‍Cybersecurity audits are essential for any organization to review, analyze, and update its current IT infrastructure, information security policies (ISP), and overall cybersecurity risk management protocols. Audits are a critical part of information security and should be performed annually to ensure that new policies are implemented properly, potential vulnerabilities are identified, and the school maintains compliance with regulatory standards.

AWS Security Groups (and Network ACLs and VPCs) are some of the fundamental building blocks of security in your cloud environment. They are similar to firewalls but are not the same thing. You have to understand this topic very well before you begin building in the cloud, because there are some subtle differences in how they are used, and you need to follow best practices. You should know your public cloud provider is contractually bound to honor its side of a shared responsibility model.

Knowing the credentials for any user account in your network gives an adversary significant power. After logging on as a legitimate user, they can move laterally to other systems and escalate their privileges to deploy ransomware, steal critical data, disrupt vital operations and more. Most organizations know this, and take steps to protect user credentials.

Snyk provides plugins or extensions for Visual Studio Code, Jetbrains IDEs like IntelliJ, WebStorm, PHPStorm, GoLand, and Visual Studio. But have you ever wanted to integrate Snyk in your daily work when your favorite editor or IDE is Vim, Emacs, Sublime, or Eclipse? This is going to be possible soon, as we’ve published our Eclipse plugin, including the new Snyk Language Server Protocol.

What are the most important areas for a CISO to focus on? When speaking to Aman Sood, it becomes clear that the job of a CISO encompasses every aspect of a business. Aman is the Head of Cyber Security with Jimdo, a website building platform that helps small businesses start, grow, and ultimately thrive online. Aman is also the Cyber Security Group Chairman for ISITC Europe CIC, a non-profit industry body and a catalyst for collaborative innovation within the capital markets.

Email is a universal means of electronic communication used by millions of people. The organization uses them to communicate with the co-employees, suppliers, partners, and customers. It also acts as a suitable medium for cybercrimes to initiate an attack that causes severe damage to the organization. It is estimated that 90% of cyber-attacks emerge from emails. Effective cyber security practices will help the organization prevent attacks and protect the organization.

Whether you’re migrating to the cloud via lift-and-shift deployments, or re-architecting to a cloud-native architecture, the migration itself and adopting a microservices architecture is no easy feat. To accelerate their cloud-native journey, many organizations opt for a managed Kubernetes service, as the skill and resources required to run a container orchestration system at scale are demanding.