The cybersecurity industry’s current struggle — to close a significant gap between the numbers of job openings and qualified candidates — began years before the coronavirus pandemic sparked the Great Resignation. Today, (ISC)² reports a global cybersecurity workforce gap of 2.7 million people. The pandemic did compel enterprises to accelerate their migration of applications to the cloud, increasing the challenge for already-overwhelmed security teams.
OpenSSL released version 3.0.7 with security fixes for High Severity vulnerabilities CVE-2022-3786 & CVE-2022-3602 discussed here. Here's how to know if you're affected and what to do if you are.
The OpenSSL Project team announced two HIGH severity vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-3602, CVE-2022-3786) on October 25, which affect all OpenSSL v3 versions up to 3.0.6. These vulnerabilities are remediated in version 3.0.7 which was released November 1. OpenSSL 1.X versions are unaffected by the vulnerabilities.
“Digital trust” is a hot topic at the moment—with McKinsey as the latest to dive into the term. The consultancy’s “Why Digital Trust Matters” report presents global research among business leaders and consumers, exploring consumer perceptions of digital trust, and the behaviours it motivates.
Wayne Bridgeman II, a Senior Manager on AT&T’s Network Cybersecurity team, offers a 5-point checklist for businesses in 2022 alongside tidbits of often overlooked tactics that can strengthen security.
To streamline networking management and modernize IT operations organizations are deploying software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) systems. But as networking becomes cloud-delivered, security often lags behind. With data and applications moving to the cloud, you need an efficient way to secure the activities that are going on between branch locations and the cloud.
On Oct 25, 2022 The OpenSSL project announced a forthcoming release of OpenSSL (version 3.0.7) to address a critical security vulnerability. This release should go live on Tuesday, November 1, 2022 between 1300 and 1700 UTC. Snyk has published a placeholder advisory with the current known details, and will update the advisory when official vulnerability details are publicized. The last critical vulnerability in OpenSSL was released in 2016.
