Sue Poremba Sue Poremba is freelance writer based in central Pennsylvania. She's been writing about cybersecurity and technology trends since 2008.
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Majority of Mobile App Vulnerabilities From Open Source Code
COVID-19 has impacted everything over the past year, and mobile app security is no exception. The Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center (CyRC) took an in-depth look at application security, and discovered just how vulnerable apps that use open source code really are. According to the report, 98% of apps use open ... Read More
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Mitigating Threats to the Application Layer
Traditionally, security systems and cybersecurity efforts focused on infrastructure, and often worked in silos separate from application developers. This approach often left applications vulnerable and susceptible to attack, and cybercriminals are taking advantage, using the app layer as a favored attack vector. “Attackers try to find the path of least ... Read More
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Securing Vaccine Passport Applications
The single most valuable document today is a COVID-19 vaccination card. That golden ticket is the passport to a ‘normal’ life. If you are lucky enough to have one of those cards, however, you know already how awkward they are to carry around. And carrying one also means risking its ... Read More
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Taking a Security-First Approach to Cloud Migration
Sue Poremba | | Cloud Identity, Cloud Security, Digital Transformation, identity and access management
The pandemic and lockdowns hit their first anniversary mark, and many companies continue to have their employees work from home for the foreseeable future. Over the past year, organizations have seen how important cloud computing is to business operations. In fact, according to a MariaDB survey, 40% of respondents said ... Read More
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Using IAM Solutions to Beat Deepfakes and Fraud
AI and ML technologies have made great strides in helping organizations with cybersecurity, as well as with other tasks like chatbots that help with customer service. Cybercriminals have also made great strides in using AI and ML for fraud. “Today, fraud can happen without stealing someone else’s identity because fraudsters ... Read More
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Stop Password Reuse by Going Passwordless
There’s a t-shirt that reads, “My password is the last 20 digits of Pi.” It’s funny – who would ever guess that? – but every single password generator would flag that password as “weak.” There are no letters or symbols, and that would create a password without all the necessary ... Read More
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How Threat Modeling Enabled Election Security
When Christopher Krebs was director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), his job was to make sure he understood the risk management landscape so the agency could fulfill its role as the nation’s risk management advisor. CISA became a household name in the aftermath ... Read More
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Making the Right Cloud Security Investments
Sue Poremba | | cloud computing services, Cloud Security, cspm, Network Security, Security Awareness
With more remote workers, there is a greater need for cloud computing services. With more cloud computing, there is a greater need for cloud security. An Exabeam study found that companies are moving their security tools to the cloud, but that raises the question: Are they right tools for cloud ... Read More
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Overcoming Privacy Inertia to Protect Data
With so many organizations relying on cloud computing, keeping data protected while using cloud services has become a high priority. Yet, even though there is a greater emphasis on overall cybersecurity for the cloud, data privacy has been slower to evolve. That could be for any number of reasons – ... Read More
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Remote SecOps May Improve Cloud Security
Sue Poremba | | cloud identity and access management, Cloud Security, remote work, Security Operations Center
Has COVID-19 really changed the way we work and think about cybersecurity? As we approach the first anniversary of shutdowns and mandatory work-from-home (WFH) orders, it might be a little too early for a definitive answer. But research from Siemplify hints that on-premises SOCs will be a thing of the ... Read More
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