In the world of cybersecurity where information holds the keys to the kingdom, there is no shortage of data generated by numerous security tools. However, there arguably remains a lack of information. Security professionals often refer to information as ‘Actionable Intelligence’ or ‘Context’. Those engaged in the trenches of cyber warfare would appreciate a more nuanced view … [Read more...] about Cisco Secure Cloud Insights is your Eye in the Sky
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Falcon CWP Complete Closing Cloud Security Skills Gap
The need for speed and agility in today’s digital business requires changes to IT infrastructure, most notably the shift to cloud-native architectures and the adoption of DevOps best practices to improve the speed and efficiency with which enterprise applications are brought to market. This shift has led many businesses to move to containers, microservices and Kubernetes (K8s) … [Read more...] about Falcon CWP Complete Closing Cloud Security Skills Gap
Building Scalable Security with Cisco Secure Firewall Cloud Native Version 1.1
Today, companies invest in making their security controls scalable and dynamic to meet the ever-increasing demand for their network(s). In many cases, the response is a massive shift to Kubernetes® (K8s®) orchestrated infrastructure that provides a cloud-native, scalable, and resilient infrastructure. This is where Cisco Secure Firewall Cloud Native comes in, giving you the … [Read more...] about Building Scalable Security with Cisco Secure Firewall Cloud Native Version 1.1
Webex by Cisco earns adherence to the EU Cloud Code of Conduct
With the 2018 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Europe marked a big step in strengthening individuals’ privacy rights. While the GDPR aims to bring consistency to the data protection landscape, incorporating well-recognized privacy principles like transparency, fairness, and accountability – operationalizing it has been a challenge. Even before GDPR enforcement, Cisco, … [Read more...] about Webex by Cisco earns adherence to the EU Cloud Code of Conduct
Squirrel Engine Bug Could Let Attackers Hack Games and Cloud Services
Researchers have disclosed an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Squirrel programming language that can be abused by attackers to break out of the sandbox restrictions and execute arbitrary code within a SquirrelVM, thus giving a malicious actor complete access to the underlying machine. Tracked as CVE-2021-41556, the issue occurs when a game library referred to as … [Read more...] about Squirrel Engine Bug Could Let Attackers Hack Games and Cloud Services
Here’s a New Free Tool to Discover Unprotected Cloud Storage Instances
The IDC cloud security survey 2021 states that as many as 98% of companies were victims of a cloud data breach within the past 18 months. Fostered by the pandemic, small and large organizations from all over the world are migrating their data and infrastructure into a public cloud, while often underestimating novel and cloud-specific security or privacy issues. Nearly every … [Read more...] about Here’s a New Free Tool to Discover Unprotected Cloud Storage Instances
WhatsApp to Finally Let Users Encrypt Their Chat Backups in the Cloud
WhatsApp on Friday announced it will roll out support for end-to-end encrypted chat backups on the cloud for Android and iOS users, paving the way for storing information such as chat messages and photos in Apple iCloud or Google Drive in a cryptographically secure manner. The feature, which will go live to all of its two billion users in the coming weeks, is expected to only … [Read more...] about WhatsApp to Finally Let Users Encrypt Their Chat Backups in the Cloud
Preventing your Cloud 'Secrets' from Public Exposure: An IDE plugin solution
I'm sure you would agree that, in today's digital world, the majority of applications we work on require some type of credentials – to connect to a database with a username/password, to access computer programs via authorized tokens, or API keys to invoke services for authentication. Credentials, or sometimes just referred to as 'Secrets,' are pieces of user or system-level … [Read more...] about Preventing your Cloud 'Secrets' from Public Exposure: An IDE plugin solution
Building a scalable RAVPN architecture in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure using Cisco Secure Firewall
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) provides a wide range of cloud-computing services, workloads, and applications to organizations globally. With Cisco Secure Firewall, organizations are able to build a scalable RAVPN architecture on OCI, providing employees secure remote access to their organization’s resources from any location or endpoint. This scalable architecture brings … [Read more...] about Building a scalable RAVPN architecture in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure using Cisco Secure Firewall
Scalable Security with Cisco Secure Firewall Cloud Native
Today, companies invest in making their security controls scalable and dynamic to meet the ever-increasing demand on their network(s). In many cases, the response is a massive shift to Kubernetes® (K8s®) orchestrated infrastructure that provides a cloud-native, scalable, and resilient infrastructure. This is where Cisco Secure Firewall Cloud Native (SFCN) comes in. It gives you … [Read more...] about Scalable Security with Cisco Secure Firewall Cloud Native