Cloud Security December 15, 2022

How Posture Management Prevents Catastrophic Cloud Breaches

3 min read - We’ve all heard about catastrophic cloud breaches. But for every cyberattack reported in the news, many more may never reach the public eye. Perhaps worst of all, a large number of the offending vulnerabilities might have been avoided entirely through…

Software Vulnerabilities December 6, 2022

Containers, Security, and Risks within Containerized Environments

4 min read - Applications have historically been deployed and created in a manner reminiscent of classic shopping malls. First, a developer builds the mall, then creates the various stores inside. The stores conform to the dimensions of the mall and operate within its…

Application Security November 30, 2022

Securing Your SAP Environments: Going Beyond Access Control

3 min read - Many large businesses run SAP to manage their business operations and their customer relations. Security has become an increasingly critical priority due to the ongoing digitalization of society and the new opportunities that attackers exploit to achieve a system breach.…

Cloud Security November 1, 2022

Why Are Cloud Misconfigurations Still a Major Issue?

3 min read - Cloud misconfigurations are by far the biggest threat to cloud security, according to the National Security Agency (NSA). The 2022 IBM Security X-Force Cloud Threat Landscape Report found that cloud vulnerabilities have grown a whopping 28% since last year, with…

CISO October 26, 2022

Charles Henderson’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month Content Roundup

2 min read - In some parts of the world during October, we have Halloween, which conjures the specter of imagined monsters lurking in the dark. Simultaneously, October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which evokes the specter of threats lurking behind our screens. Bombarded with…

Cloud Security October 13, 2022

How an Attacker Can Achieve Persistence in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) with Cloud Shell

5 min read - IBM Security X-Force Red took a deeper look at the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and found a potential method an attacker could use to persist in GCP via the Google Cloud Shell. Google Cloud Shell is a service that provides…

Risk Management September 27, 2022

3 Keys to an Effective Enterprise IT Risk Management Strategy

2 min read - The average cost of a data breach hit a record high of $4.35 million, a 13% increase in the last two years, according to the 2022 Cost of a Data Breach report. In addition, laws are holding board members personally…

Intelligence & Analytics September 21, 2022

How IBM Secured the 2022 US Open

4 min read - Throughout the US Open Tennis Championship, the infrastructure for USOpen.org and the mobile apps can see upwards of 3 million security events. While the vast majority of events are not serious, security analysts must quickly determine which are concerning to…

Zero Trust September 14, 2022

Old Habits Die Hard: New Report Finds Businesses Still Introducing Security Risk into Cloud Environments

4 min read - While cloud computing and its many forms (private, public, hybrid cloud or multi-cloud environments) have become ubiquitous with innovation and growth over the past decade, cybercriminals have closely watched the migration and introduced innovations of their own to exploit the…

Zero Trust July 27, 2022

What’s New in the 2022 Cost of a Data Breach Report

6 min read - The average cost of a data breach reached an all-time high of $4.35 million this year, according to newly published 2022 Cost of a Data Breach Report, an increase of 2.6% from a year ago and 12.7% since 2020.