Michael Vizard Mike Vizard is a seasoned IT journalist with over 25 years of experience. He also contributed to IT Business Edge, Channel Insider, Baseline and a variety of other IT titles. Previously, Vizard was the editorial director for Ziff-Davis Enterprise as well as Editor-in-Chief for CRN and InfoWorld.
Michael Vizard
Survey Reveals Lack of Confidence in Ability to Recover Data
A survey of 1,121 IT decision-makers at organizations with 100 to 2,500 employees that have more than 5TB of data found that as the volume of ransomware attacks rises, less than a quarter (23%) of respondents were confident in their ability to recover lost data. The survey, conducted by Dimensional ... Read More
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EBI Files Patent for Blockchain Drive to Thwart Ransomware Attacks
Everything Blockchain Inc. (EBI) has filed a patent application for an approach to data protection based on a blockchain platform. Cedric Harris, chief research officer for EBI, said the EBI Blockchain Drive (EB Drive) will provide IT teams with a means to thwart ransomware attacks. A pristine copy of data ... Read More
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Palo Alto Networks Issues BRc4 Attack Simulation Tool Warning
The Unit 42 research arm of Palo Alto Networks this week reported a Brute Ratel C4 (BRc4) adversarial attack simulation tool is being used by cyberattackers to evade detection. Peter Renals, principal threat researcher for Unit 42, said BRc4 is being used as an alternative to the Cobalt Strike penetration ... Read More
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Palo Alto Networks Expands Web App and API Security Options
Palo Alto Networks has added an out-of-band option for securing web applications and application programming interfaces (APIs) to its Prisma Cloud service. In addition, Palo Alto Networks has added an agentless capability for extending Prisma Cloud to the Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that complements its existing agent-based ... Read More
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Cerby Emerges From Stealth to Transform Application Security
Michael Vizard | | agent software, Application Security, Application Security Platform, AppSec, Cerby
Cerby this week emerged from stealth to unveil a security platform that allows end users to enroll their preferred applications rather than being limited to a set of applications that were pre-approved by an IT organization. Fresh from raising $12 million in additional funding, Cerby CEO Belsasar Lepe said that ... Read More
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TechStrong Con: Diversity Key to Solving Cybersecurity Talent Shortage
The only way to address the cybersecurity talent shortage is to further invest in diversity, equity and inclusion. DEI can provide the added benefit of bringing a wide range of perspectives to bear in solving complex cybersecurity challenges. A “Why Diversity Matters in Cybersecurity” panel held during the virtual TechStrong ... Read More
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Survey: Maintaining Cybersecurity Balance is a Challenge
A survey of 1,007 IT decision-makers at small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) found two-thirds of respondents (66%) conceded that adding security measures resulted in more cumbersome user experiences. The survey polled SMEs in the U.S. and United Kingdom and was conducted by JumpCloud, a provider of IT management tools. Despite that issue, ... Read More
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Radware Survey Reveals API Security Weaknesses
A survey published today suggests there is a disconnect between the perceived and actual level of security being applied to application programming interfaces (APIs). The survey polled 203 IT professionals in Europe, Asia and North America from organizations with more than 1,000 employees and was conducted by Enterprise Management Associates ... Read More
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Koverse Unveils Zero-Trust Platform for Managing Data
Koverse, Inc., a unit of SAIC, has updated its software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform this week to provide customers with a zero-trust approach to managing data. Version 4.0 of the Koverse Data Platform (KDP) adds a set of granular controls that limit which users can gain access to specific segments of encrypted ... Read More
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BlackBerry Set to Unfurl Zero-Trust Network Access Service
BlackBerry Ltd. next month will make available a zero-trust network access-as-a-service offering based on a gateway it hosts on its cloud platform. Alex Willis, vice president of global sales engineering and independent software vendors (ISVs), said the CylanceGATEWAY service is designed to provide continuous authentication so that application access is ... Read More
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