In the modern cloud landscape, the question isn’t whether or not you need a cloud access security broker (CASB) — it’s how to choose the right one and implement it effectively. Malicious attacks are on the rise, and so are remote and hybrid workforces, making it more important than ever to be proactive about data security.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) safeguards patient data. Hospitals, clinics, insurance providers, and other healthcare facilities must adhere to these stringent rules. De-identification enables healthcare data to be used in meaningful research. It enables data to be analyzed to provide improved healthcare. It does this without violating personal privacy. This balance is critical to fuel innovation and ethically manage data.

Disruptive technologies have a learning curve in the pace of adoption and implementation. Training and education tend to follow a slower schedule and can have a hard time keeping up with discoveries happening on the bleeding edge. This is part of what led to the current cloud security skill gap. The cloud transformed software development, accelerating innovation and the pace of human creativity. But, we now know that it also formed new security challenges.

In a significant blow to cybercriminal infrastructure, German law enforcement has successfully dismantled 47 crypto exchanges accused of enabling illegal activities, including money laundering. This operation, dubbed "Final Exchange," was led by the Frankfurt Public Prosecutor’s Office – Central Office for Combating Internet Crime (ZIT) and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA).

In this second blog of our series, we embark on a journey of Branch Transformation with the Next Gen SASE Branch solution. Built on the Netskope One SASE platform, the Next Gen SASE Branch solution combines its three layers—Context-aware SASE Fabric, Zero Trust Hybrid Security, and a SkopeAI-powered Cloud Orchestrator—into a unified cloud offering. The three layers are defined below.

Cybersecurity leaders already know the importance of a data loss prevention (DLP) solution. They also know DLP has its limits. As cloud applications have grown more common, they’ve introduced gaps in the DLP shield. SaaS apps present new opportunities for data leakage, accidental sharing, and insider threats. To plug those gaps, you need a cloud access security broker (CASB).

Phishing campaign leverages HTTP headers for credential theft, Scattered Spider targets cloud accounts, and UNC2970 exploits victims looking for jobs.

In a significant shift in its privacy policy, the messaging platform Telegram has announced that it will start sharing user data with authorities to aid in criminal investigations. Known for its strict stance on user privacy, this policy reversal marks a notable departure from the company's past operations. The platform, once regarded as a haven for privacy-conscious users, is now responding to increasing concerns over the use of Telegram by cybercriminals and other bad actors.

Now that we’ve introduced Elastic Cloud encryption at rest and walked you through setting it up in AWS and Azure, it’s time to get you set up in Google Cloud. In this final blog of the series, we will explain how encryption at rest works with Google Cloud Key Management Service (KMS) and then show you how to apply a Google Cloud KMS key to an Elastic Cloud Hosted deployment for encrypting data and snapshots at rest.