A strong misconception abounds that managed providers are impervious to data loss. The truth, however, is that accidents can happen at any time, to any business. Finding a provider that takes data backup and protection seriously, therefore, is critical to the well-being of your business. Opti9—a leading provider of managed cloud solutions—is one company that is addressing this problem head-on.

Cybersecurity challenges continue to grow in impact and complexity, especially as they relate to government and Defence information. In response to increasing hacking and cyber attacks, the Department of Defense (DoD) has released the DFARS and CMMC information management and cybersecurity standards to reduce the risk of system compromises within government agencies and the defense industrial base (DIB) that supports them.

Previously, we talked about the first phase of our battle testing process. If you haven’t already, give it a read for background on this article. After Bearer CLI proved itself solid against a variety of real-world projects, it was time to take things to the next level and compare the quality of results over time, and against the results of other static application security testing (SAST) tools.

Since we announced version 1.3 of Bearer CLI in early April, the team has been working relentlessly to make major movements and ship amazing new features. Before you read it all, we advise you to update to the latest version in the background 🙂, that way you can start exploring all right after finishing this article!

The recent US National Guard leak has once again focused attention on the risk that overprivileged access poses. A massive intelligence breach occurred when Massachusetts US National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, an IT specialist with a top secret security clearance, accessed and printed classified files and posted them to a civilian Discord chat room. He did this after having been previously reprimanded for his mishandling of classified information.

Applications are usually considered battle tested if they've been around a while and work as expected in most known situations. In software, we want the binary releases we make to have this level of confidence. The problem is, when you’re building something new how can you make up for the time and active user advantage of established software? In this article we’ll look at the early stage of our battle-testing process and how it influenced our future testing.

Imagine a scenario where a competitor gains access to your organization's most sensitive data, causing severe financial loss and irreparable damage to your reputation. This nightmare can become a reality through data exfiltration. Data exfiltration is a real threat to organizations, as it involves the unauthorized transfer of sensitive information, the effects of which can lead to operational disruption, financial losses and damage to reputation.

Unstructured data is a prime target for ransomware attacks, making it crucial for organizations to protect and manage it effectively. Currently, it is estimated that 80-90% of all data generated falls into the unstructured category, consisting of files and objects. Organizations rely on unstructured data to store sensitive information, intellectual property, and other invaluable corporate assets.

What is it: Agentless architecture refers to platforms and services that are built to run as cloud-native applications. They require no installation, patching, or other forms of long term upkeep on the part of a user. Why it matters: Agentless applications, especially agentless security applications have a lower total cost of ownership (TCO), in terms of man-hours saved in deployment, maintenance, and overhead.