Threat actors continue to exploit users, devices and applications, especially as more of them exist outside of the traditional corporate perimeter. With employees consistently working remotely, adversaries are taking advantage of distributed workforces and the poor visibility and control that legacy security tools provide. Traditional tools that connect employees to corporate … [Read more...] about CrowdStrike and Cloudflare Expand Zero Trust
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CrowdStrike and Cloud Security Alliance Enable Pervasive Zero Trust
The security problems that plague organizations today actually haven’t changed much in 30 years. Weak and shared passwords, misconfigurations and vulnerabilities are problems that have tormented the industry for years and persist to this day. What’s changed is the speed and sophistication at which today’s adversary can weaponize these weaknesses. There’s a misperception that … [Read more...] about CrowdStrike and Cloud Security Alliance Enable Pervasive Zero Trust
The White House Memo on Adopting a Zero Trust Architecture: Top Four Tips
On the heels of President Biden’s Executive Order on Cybersecurity (EO 14028), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has released a memorandum addressing the heads of executive departments and agencies that “sets forth a Federal zero trust architecture (ZTA) strategy.” My good friend and fellow Advisory CISO Helen Patton has done a great summary of the memo in a previous … [Read more...] about The White House Memo on Adopting a Zero Trust Architecture: Top Four Tips
Four Ways to Assess Your Zero Trust Security Posture
With just about everything delivered from the cloud these days, employees can now collaborate and access what they need from anywhere and on any device. While this newfound flexibility has changed the way we think about productivity, it has also created new cybersecurity challenges for organizations. Historically, enterprise data was stored inside data centers and guarded by … [Read more...] about Four Ways to Assess Your Zero Trust Security Posture
Introducing Cisco Responsible AI – Enhancing Technology Transparency and Customer Trust
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly part of our everyday lives, and this transformation requires a thoughtful approach to innovation. Cisco is committed to delivering technologies and services by managing AI development in a way that augments our security, data privacy, and human rights focus – fostering a more inclusive future for all. Today, I am proud to announce … [Read more...] about Introducing Cisco Responsible AI – Enhancing Technology Transparency and Customer Trust
Open Banking: Building customer trust through secure experiences
The rise of “Open Banking” has enabled banking customers to choose to share their previously inaccessible, locked down data with all sorts of third parties — from budgeting apps to mobile wallets, to peer to peer payment providers. This revolution has been a welcome boon for banks, customers, and financial services innovators alike. The ability to securely share access and … [Read more...] about Open Banking: Building customer trust through secure experiences
CrowdStrike Adds Zero Trust Partner Integrations
Organizations need to stay ahead of the ever-evolving security landscape. It’s no secret that Zero Trust security is crucial for successful endpoint protection. Due to the rapid transition to a remote workforce and shift from the traditional data center into dynamic cloud infrastructure we’ve witnessed in the last year, more and more companies are finding the need to accelerate … [Read more...] about CrowdStrike Adds Zero Trust Partner Integrations
An Open Security Ecosystem with Shared Signals is the Future of Zero Trust
Zero Trust: as the name implies, is the strategy by which organizations trust nothing implicitly and verify everything continuously. This industry north star is driving different architectures, frameworks, and solutions to reduce an organization’s risk and improve their security posture. Beyond the need to enforce strong authentication and authorization to establish trust of … [Read more...] about An Open Security Ecosystem with Shared Signals is the Future of Zero Trust
Cisco Security Heroes: The power of partnerships, employee education, and zero trust policies
Today’s cybersecurity universe shares many similarities with the Marvel Universe. There’s bad guys (those pesky cyber-attackers) and there’s good guys, like cybersecurity thought leader Mark Lynd, and Enric Cuixeres Saez, Head of IT at Leng-d’Or. In a recent video, Mark and Enric sat down to discuss the latest dangers and developments in the ever-evolving world of cybersecurity … [Read more...] about Cisco Security Heroes: The power of partnerships, employee education, and zero trust policies
Zero Trust and the Federal Government: Feedback for Progress
On May 12, President Biden signed a cybersecurity Executive Order (EO) aimed at improving efforts to “identify, deter, protect against, detect, and respond to these actions and actors”. The order aims to improve federal security practices and threat intelligence sharing amongst federal agencies and the private sector; enhance software supply chain security, and improve federal … [Read more...] about Zero Trust and the Federal Government: Feedback for Progress