SASE is not SD-WAN + SSE

SASE = SD-WAN + SSE. This simple equation has become a staple of SASE marketing and thought leadership. It identifies two elements that underpin SASE, namely the network access technology (SD-WAN) and secure internet access (Security Service Edge (SSE)). The problem with this equation is that it is simply wrong. Here is why. What is missing from the equation? The answer is: a cloud network.

Over 1 Million Impacted By Milliman Solutions Breach

Milliman Solutions is a risk-assessment company that works with life insurance providers to explain to them the total risks involved with investing in any one individual. The company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, and manages a huge amount of information for consumers on a daily basis. The organization employs over 3,000 individuals located in more than 59 separate offices.

How to Quantify the ROI of Your GRC & Security Programs: 3 Lessons Learned from Successful GRC Teams

GRC programs are often viewed as cost centers. But, they can in fact be profit drivers by contributing to sales acceleration, cost and time savings, and risk reduction. In this session, we shared insights on calculating the ROI of GRC, by connecting to key metrics like contractual liability, resource costs, and operational efficiency. We also provided practical examples of how to gauge program success.

State of API Security for Financial Services and Insurance

As financial services and insurance organizations have increasingly turned to APIs to accelerate business innovation, attackers have also changed their tactics, making APIs their prime target. This short video discusses findings from the first industry-specific version of the State of API Security report and draws on a combination of survey responses and empirical data from the Salt Cloud. Key trends revealed by the survey include.

Immutable vs. Mutable Backups: Does it Really Matter?

As the fight against ransomware continues, the value of data cannot be understated. Considering what a breach could cost and how long it would take to rectify, it’s no wonder risk mitigation and response is at the forefront of every IT leader’s mind. When discussing data storage, data permanence is often discussed as a way to retain information indefinitely. But when it comes to the threat of ransomware, does the immutability of your backups play such an important role?

Product demo - O24 Farsight VPT for Risk-based Vulnerability Management

There’s a gap between the identification of vulnerabilities and the IT resource available to remediate them within the timeframe hackers operate. With Outscan NX and Farsight, the vulnerability risk management process becomes more streamlined and efficient, enabling organizations to proactively address the biggest risk first to optimize security resource.

MOVEit Vulnerability Investigations Uncover Additional Exfiltration Method

Kroll has identified two different file exfiltration methodologies leveraged by threat actors, primarily CLOP, during recent engagements involving the exploitation of the MOVEit vulnerability (CVE-2023-34362) throughout May and June 2023. In the vast majority of Kroll’s global MOVEit investigations, the primary data exfiltration method consisted of utilizing the dropped web shell to inject a session or create a malicious account (named Method 1 for this piece).

5 Insights to Planning for a More Cybersecure World

SecurityScorecard recently joined the World Economic Forum’s Centre for Cybersecurity and UC Berkeley’s Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC) for a private, invite-only workshop in Washington, DC alongside global leaders, CEOs, and CISOs to identify trends and insights that will most likely impact cybersecurity in the next decade of 2030 via future-focused scenarios with emerging cybersecurity challenges.

CodeSecDays brings security leaders together to build a world without software security issues

In GitGuardian's first digital conference, CodeSecDays, security leaders from multiple leading companies like Snyk, Chainguard, Doppler, RedMonk, and more came together to share the latest in code and application security.