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The Microsoft Azure service that had 80 vulnerabilities in one year
As the range of cloud services on offer grows, one might expect a corresponding increase in vulnerabilities - but for Microsoft, one cloud service experienced a disproportionately high number compared to others, writes James Maude, Lead Cyber Security Researcher, BeyondTrust.
Fortinet survey finds 78 per cent of organisations felt prepared for ransomware attacks, yet half still fell victim
John Maddison, executive vice president of products and chief marketing officer, Fortinet, said, “According to the Fortinet research released, though three out of four organisations detected ransomware attacks early, half still fell victim to them. These results demonstrate the urgency to move beyond simple detection to real-time response. However, ...
New Relic’s 2023 State of Java Ecosystem Report: Java Still Dominant
New Relic (NYSE: NEWR), the all-in-one observability platform for every engineer, released its second annual State of the Java Ecosystem Report to provide context and insights into the current state of the Java ecosystem. Following the recent release of Java 17, the report finds that the adoption rate for the latest long-term support (LTS) release has ...
Report Reveals the Need for the Convergence of Observability and Security as Rising Complexity of Cloud-Native Development Exposes Australian Organisations to Heightened Security Risks
Dynatrace (NYSE: DT), the leader in unified observability and security, has announced the findings of an independent global survey of 1,300 chief information security officers (CISOs), including 100 respondents from Australia, in large organisations. The research reveals that CISOs find it increasingly difficult to keep their software secure as their ...
New Research Underscores Security and Compliance Challenges Remain Across Distributed Workforces
Report reveals OS fragmentation, endpoint and network complexity creating false sense of security for enterprises
Asset Deployment and the Changing Face of Mining
As an industry, mining has always been slow to adopt new ideas due to the enormous upfront investment in capital. It is clear, however, that new approaches are required to transform operations because of the pressure on margins and the need to extract raw materials more efficiently and cheaper than competitors. The mining sector is experiencing a ...
New BlackBerry Research Finds Australian Manufacturers Increasingly Wary of Nation State Threats
Two-thirds of Australian manufacturers believe their environment is too difficult to defend. 87% admit manufacturing functions are running on outdated and unsupported legacy operating systems.
Zscaler ThreatLabz Research Shows a Nearly 50% Increase in Phishing Attacks with Education, Finance, and Government Being the Most Targeted
Annual Phishing Report Highlights New and Evolving Phishing Campaigns Resulting from the Rise of AI Platforms, like ChatGPT, Urges Organisations to Adopt a Zero Trust Architecture
In The News
Developers Spending More Time Firefighting Issues Than Delivering Innovation
Developers warn that the current pace of innovation is not sustainable unless organisations equip IT teams with the tools they need. • Absence of the right tools to understand root cause of application performance issues and resolve them quickly results in developers spending hours in war room meetings and debugging applications, instead of creating ...
Dynatrace Announces Industry’s First Observability-Driven Kubernetes Security Posture Management Solution
Extends the Dynatrace platform’s existing security capabilities to enable customers to drive Cloud-Native Application Protection at scale
WALTHAM, Mass., May 7, 2024 – Dynatrace (NYSE: DT), the leader in unified observability and security, today announced it is enhancing its platform with new Kubernetes Security Posture Management (KSPM) ...
The AI Reality: New Research from ISACA Identifies Gaps in AI Knowledge, Training and Policies
According to a new ISACA pulse poll of 3,270 digital trust professionals, only 15% of organisations have AI policies, and 40% of organisations offer no AI training at all. These gaps are concerning given that 70% of respondents say staff are using AI, and 60% say employees are using generative AI (e.g., Microsoft CoPilot, Google Gemini, and OpenAI’s ...
Dragos Announces New Integration with CrowdStrike Falcon® Next-Gen SIEM for Enhanced Threat Detection in OT Networks
Dragos has announced an expanded partnership with CrowdStrike to integrate OT threat intelligence from the Dragos Platform into the CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM. The integration enables SOC analysts to quickly pinpoint malicious behaviour on OT networks and have the context they need to reduce false positives, prioritise mitigations, and achieve ...
Cloudflare Announces Unified Risk Posture to Provide Comprehensive and Continuous Risk Management at Scale – for Free
Advanced suite of risk management capabilities enables seamless discovery and mitigation of threats across applications, data loss or exposure, and human error
ExtraHop® Launches New AI Tools for SOC Analysts
Strengthens award-winning RevealXTM platform with new AI features to accelerate threat detection and response
Fastly Boosts Managed Security Service with Bot Management and Industry-Leading SLA
SYDNEY – May 8, 2024 – In a significant milestone to help organisations get ahead of today’s cyber threats, Fastly, Inc. (NYSE: FSLY), a leader in global edge cloud platforms, today enhanced its Managed Security Service with coverage of Fastly Bot Management, and an industry-leading 30-minute time-to-notify service level agreement (SLA).
Fastly’s ...
SentinelOne® Unveils Future of Autonomous Security
Company unleashes power of Singularity™ Data Lake and Purple AI to transform security operations through new autonomous capabilities in the Singularity Platform.
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