Cloud-based services are augmenting business operations and being adopted at a record pace. In fact, ​Gartner® estimates “more than 85% of organizations will embrace a cloud-first principle by 2025 and will not be able to fully execute on their digital strategies without the use of cloud-native architectures and technologies.”

Organizations increasingly rely on third parties for business operations, and as a result are working with more digital suppliers than ever. According to Gartner, 60% of organizations work with more than 1,000 third parties and this number will grow. High-profile vulnerabilities such as Log4Shell are a constant reminder of the risks posed by a breakdown in the software supply chain. This has spurred enterprises to increase the rigor of software risk assessments to ensure supply chain security.

Tines is delighted to announce we have joined the AWS Partner Network as a Select Partner, and our no-code automation platform is now live on AWS Marketplace. Additionally, we are very proud to have recently won an AWS Software Startup Award. The awards were created to shine a spotlight on innovative B2B/SaaS startups in the UK and Ireland.

With the constant threat of malware weighing on cloud teams, AWS is introducing new ways to identify malicious software with Amazon GuardDuty. Amazon GuardDuty Malware Protection, a fully managed malware detection service launched today at Re:inforce by AWS, provides agentless scanning to identify when suspicious activity occurs.

Researchers from ESET have shed light on a new macOS backdoor, discovered in April 2022, dubbed CloudMensis. At first glance this is just the latest example of spyware targeting the Apple operating system with the intent of exfiltrating documents, keystrokes, and screen captures. However, as the name suggests, one of the interesting features of this malware is a sophisticated two-stage kill chain that exploits legitimate cloud services in different phases of the attack.

The typical life of a consultant working in the field of governance, risk and compliance is often not deeply technical, but we have to be aware of new technology and the risks it poses; this is very true when it comes to Cloud, and with the massive adoption of Cloud as the vast majority of organizations now use cloud services on some level.

The Arctic Wolf team is having a great time in Boston at AWS re:Inforce 2022. What a wonderful show! It has been thrilling to connect with industry leaders and AWS experts from across the world–and it was equally thrilling for us to announce that Arctic Wolf has achieved the newly introduced Level 1 MSSP specialization in Digital Forensics Incident Response (DFIR).

I am very pleased and proud to share the big news that Devo is now an AWS Security Competency Partner. This is a significant milestone for Devo and it’s important for our current and future customers and partners. This designation validates that Devo has successfully met AWS’s technical and quality requirements for providing customers with a deep level of expertise in threat detection and response.