformation.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 25, 2019

Without APIs there would be no cloud computing, no social media, no Internet of Things. APIs are the glue that keeps digital transformation intact and steamrolling forward. APIs have been a cornerstone of our digital economy from the start. But APIs also comprise a vast and continually-expanding attack surface.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 20, 2023

The terms computer security, information security and cybersecurity were practically non-existent in the 1980s, but believe it or not, firewalls have existed in some form since that time. Over the years, the traditional firewall has transformed to meet the demands of the modern workplace and adapt to an evolving threat landscape.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 17, 2018

It was a reflection of attackers moving to take full advantage of the fresh attack vectors cropping up as companies retooled their legacy networks – comprised of ‘on-premises’ servers and clients – to operate in the expanding world of cloud services, mobile devices and the Internet of Things. Here are a few big takeaways: Smarter spending.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 4, 2022

Over the past year, I’ve had several deep conversations parsing how APIs have emerged as a two-edged sword: APIs accelerate digital transformation, but they also vastly expand the attack surface of modern business networks. -based supplier of networking technology. API exposures are pervasive and continue to multiply.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The Peloton, Experian and Capital One hacks reflect the challenge of balancing security with the fast pace of digital transformation. Many organizations, for instance, continue to rely heavily on legacy firewalls and WAFs, which, of course, is precisely where Capital One went wrong. Runtime vigilance.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The attackers have a vast, pliable attack surface to bombard: essentially all of the externally-facing web apps, mobile apps and API services that organizations are increasingly embracing, in order to stay in step with digital transformation. Related: The ‘Golden Age’ of cyber espionage is upon us.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 17, 2020

Based in Bengalura, India, Indusface helps its customers defend their applications with a portfolio of services that work in concert with its flagship web application firewall ( WAF ,) a technology that has been around for about 15 years. “And application-level attacks have come to represent the easiest target available to hackers.”

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Hear about the smart toaster that got attacked three times within an hour after its IP address first appeared on the Internet? If you put some hardware in your data center, maybe a web application firewall, or something to do DDoS mitigation or to identify bots, then you’re going to need one solution for everything you do.”

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 19, 2019

Security information and event management, or SIEM, could yet turn out to be the cornerstone technology for securing enterprise networks as digital transformation unfolds. The path this San Mateo, CA-based vendor is trodding tells us a lot about the unfolding renaissance of SIEMs – and where it could take digital commerce.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

This seems very basic, yet it is something many organizations in the throes of digital transformation have left in disarray. MSSPs are increasingly assuming a primary role in mid-sized enterprises for maintaining endpoint security, vulnerability patch management and even things like firewall management and configuration management.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 4, 2021

That said, there is one venerable technology – web application firewalls ( WAFs) – that is emerging as a perfect fit for SMBs in today’s environment, as all companies shift to a deeper reliance on cloud services and mobile apps. Fast forward to the current era of digital transformation. I’ll keep watch and keep reporting.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 14, 2021

It also has become very clear that we won’t achieve the full potential of digital transformation without security somehow getting intricately woven into every layer of corporate IT systems. Early SD-WAN solutions “were built only to replace an MPLS-VPN with an Internet-based VPN,” Ahuja says. SASE fundamentals.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Related: The case for a microservices firewall Netflix and Airbnb are prime examples of companies moving to single-page applications, or SPAs , in order to make their browser webpages as responsive as their mobile apps. APIs are the conduits for moving data to-and-fro in our digitally transformed world. I’ll keep watch.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

It was extremely beneficial to start our digital transformation by focusing on security, which was critical to adopting a cloud-ready infrastructure and rolling out future cloud projects. When we started working with Zscaler, we had four internet breakouts worldwide but realized that more things would be happening in the cloud.

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McAfee

AUGUST 23, 2020

However, digital transformation projects including cloud migration and ubiquitous mobile access have revealed architectural cracks, and many companies have seen the dam burst with the explosion in remote access demand in recent months. While this approach sufficed for years, digital transformation has created major challenges.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Secure web gateway (SWG) solutions help keep enterprise networks from falling victim to ransomware , malware , and other threats carried by internet traffic and malicious websites. Secure web gateways, then, provide fast, secure access to the Internet and SaaS, making digital business a safe and productive experience.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Yet in the age of Big Data and digital transformation many organizations still don’t do this very well. Legacy perimeter defenses are rapidly losing efficacy as the landscape shifts to cloud computing and the Internet of Things. Here are key takeaways: Security benefits Protect the data itself. Sounds simple enough.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2018

Silverfort has introduced new technology that is designed to help corporations address unprecedented authentication exposures spinning out of ‘digital transformation.’. This is what digital transformation is all about. Here are excerpts edited for clarity and length: LW: How did Silverfort get started?

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 12, 2021

Over the course of 14 days they installed an array of malware deep inside the firewall. True enough, cyber attacks are steadily becoming more sophisticated across the board and the attack surface continues to expand as digital transformation accelerates. From there the hackers moved laterally. Incremental gains are being made.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

For instance, they might want to test new signatures published by their firewall vendor, before pushing it out, to make sure there are no regression issues. Say I wanted to upload a 10 gigabyte file to a partner, but the firewall is blocking it. We have customers within the financial services vertical that do this on a regular basis.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2024

As businesses in every sector embrace digital transformation initiatives, adopting cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, automation, AI, and interconnected ecosystems, their attack surface widens exponentially.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 13, 2021

What seems “way back when” in 1994, when the Internet was the next big thing in technology, I was part of the team that set up the national Internet backbone in India. And my path to security is no different.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 5, 2022

Whether organizations call it digital transformation or just using technology to create opportunities for new, easier ways to work, one thing is certain. The optimized WAN architecture connects users to the internet and cloud applications across highest performing links while centralizing the view of health of all network circuits.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Here are my takeaways: Skills deficit Over the past 20 years, enterprises have shelled out small fortunes in order to stock their SOCs with the best firewalls, anti-malware suites, intrusion detection, data loss prevention and sandbox detonators money can buy. Digital transformation has only exacerbated this security skills gap.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 11, 2019

Digital transformation is all about high-velocity innovation. Yes, the rapid integration of digital technologies into all aspects of commerce has enabled wonderful new services. Software development today routinely occurs at high velocity in order to build the digital services we can’t live without. Talk more soon.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 18, 2020

Yet ignorance persists when it comes to a momentous challenge at hand: how to go about tapping the benefits of digital transformation while also keeping cyber exposures to a minimum level. 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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