Telcos are part of the vital infrastructure that serves as a forerunner for the rest of the industry as their digital environments change. Many major telecommunications companies have large retail infrastructures that are purpose-built to onboard new customers in shops, but the retail industry has been harmed over the years by security concerns and the demand for personal involvement at every stage of onboarding. This influences their capacity to effectively grow their user base.

A major subset of overall cybersecurity, Information Security focuses on protecting sensitive data and information from the risks of cyberattacks. It covers but is not limited to: The fundamental goal of information security is to prevent sensitive data from being compromised by criminals or state actors. InfoSec encompasses a wide range of tasks and practices, spanning from monitoring user behavior to assessing risk to ongoing education.

We’re proud to announce that Bitbucket Cloud users can now unlock the full power of Mend for automatic detection and remediation of open source risk. With the release of our new Bitbucket Cloud integration in the Atlassian Marketplace, Mend now makes it possible for developers to find and eliminate vulnerabilities, all while staying in their Bitbucket Cloud repositories.

This past June I presented a.conf22 session called “A Beginner’s Guide to SOAR: Automating the Basics” to address perceptions about SOAR adoption among security practitioners. This was my first in-person presentation to a live audience in several years because of the pandemic and I was encouraged to find that the session was among the highest attended at the event with well over 200 attendees in the room.

Revolutionizing the way businesses and consumers complete transactions, digital wallets continue to grow in popularity due to their ease of use and stronger security when compared to traditional payment methods. However, the increased use of digital wallets makes for a major target for cybercriminals. It is important to remember to follow best practices when opening and using digital wallets to ensure you and your information are protected.

Every technology has its downside. Likewise, internet use also has its drawback of cyber threats, which we already know. All the companies are struggling to secure their virtual assets from cyber-attacks to run a successful business. But the threat possibilities are worsening with new concepts like working from remote locations and cloud computing.

Following my recent AISA session about security transformation in October, I am digging further into the value that can come from both security and digital transformation, applying security service edge capabilities and zero trust principles as part of the broader digital transformation strategy.. In the first part of this three-part blog series, I am going to take a look at how an understanding of digital strategy and digital risk are foundational to a modern security transformation journey.

Malware is becoming more sophisticated, and it would be impossible to prevent and defend from every single cyber threat out there. As the digital dependence of enterprises grows in tandem with the enterprise’s growth, we at Rubrik are seeing some consistent trends that can be mapped to their exacerbating cyber risk. In today's competitive landscape, it is even more important to secure your data to defend against cyber attacks.

As data is becoming a critical asset and data breach incidents are increasing, the software is becoming a primary factor for both. And for securing it, Code Signing Certificate is a primary component software publishers use. Developers have recently been utilizing certificates with a 2048-bit key length. But, in 2021, a new policy was enacted, directing CAs to issue Code Signing Certificates with a 3072-Bit Key Length. The primary aim of defining such a standard was to strengthen security.