How to Speed Up DevOps in 3 Steps
DevOps is at a difficult transition point. Once the sole domain of startups looking to “move fast and break things”, the DevOps philosophy is now being taken up by large incumbents and Fortune 500 companies – and failing ... Read More
You Can’t Fix Authentication Without Fixing Access
Think of the last time you logged into your network. Let’s assume that you used a traditional VPN, with a traditional IAM scheme underneath. This isn’t a bad assumption, because 25% of all internet traffic goes over a VPN ... Read More
If You Still Use PGP, READ THIS NOW
In this instance, the all-caps in the headline aren’t hyperbole – they’re an emergency. “Email is no longer a secure communication medium,” according to researchers at Germany’s Münster University of Applied Sciences ... Read More
How Ransomware Is Changing Cybersecurity and What To Do About It
A new report from IBM shows that the total number of breached records dropped about 25% last year, an amount representing 2.5 billion files. Unfortunately this did not mean that information security professionals suddenly discovered how to stop cyberattacks altogether. Most of the drop comes from files that have been ... Read More
VPNs Aren’t Dead, They Just Need to Evolve
Companies have long relied on VPNs to secure corporate data and devices for remote workers, suppliers, contractors and other people authorized to access the company network. As technology continues to evolve, VPNs have held strong as a tried-and-true method for corporate security. However, the nearly 20-year-old technology is being seen ... Read More
Encrypting Popular Client Emails is Hard Work
In a world of instant messaging, VoIP, Dropbox, FTP, and other forms of communications, email is still the primary method of communication between companies ... Read More
Global Data Protection Laws: South Korea
Over the last few months, we’ve talked extensively about the GDPR – but the GDPR isn’t the only data protection regime on the planet. We’ve just covered the Philippines, and now we’re going to move on to South Korea ... Read More
Global Data Protection Laws: The Philippines
Unlike many of the data protection laws in the US and Europe, the Philippines doesn’t just specify fines for those found to be negligent in protecting customer data. For some information security offenses, the perpetrators can be imprisoned for up to six years ... Read More
