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Aviatrix Distributed Cloud Firewall Streamlines App Security
Aviatrix today made generally available a Distributed Cloud Firewall (DCF) that programmatically pushes and enforces cybersecurity policies for cloud computing environments via a central console. Rod Stuhlmuller, vice president of solutions marketing ...
IBM Acquires Polar Security for Data Security Posture Management
IBM this week acquired Polar Security to add a data security posture management platform to its cybersecurity portfolio. Kevin Skapinetz, vice president of strategy and product management for IBM Security, said the ...
TSA Facial Recognition Pilot Flies Solo at U.S. Airports
Your Tinfoil Hat is Under Your Seat: Prepare to have your face scanned at airport security. Are the privacy concerns justified? ...
What the White House’s Cybersecurity Strategy Means for CISOs
Cybersecurity is a huge concern. Businesses and individuals stand to lose a lot of time and money in the event of an unauthorized exposure or corruption of sensitive data. And lately, these ...
War, Hunh. Yeah. What is it Good For? Reducing Insurer Liability for Cyberattacks
A New Jersey court recently ruled that an insurer was not relieved from its obligation to pay for Merck’s losses after a Russian NotPetya cyberattack. The insurer claimed its ‘Act of War’ ...
Okta Adds Security Center to Provide Real-Time Threat Visibility
Okta this week made available Security Center, an extension of the Okta Customer Identity Cloud that provides a real-time view of authentication events, potential security incidents and threat response efficacy. Ian Hassard, ...
A CISO Employment Contract May Mean the Difference Between Success and Jail
On May 4, 2023, U.S. District Judge William Orrick sentenced former Uber CISO and former DOJ cybercrime prosecutor Joe Sullivan to three years of probation and 200 hours of community service for ...
Knives Out for TikTok as Journo Reveals her Spy Story
Clock Ticking for U.S. Ban: FT’s Cristina Criddle claims ByteDance spied on her—because she wrote damaging stories about TikTok ...
Dallas Reels from Royal Ransomware Raid
Royal, née Zeon, born of Conti: Police, 911, courts and other city services staggering to recover ...
BlackBerry Report Surfaces Increasing Rate of Cyberattacks
A threat intelligence report published by BlackBerry found that from December 2022 through February 2023, 12 cyberattacks per minute were launched against organizations using the company’s cybersecurity software and services, with 1.5 ...
