Organizations are increasingly concerned about cybersecurity risks and with good reason. Risks are constantly changing; take this last year, for example, the pandemic lockdown meant many knowledge workers went remote, which in turn increased the vulnerability of remote desktop services by 40%, saw criminals targeting end-users, and caused phishing and ransomware scams to boom. And then there’s the bottom line.

A recently published report from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has warned that official security guidance from the Department of Education is out-of-date, and needs to be refreshed to address the increasing reports of ransomware and other cyber threats.

Many high-growth technology startups are pressured to deliver applications to market ahead of fast-moving competitors. It’s all too easy to allow a “we’ll get to that eventually” mentality to creep in when competing priorities appear to force a tradeoff with development velocity. This introduces unnecessary risks, but they can be mitigated by implementing an effective AppSec program that involves the right tools, processes, and mindset.

ISO 27001 is the most popular internationally recognized standard for managing information security. Its creation was a joint effort between the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) - this is why the framework is also referred to as ISO/IEC 27001. ISO 27001 can also be implemented into a Third-Party Risk Management program.

Veracode was recently recognized by the Commonwealth Institute and Boston Globe Magazine as a Top 100 Women-Led Business in Massachusetts. The honor, which was awarded to Veracode’s CEO, Sam King, is given to female leaders across multiple industries who are at the helm of Massachusetts’ most noteworthy companies. ​

Data security and privacy are today a prime focus for most organizations globally. While there have been several regulations and standards introduced to improve data security, the evolving landscape makes it challenging for organizations to stay compliant. For many organizations, GDPR and PCI DSS are the first topics that come to mind when privacy is concerned.

In this tutorial, we will walk through the end-to-end process of scanning your Amazon S3 buckets for sensitive data with Nightfall’s S3 Sensitive Data Scanner. By the end of this tutorial, you will have an exported spreadsheet report (CSV) of the sensitive data in your S3 buckets.

Cloud security is not only good for consumers — but it’s also a requirement for businesses in many industries. Understanding compliance regulations (like GDPR) and security frameworks (like NIST) can help IT teams create strong, layered privacy and security controls and data loss prevention using a range of platforms and integrations. Here are the most common and comprehensive security standards that businesses need to know to be cloud compliant.