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Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA)

What is the Utah Consumer Privacy Act? The Utah Consumer Privacy Act, or UCPA, is a state-level data privacy law enacted in Utah, USA, aimed at providing residents with greater control over their personal data. The UCPA shares similarities with…

Identity Data Automation: The What and Why

A discussion on why existing IGA projects are often in distress and how a more agile data automation approach can streamline process and improve application connectivity. The post Identity Data Automation: The What and Why appeared first on The Cyber…

Ticketmaster Data Breach and Rising Work from Home Scams

In episode 333 of the Shared Security Podcast, Tom and Scott discuss a recent massive data breach at Ticketmaster involving the data of 560 million customers, the blame game between Ticketmaster and third-party provider Snowflake, and the implications for both…

The Evolving Cyber Landscape: Insights from 2024 Reports

Over the past month, the Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report and the Watchguard Technologies Internet Security Report were released. Here are some highlights. The post The Evolving Cyber Landscape: Insights from 2024 Reports appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article…

Seccomp for Kubernetes workloads

Seccomp in a nutshell Seccomp, short for Secure Computing Mode, is a security feature in the Linux kernel The post Seccomp for Kubernetes workloads appeared first on ARMO. The post Seccomp for Kubernetes workloads appeared first on Security Boulevard. This…

USENIX Security ’23 – “If Sighted People Know, I Should Be Able To Know:” Privacy Perceptions Of Bystanders With Visual Impairments Around Camera-Based Technology

Authors/Presenters:Yuhang Zhao, Yaxing Yao, Jiaru Fu, Nihan Zhou Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the organizations strong commitment to Open Access. Originating from the conference’s events situated at the Anaheim Marriott; and…

StateRAMP vs FedRAMP: What’s The Difference Between Them?

Here at Ignyte, we’ve talked a lot about FedRAMP, the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. As you likely well know, FedRAMP is the federal government’s unified security standard, derived from NIST standardization documents and transformed into a framework to…

Cultivating a Secure Business-Led IT Environment | Grip

Discover how to foster a secure business-led IT culture. Balance innovation with security by understanding what’s fueling shadow SaaS and managing the risks. The post Cultivating a Secure Business-Led IT Environment | Grip appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article…

Organizations Move to Establish Dedicated SaaS Security Teams

SaaS security has become organizations’ top consideration, highlighted by establishing dedicated SaaS security teams. There’s also a notable increase in SaaS cybersecurity budgets, with 39% of organizations boosting their allocations. The post Organizations Move to Establish Dedicated SaaS Security Teams appeared…

LockBit Victim? Ask FBI for Your Ransomware Key

Spy warez: Assistant director of the FBI’s Cyber Division Bryan Vorndran (pictured) might have the key to unscramble your files. The post LockBit Victim? Ask FBI for Your Ransomware Key appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed…

Cisco Extends Cybersecurity Portfolio with Help from AI

Cisco plans to embed AI capabilities into its Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) software and Cisco Security Cloud. The post Cisco Extends Cybersecurity Portfolio with Help from AI appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security Boulevard…

CDW Survey Surfaces Cybersecurity Tool Sprawl Challenges

Stress? What stress? 43% of IT professionals report that their organization had experienced a security breach that caused downtime and cost $1-10 million. The post CDW Survey Surfaces Cybersecurity Tool Sprawl Challenges appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has…

Top Computer Security Risks and How to Stay Safe

Reading Time: 4 min Discover the top Computer security risks in 2024 and learn how to stay protected. Explore threats like phishing, and AI attacks, and find effective safety strategies. The post Top Computer Security Risks and How to Stay…

NVD Update: Help Has Arrived

There’s hope yet for the world’s most beleaguered vulnerability database. The post NVD Update: Help Has Arrived appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security Boulevard Read the original article: NVD Update: Help Has Arrived

Highlights from the ConnectWise IT Nation Secure Event 2024

The ConnectWise IT Nation Secure Event was an electrifying gathering of cybersecurity leaders, experts, and enthusiasts. With a focus on innovation and collaboration.. The post Highlights from the ConnectWise IT Nation Secure Event 2024 appeared first on Seceon. The post…

