The old saying “it takes a village” applies to many things in life, including securing your organization. Security is a team sport that requires a variety of solutions and providers — such as a firewall, endpoint protection, security information and event management (SIEM), threat intelligence provider, IT service management (ITSM), governance, risk, and compliance solution (GRC), and cloud access security broker (CASB) — to name a few.

In a strong shortlist of seven finalists, Redscan took home a High Commendation in the Best Managed Security Service category for the second consecutive year. We were also a finalist in the Best Customer Service and Best SME Solution categories. The SC Awards recognises the people, products and services that exemplify the best solutions for customers in the security industry.

As supply chain attacks continue to dominate headlines, software development teams are beginning to realize that package management can’t be taken lightly — the threats hidden under the hood are real. In this installment of The Source, we want to talk about the practices and tools that developers need to adopt in order to protect against supply chain attacks.

This is part 2 in a mini-series about the current paradigm shift in security towards a continuous security approach. Richard Carlsson, Detectify CEO, was on Enterprise Security Weekly to shed light on it and this article delves into the need for velocity to activate this strategy.

On January 20, President Joseph Biden issued Executive Order (E.O.) 13990 to help protect U.S. bulk power organizations. This Order enacted a 90-day suspension of E.O. 13920 which was set by the previous administration. The new executive order empowered the Secretary of Energy (“Secretary”) to publish new criteria around pre-qualifying vendors of electric equipment, as well as to devise rules for helping U.S. entities replace electric devices at risk of sabotage.

President Biden’s cybersecurity executive order from last month should cause little surprise for anyone following news headlines over the past year. The order is the U.S. Federal Government’s important response to a long list of incidents, starting with the SolarWinds attack and ending with a recent ransomware attack against Colonial Pipeline —- the largest known attack against a US energy firm.

If you're an Australian business and confused about which cybersecurity frameworks you should be complying with, you're not alone. Unlike the United States, Australia currently doesn't have clear mandatory minimum cybersecurity standards for businesses. This is likely to change in the near future. The Australian government is being pressured to follow the United State's lead in lifting the Nation's security posture.

90% of companies are on the cloud (Galov). That includes industries historically slow to adopt new technology, like Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC). However, recent economic and workplace disruptions have pushed AEC firms more aggressively into the public cloud waters - looking for cost effective ways to access compute power, more efficiently process data, provide access to files and applications, and tap into advanced analytics to draw insights from and manage data.

Software as a service (SaaS) apps have reshaped the way we stay productive. By having everything easily accessible in the cloud, we are able to get work done from anywhere and on any device. But, as we know, this flexibility has also introduced security challenges, as your data is also easier to reach for malicious actors. This is why the purchase of a cloud access security broker (CASB) is never that controversial. Most organizations understand that cloud apps require additional protection.