GUEST ESSAY: Here’s how Secure Access Service Edge — ‘SASE’ — can help, post Covid-19
One legacy of the ongoing global pandemic is that companies now realize that a secured and well-supported remote workforce is possible. Recently, the University of Illinois and the Harvard Business School conducted a study, and 16% of companies reported switching … (more…) ... Read More
NEW TECH: Will ‘Secure Access Service Edge’ — SASE — be the answer to secure connectivity?
Company networks have evolved rather spectacularly in just 20 years along a couple of distinct tracks: connectivity and security. We began the new millennium with on-premises data centers supporting servers and desktops that a technician in sneakers could service. Connectivity … (more…) ... Read More
STEPS FORWARD: Math geniuses strive to make a pivotal advance — by obfuscating software code
Most of time we take for granted the degree to which fundamental components of civilization are steeped in mathematics.Everything from science and engineering to poetry and music rely on numeric calculations. Albert Einstein once observed that “pure mathematics is, … (more…) ... Read More
SHARED INTEL: Coming soon — ‘passwordless authentication’ as a de facto security practice
As a tradeoff for enjoying our digital lives, we’ve learned to live with password overload and even tolerate two-factor authentication.But now, at long last, we’re on the brink of eliminating passwords altogether, once and for all.Related: CEOs quit … (more…) ... Read More
MY TAKE: Why companies and consumers must collaborate to stop the plundering of IoT systems
The Internet of Things (IoT) has come a long, long way since precocious students at Carnegie Melon University installed micro-switches inside of a Coca-Cola vending machine so they could remotely check on the temperature and availability of their favorite beverages.… (more…) ... Read More
GUEST ESSAY: ‘CyberXchange’ presents a much-needed platform for cybersecurity purchases
There is no shortage of innovative cybersecurity tools and services that can help companies do a much better job of defending their networks.Related: Welcome to the CyberXchange MarketplaceIn the U.S. alone, in fact, there are more than 5,000 … (more…) ... Read More
MY TAKE: How ‘credential stuffing’ is being deployed to influence elections, steal Covid-19 relief
What do wildfires and credential stuffing have in common?Related: Automated attacks leverage big dataFor several years now, both have flared up and caused harm at the fringes of population centers and our digital economy. And, now, in 2020, … (more…) ... Read More
MY TAKE: Lessons learned from the summer of script kiddies hacking Twitter, TikTok
Graham Ivan Clark, Onel de Guzman and Michael Calce. These three names will go down in the history of internet commerce, right alongside Jack Dorsey, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos.Related: How ‘Zero Trust’ is compatible with agile computingWe’re … (more…) ... Read More
NEW TECH: Trend Micro flattens cyber risks — from software development to deployment
Long before this awful pandemic hit us, cloud migration had attained strong momentum in the corporate sector. As Covid19 rages on, thousands of large to mid-sized enterprises are now slamming pedal to the metal on projects to switch over to … (more…) ... Read More
GUEST ESSAY: Skeptical about buying life insurance online? Here’s how to do it — securely
Purchasing life insurance once meant going to an insurer’s office or booking an appointment with an insurance agent. Then, in most cases, you’d have to undergo a medical examination and wait a few weeks to get approved and complete the … (more…) ... Read More