Narrowing the Stubborn Cybersecurity Worker Gap

There is still a significant gap between cybersecurity needs and available talent, according to Cyberseek, but organizations can expand the pool of candidates by training people for the jobs rather than just seek all the right credentials. The post Narrowing…

Microsoft Recall is a Privacy Disaster

It remembers everything you do on your PC. Security experts are raging at Redmond to recall Recall. The post Microsoft Recall is a Privacy Disaster appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security Boulevard Read the…

Why SAST + DAST can’t be enough

Static and dynamic app testing are cornerstones for any comprehensive AppSec program, yet they rarely rise up to the challenges of fully securing modern software. Discover why secrets are one of their critical blind spots. The post Why SAST +…

Prompt Injection Vulnerability in EmailGPT Discovered

The vulnerability allows attackers to manipulate the AI service to steal data. CyRC recommends immediately removing the application to prevent exploitation. The post Prompt Injection Vulnerability in EmailGPT Discovered appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from…

Digital natives are not cybersecurity natives

At TurkuSec meetup in April, I had the opportunity to share my insights on a pressing issue we’ve been researching lately at F-Secure: the cybersecurity challenges faced by digital natives. These are individuals who have grown up with fast internet…

GHOSTENGINE Exploit: Vulnerable Drivers Facing Attack

A recent revelation in the cybersecurity realm uncovers a concerning development dubbed GHOSTENGINE, a cryptojacking campaign employing a sophisticated method to bypass security measures. In this blog, we’ll look at the GHOSTENGINE exploit in detail, shedding light on its modus…

IoT Security Means Remediation Not Mitigation

A topic that I recently got asked about was vulnerability mitigation for IoT systems, which shows that even within the security community there is still a belief that mitigation equals threat resolution.  For IoT systems this simply does not work…

8 Takeaways from Apple 2023 Threat Research

The newly-released Apple cybersecurity threat study reveals interesting data points and demonstrates how the threat landscape is evolving. The post 8 Takeaways from Apple 2023 Threat Research appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security Boulevard…

NIST 2.0: Securing Workload Identities and Access

5 min read The updated framework addresses the need to secure non-human identities. Here’s how that can extend across the guidance’s five key functions. The post NIST 2.0: Securing Workload Identities and Access appeared first on Aembit. The post NIST…

Life in the Swimlane with Emily Spector, Senior SDR

The post Life in the Swimlane with Emily Spector, Senior SDR appeared first on AI Enabled Security Automation. The post Life in the Swimlane with Emily Spector, Senior SDR appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from…

The Role of DevSecOps in Enhancing CNAPP Efficiency

Incorporating DevSecOps into CNAPP strategies can improve the way organizations develop and secure their applications. The post The Role of DevSecOps in Enhancing CNAPP Efficiency appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security Boulevard Read the…

Was the Ticketmaster Leak Snowflake’s Fault?

Snowflake, Inc. says NO, threatening legal action against those who say it was. But reports are coming in of several more massive leaks from other Snowflake customers. The post Was the Ticketmaster Leak Snowflake’s Fault? appeared first on Security Boulevard.…

CISOs and Senior Leadership at Odds Over Security

Only half of cybersecurity leaders feel their C-suite understands cybersecurity risks, a Trend Micro survey found. Four in five have been told to downplay a potential risk’s severity. The post CISOs and Senior Leadership at Odds Over Security appeared first…

Consolidation is Coming to Corporate Security Technology

Why removing technology silos is critical to helping security teams save time, cut costs, and reduce risks. This article was originally published in Security Magazine. Those old enough to remember the software industry in the 1980s might recall some names…

Data Defense: Leveraging SaaS Security Tools

Data Defense: Leveraging SaaS Security Tools madhav Tue, 06/04/2024 – 05:15 < div> The Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) market has burgeoned in recent years, driven by its convenience, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. As per the Thales 2024 Data Threat Report, enterprises reported they…

