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15 Cybersecurity Tips Everyone Should Know

Online safety is second nature for some — but it’s not easy for everyone to stay up to date with the latest security advice. Whether you use the internet to stay in touch with friends and family, play games, or meet new people, everyone needs to know how to stay safe online. October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month — so there’s no better time to brush up on online safety.

Learnings from the Optus Breach

Before we delve into the reasons behind Optus breach, let’s see the chronology of events. According to various reports, Optus customer data was accessed via an API interface that was not secure. Apart from unauthenticated API, there was another serious issue related to easily enumerated ID’s (identifiers). These are foundational controls that were found lacking in the API implementation..

Cryptography Made Simple: What You Need To Know and Why It's So Awesome

When you browse the web, use social media, or shop online, you probably don’t think about how your personal information is being safeguarded. However, with so many cyberattacks hitting the news on a frequent basis, this is something that should concern you. You see, hackers can gain access to your personal information if it isn’t properly encrypted and safeguarded. Thankfully, cryptography is here to save the day.

Cloud security fundamentals part 2: Prevention and secure design

In our previous blog breaking down The 5 Fundamentals of Cloud Security, we discussed the importance of knowing your environment. Teams need to have a comprehensive inventory of their cloud environments to have a clear understanding of the security risks that might exist within. With that in mind, let’s explore the importance of vulnerability prevention and secure design working together to keep threat actors from gaining meaningful access to your organization’s cloud control plane.

The Middle East's Getting a Little Cloudy: My Thoughts from Gitex 2022

Having lived and worked in Dubai early in my career, I have a great affinity with the Middle East. So when the opportunity to present at Gitex, the region’s premier technology event, and support our local Lookout team, I jumped at it. You might not think of the Middle East as being at the forefront of technological innovation, but if you stroll around Gitex, you’ll find everything from flying cars, robotics, and environment controls to IT and security.

Datadog alternatives for cloud security and application monitoring

If you work in IT or DevOps, unless you’ve been living on a remote island without Internet access, you’ve likely heard of Datadog, a popular platform for monitoring cloud applications. Datadog collects and interprets data from various IT resources. The resulting insights assist in managing performance and reliability challenges to deliver a better end-user experience.

Monitor your firewalls on the go with Firewall Analyzer's mobile app

The number of cybersecurity events faced by companies and businesses across the globe has grown exponentially since the pandemic began. Without adequate network security monitoring practices and around-the-clock monitoring in place, the chances of a cyber incident happening are highly likely. However, not all companies can afford to have a team of highly trained network admins watching over their network 24×7.

Innovate with AWS and Secure with CrowdStrike

In the last two years, the shift to cloud adoption has only accelerated. This rapid shift has reinforced the profound importance of protecting IT assets from the latest cyber threats. AWS and CrowdStrike are working together to provide joint solutions for wherever you are in your cloud journey. From migrating VMware-based workloads in a lift or shift fashion or completely modernizing your infrastructure with microservices and containers, AWS and CrowdStrike have a solution to help you innovate and secure your infrastructure.