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AWS Launches Improvements for Key Quarantine Policy

Recently, AWS expanded the scope of their AWSCompromisedKeyQuarantine policies (v2 and v3) to include new actions. This policy is used by AWS to lock down access keys that they suspect have been compromised. A common example of this process in action is when AWS automatically applies the quarantine policy to any keys found by scanning public GitHub repositories. This proactive protection mechanism can stop compromises before they happen.

Embargo Ransomware Expands Attacks to Cloud Environments

Ransomware continues to evolve, and the latest escalation in tactics comes from the Embargo ransomware group. Threat actor Storm-0501, known for its previous ties to various ransomware groups, has now shifted its focus towards hybrid cloud environments, targeting both on-premise and cloud-based systems. This strategic shift poses significant risks for organizations relying on cloud infrastructure, particularly those in critical sectors such as healthcare, government, transportation, and law enforcement.
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Is the Speed of AI Development Leaving UK SMEs Struggling to Plug Security Gaps?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is perhaps one of the fastest evolving technologies in business today. For SMEs, it can be hard to keep up with these developments and sift through what's simply noise, and what will deliver tangible business benefits. As the UK data from our recent SME IT Trends report shows, embracing AI can help UK SMEs streamline operations, improve the admin and user experience, and stand out in a crowded marketplace. Without a doubt, choosing to ignore AI would be choosing to fall behind.

What Is ARM64 and Why Should You Use It?

In this video, learn what ARM64 is, its architecture, its advantages over x86 and other processors, and other general benefits. Resources and social media: Transcript: If you’re wondering what ARM64 is, let’s flash back a few years… During the 2000s, ARM processors led the way in the mobile revolution, providing our smartphones and tablets with serious computing power. ARM’s 32-bit chips were built on reduced instruction set computer (RISC) architecture that clocked speeds of 1 to 2 GHz, and became the dominant chip inside the devices we put in our pockets.

How to Add Azure Account as a Datasource

In this BDRSuite demo, I’ll guide you through adding an Azure Account as a Data Source in BDRSuite Backup Server.` BDRSuite provides robust protection for your Azure data, allowing you to back up and recover virtual machines, storage accounts, and other Azure resources efficiently. It supports flexible storage options, secure backups, and easy recovery processes.

How Cloudflare auto-mitigated world record 3.8 Tbps DDoS attack

Since early September, Cloudflare's DDoS protection systems have been combating a month-long campaign of hyper-volumetric L3/4 DDoS attacks. Cloudflare’s defenses mitigated over one hundred hyper-volumetric L3/4 DDoS attacks throughout the month, with many exceeding 2 billion packets per second (Bpps) and 3 terabits per second (Tbps). The largest attack peaked 3.8 Tbps — the largest ever disclosed publicly by any organization. Detection and mitigation was fully autonomous.

CrowdStrike Empowers DevSecOps Teams to Strengthen and Streamline Cloud Security

Support for cloud security posture management (CSPM) misconfigurations: Our enhanced CSPM tools vigilantly monitor cloud infrastructures for misconfigurations, compliance violation and security gaps, providing complete visibility into security posture early in the development cycle and saving SecOps teams time.

Opti9 Receives AWS Resilience Competency

As of Monday, September 16th, Opti9 Technologies is proud to have achieved the AWS Resilience Competency, specialized in Resilience Recovery, recognizing our expertise in helping customers enhance the availability and reliability of their critical cloud workloads. As an AWS Resilience Competency Partner, our services are rigorously validated by AWS to ensure we meet the highest standards as an AWS Services Partner, and uphold the established expertise.

Birthday Week 2024 Recap: AI Audit, Speed Brain, Developer Tools and more!

In this week’s episode, we recap our main innovation week of the year, Birthday Week, and its many announcements. Host João Tomé is joined by Brendan Irvine-Broque (Group Product Manager) and Kelly May Johnston (Director, Product Management). We dive into some of the key announcements of the week, including the AI audit and major improvements in security, performance, and AI/ML support, such as enhanced threat detection and analytics, faster navigation with Speed Brain, and expanded free tools for all users.

Unlocking the Power of Secure Identities with Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS)

As businesses continue to embrace cloud services for scalability and cost efficiency, cybersecurity is following a similar trend. To stay ahead of evolving threats, companies are increasingly adopting Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) as a comprehensive solution. Leveraging cutting-edge technologies, Managed Service Providers (MSPs) deliver Identity Security to help businesses achieve key objectives.