The changing face of digital identity verification [Q&A]

Biometric face recognition

As we've grown more and more reliant on the internet to carry out everyday transactions, proving who we are has become a major issue.

We are still heavily dependent on IDs, passwords and supplementary security questions, but all of these are open to abuse leading to the risk of identity theft.

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93 percent of businesses experience breaches caused by third-party vendors

Broken chain

A new study reveals that 97 percent of firms surveyed have been negatively impacted by a cybersecurity breach that occurred in their supply chain and 93 percent have suffered a direct cybersecurity breach.

The third-party cyber risk survey form BlueVoyant also shows the average number of breaches experienced in the last 12 months grew from 2.7 in 2020 to 3.7 in 2021 -- a 37 percent year-on-year increase.

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Enterprises move to software-defined storage as data volumes increase

Storage puzzle

A new report from the Linux Foundation looks at enterprise use of data and storage relating to cloud services and workloads.

The 2021 Data and Storage Trends Report, produced by the SODA Foundation and Linux Foundation Research, shows rapidly growing data volumes and a shift in how they're being handled.

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Google Cloud and Cybereason team up to fight cyberattacks

Insider threat

As the IT landscape has evolved, securing hybrid and cloud environments has become a more complex and challenging process.

To improve Extended Detection and Response (XDR) across endpoints, networks, cloud and workspaces, operation-centric cyber attack protection specialist Cybereason, and Google Cloud have today announced a collaboration.

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OpenSilver picks up where Silverlight leaves off

OpenSilver

Let us pause for a moment to remember Microsoft Silverlight. The web application framework and alternative to Flash and Java reaches the end of its support life today.

Whilst it never had the market penetration of the others, Silverlight had a 15-year lifespan and in 2010 the plug-in was on over 53 percent of browsers.

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Remote work brings increased risk for SMEs

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Remote working is leading to increased cyber risk for smaller enterprises according to new research from data center specialist ServerChoice.

New working patterns brought about by COVID mean that many technical staff at SMEs are now based remotely and 77 percent see remote working as an increased risk to their business.

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The security challenges of widespread container use [Q&A]

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Containers have provided greater flexibility and enabled developers to think less about their infrastructure. However, securing them presents a challenge.

Traditional workload protection technologies designed for static workloads don't work well on minimized, ephemeral container workloads. There's also increased use of open source software that presents additional risks.

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Why businesses need to take vulnerability and risk management seriously [Q&A]

Risk dial

As businesses rely more on the cloud and virtual infrastructure, so the potential for both configuration errors and cyberattacks increases.

The pandemic has only made the problem worse and in many cases led to a loosening of security policy. What do organizations need to do to address the issue and protect their systems? We spoke to Tal Morgenstern, Vulcan Cyber CPO and co-founder, to find out.

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SMBs feel more secure despite increasing cyberattacks

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A new survey of over 700 small and medium businesses shows that 80 percent say they feel more secure now than they did last year in spite of increasing levels of cyberattacks.

The study from network security specialist Untangle shows security budgets increasing over 2020 levels too.

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Hybrid working has boosted Apple adoption in the enterprise

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The switch to remote and hybrid working has seen 76 percent of enterprises report increased use of Apple devices, according to a new study from device management company Kandji.

Mac notebook computer use is up the most with a 63 percent reported increase. Additionally, over half (53 percent) of respondents report that requests for Apple devices have increased in the past two years, and far more report bigger increases in requests for Apple (42 percent) than any other device (11 percent).

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Majority of AWS accounts are vulnerable to ransomware

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As more data moves to the cloud, platforms like AWS are becoming an increasingly attractive target for ransomware operators.

A new study by cloud infrastructure company Ermetic finds that 70 percent of environments studied had machines that were publicly exposed to the internet and were linked to identities whose permissions could be exploited to allow the machines to perform ransomware.

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New browser-based enterprise endpoint is designed for hybrid working

Endpoint protection

A browser-based endpoint solution created to address the unique threats imposed by the hybrid workforce and designed with employee experience in mind is being launched today by Talon Cyber Security.

TalonWork can be deployed across the organization in less than an hour, allowing security leaders to make the browser their first line of defense with minimum complexity, cost and without additional hardware.

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Patching is too complex and time consuming say IT pros

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A new survey from automation platform Ivanti reveals that 71 percent of IT and security professionals find patching to be overly complex, cumbersome, and time consuming.

In addition 57 percent of respondents say that remote work has increased the complexity and scale of patch management.

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UK businesses are attacked every 47 seconds

Dissolving clock

UK businesses faced a new cyberattack every 47 seconds over the summer as the volume of attempts to breach their systems online increased following an earlier slowdown.

Analysis of commercial internet traffic from business ISP Beaming shows that the attack rate increased by four percent between July and September, having fallen in the second quarter.

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The changing role of developers in the enterprise [Q&A]

Developer team

Recent trends such as cloud, open-source software and low-code platforms have led to radical changes in the role of developers.

But what exactly is the effect of these changes and how can development teams prepare for them and take advantage of the opportunities they offer? We spoke to Bob Quillin, chief ecosystem officer at modernization platform vFunction, to find out.

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