Articles Tagged with ''information security''

By staying on top of open source trends, scanning frequently and working with security counterparts to get the information needed, developers can fix more third-party library flaws faster to develop more secure applications in the future.

Overcome human nature with a security mindset that uses what humans are best at: complex reasoning. Remember to trust your human nature – the intuition that you need to double-check “locking the doors” or other security steps.

Many companies aren’t focused on cybersecurity disciplines directly, nor do they know how to optimize their cybersecurity. Therefore, it becomes the customers’ IT and technology partners’ job to focus on the basics, creating a faster and more fluid response for their clients. Let’s look at three ways partners can advise customers on their cybersecurity needs. 

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) opened registration for the third annual President’s Cup Cybersecurity Competition.

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.

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.

Risk assessments aren’t being done the right way – and that can lead to multiple problems for businesses. It’s time for a risk assessment redo.