50 CISOs & Cybersecurity Leaders Shaping the Future

  I am honored and humbled to be listed among such influential luminaries who collectively push our industry to continually adapt to make our digital ecosystem trustworthy! An incredible list of cybersecurity CISOs and leaders cybersecurity CISOs and leaders that drive…

The NIST Finally Hires a Contractor to Manage CVEs

Security experts have been frustrated because no one was managing the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures security reports. Good news: The NIST has hired a company to manage the backlog. Bad news: The company has no experience with this kind of…

Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Modes of Transportation’

<a class=” sqs-block-image-link ” href=”https://xkcd.com/2940/” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”> <img alt=”” height=”518″ src=”https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5355d604e4b03c3e9896e131/14d11580-de4d-4705-bb37-0619dd030e96/modes_of_transportation.png?format=1000w” width=”510″ /> </a> Permalink The post Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Modes of Transportation’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security Boulevard Read the original article:…

Securing Your Snowflake Environments

SaaS breaches have increased 4x in the last year. We have seen a sequence of breaches that have impacted major SaaS vendors, such as Microsoft and Okta. Snowflake has been in the news recently due to attacks targeted at customer-owned…

CVE-2024-24919 Exploitation, Veriti Proactive Remediation

Over the past few days, there has been a significant rise in exploitation attempts of the Check Point vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-24919. This increase is not isolated but part of a larger pattern of sophisticated cyber attacks that utilize both manual…

Seeing Like a Data Structure

Technology was once simply a tool—and a small one at that—used to amplify human intent and capacity. That was the story of the industrial revolution: we could control nature and build large, complex human societies, and the more we employed…

Insider Risk Digest: May

This Article Insider Risk Digest: May was first published on Signpost Six. | https://www.signpostsix.com/ Welcome to this month’s Insider Risk Digest. This edition reveals a University of Florida professor and students involved in a scheme to ship illicit substances to…

What is an IS (RBI) Audit?

RBI has issued comprehensive master directions and guidelines for banks and non-banking financial corporations to identify and address operational risks and weaknesses. These guidelines are based on recommendations from working groups focused on information security, e-banking, governance, and cyber fraud.…

Understanding Credential Phishing

Credential phishing is a type of cyberattack where attackers attempt to deceive your employees into providing their sensitive information, such as their Microsoft usernames and passwords. What is not obvious is credential phishing is the root cause of many breaches,…

Adaptive DDoS Defense’s Value in the Security Ecosystem

As DDoS attackers become more sophisticated and the attack surface grows exponentially, businesses must expand beyond an ideology of prevention to include a focus on early detection and response. The post Adaptive DDoS Defense’s Value in the Security Ecosystem appeared…

USENIX Security ’23 – zkSaaS: Zero-Knowledge SNARKs as a Service

Authors/Presenters: Sanjam Garg, Aarushi Goel, Abhishek Jain, Johns Hopkins University; Guru-Vamsi Policharla, Sruthi Sekar Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the organizations strong commitment to Open Access. Originating from the conference’s events…

Part 13

On Detection: Tactical to Functional Why a Single Test Case is Insufficient Introduction In my previous post, I explored the idea that different tools can implement the same operation chain (behavior) in various ways. I referred to these various ways…

TrustCloud Product Updates: May 2024

This month we have something big: Our new Third Party Risk Assessment app, TPRA. And it’s now available to current customers! Observable third-party risk assessments  Vendor assessments are a huge part of any GRC program, so it only makes sense…

The Evolution of Security in Containerized Environments

In recent years, containers have become a staple in modern IT infrastructures. They provide extreme flexibility and efficiency in deploying applications. Yet, as containerization has grown in popularity, so has the need to secure these environmеnts. Container security is defined…

What is ISO 27701 PIMS?

In today’s data-driven world, protecting personal information is of greater significance. The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) has developed ISO 27701, a comprehensive Privacy Information Management System (PIMS) standard aimed at improving privacy management within organizations. This blog will look…