At LimaCharlie, we believe that open-source tools have a crucial role to play in the security industry. This conviction stems, in part, from our company history: LimaCharlie started out as an open-source endpoint detection and response (EDR) project. But beyond that, we think that the future of cybersecurity will be marked by the values of open-source tech; by a trend towards greater openness and transparency.
Cloud misconfigurations can cause devastating financial and reputational damage to organizations. Yet, such undesirable circumstances can be avoided by understanding the common misconfiguration errors and mitigating them before malicious actors can exploit them. Ava Chawla, AlgoSec’s Global Head of Security provides some valuable insights on cloud misconfigurations and offers useful tips on how to avoid them.
Phishing hackers have struck again; this time, US retail brand, Bed, Bath & Beyond has fallen prey to the attack. Only a few details are available to the broader public; however, there is much more than meets the eye.
Security policies are still awaiting digital transformation. A key phrase in today’s cloud-driven world, “digital transformation” generally refers to the ongoing work of digitizing formerly paper-based processes. “Paper,” however, is not literal — many processes don’t use paper, but still flow as if they were. Uploading a document to Google Drive, in other words, doesn’t amount to digital transformation.
Government agencies are instructed by Executive Order to improve the delivery of digital services to citizens while also safeguarding critical data and systems. Often, this leads to a difficult decision between speed of application production and software security. However, as recent events have shown, sacrificing security in the name of speed compromises the safety of citizens and government infrastructure.
