It feels like sub-sea cable disruptions are becoming ever more common, with recent reports of major outages caused by severed cables in the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, the North Sea, and—most recently—off the coast of Africa.

ISO standards may not always jump out as the most exciting of topics for dinner party conversation, but their growing importance in business cannot be denied. And this year it is well worth us talking about ISO 27001:2022 specifically (though perhaps not over dinner). It is expected that as many as 90,000* organisations might renew their certification or gain it for the very first time this year. The auditors will be busy!

Over the past year, AI innovation has swept through the workplace. Across industries and all team functions, we are seeing employees using AI assistants to streamline various tasks, including taking minutes, writing emails, developing code, crafting marketing strategies and even helping with managing company finances.

Netskope Threat Labs publishes a monthly summary blog post of the top threats we track on the Netskope platform. This post aims to provide strategic, actionable intelligence on active threats against enterprise users worldwide.

Bellwether industry analyst reports continue to indicate the future direction for security service edge (SSE) solutions. The recently released report, The Forrester Wave™: Security Service Edge Solutions, Q1 2024, includes Netskope as a Leader and ranked it highest for in the Current Offering category. Beyond the short list of leaders, here is Netskope’s take on the report’s findings and key signals that will help you assess the right vendors to fit your strategic outcomes.

Imagine a future where office coffee machines autonomously order beans, and both comfort and energy efficiency are effortlessly managed through smart lighting and temperature controls, alongside smart factories leveraging robotic arms for optimal production. With the internet of things (IoT) market expected to reach 55.7 billion devices by 2025, as predicted by IDC, this potential future brings thrilling opportunities and serious challenges.

Netskope Threat Labs has observed an evasive Azorult campaign in the wild that employs multiple defense evasion techniques from delivery through execution to fly under the defender’s radar as it steals sensitive data. Azorult is an information stealer first discovered in 2016 that steals sensitive information including user credentials, browser information, and crypto wallet data.

In the fast-paced realm of digital connectivity, the effective management of internet bandwidth is pivotal for ensuring business continuity through seamless access to business-critical applications. Network administrators often grapple with the constant challenge of prioritizing business critical applications during network contention, a challenge exacerbated by the prevalence of high-bandwidth-consuming non-business web applications.

We have been fantasising about artificial intelligence for a long time. This obsession materialises in some cultural masterpieces, with movies or books such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Metropolis, Blade Runner, The Matrix, I, Robot, Westworld, and more. Most raise deep philosophical questions about human nature, but also explore the potential behaviours and ethics of artificial intelligence, usually through a rather pessimistic lens.

In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, the collaborative effort between the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in issuing five joint Cybersecurity Information Sheets (CSIs) marks a significant milestone in guiding organizations towards secure cloud adoption. These documents serve as a testament to the critical nature of securing cloud services in an era where digital transformation is not just an option, but a necessity.

In today’s hybrid working environment, the software as a service (SaaS) apps employees use, and security service edge (SSE) solutions organizations use to secure it are dynamic and distributed. You sometimes need to deal with complex user experience issues without clear visibility into where they originate. Let’s take a look at some increasingly common situations and explore some proven ways IT leaders are regaining control.

Early in 2023 my colleague, and VP of Technology Integrations and Business Development, David Willis walked us through Realizing the True Power of Netskope Cloud Exchange. In the article, David painted the evolution of Cloud Exchange with a focus on how the Netskope Cloud Threat Exchange (CTE) module has matured since it was released.

The latest example of an advanced persistent threat exploiting a legitimate cloud service to deliver a malicious payload was recently unearthed by researchers at Trend Micro.

Today we are very excited to unveil Netskope One, which is our new name for the full range of market-leading Netskope capabilities that are contained in, and delivered by, a single platform. Netskope One enables security, infrastructure and operations (I&O) teams to reduce risk, cost, and complexity, protecting and accelerating everything to everywhere. Not only can we offer these unique capabilities; crucially, we are the only vendor that can deliver them all in a single platform.