Fermín Serna has been appointed Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Databricks, where he will lead Databricks' network, platform and user security programs, and governance and compliance efforts.
A critical security vulnerability in Microsoft’s Azure cloud database platform – Cosmos DB – could have allowed complete remote takeover of accounts, with admin rights to read, write and delete any information to a database instance.
President Biden’s executive order on improving the nation’s cybersecurity will impact device manufacturers—even those that don’t sell to the Federal government.
President Biden’s executive order on improving the nation’s cybersecurity will impact device manufacturers—even those that don’t sell to the Federal government.
Current cybersecurity professionals and educators can change the narrative, but only if we take individual responsibility to engage with others and be visible members of our communities. Otherwise, the issue of a lack of diversity in the field won’t address itself.
F5 has fixed more than a dozen high-severity security vulnerabilities in its networking device, with one of them being elevated to critical severity and CVSS score of 9.9 under specific conditions. All vulnerabilities are part of this month’s delivery of security updates, addressing almost 30 vulnerabilities for multiple F5 devices.
Some of the country’s leading technology companies have committed to investing billions of dollars in strengthening cybersecurity defenses and in training skilled workers, the White House announced, following President Joe Biden’s private meeting with top executives.
Vulnerability remediation can feel like an ever-escalating game of whack-a-mole. Security teams need to work smarter, not harder, to stay ahead of the onslaught of new vulnerabilities. Effective prioritization is a key step to identify the big rocks that need to be fixed first.
A new DoControl report, Quantifying the Immense Risk of Unmanaged SaaS Data Access, highlights how the vast amounts of unmanaged data in today’s enterprises have led to a growing number of insider and external threats to global organizations.