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New in Vanta | May 2025
This past month, the Vanta team launched new features to help you:
Leveling Up AppSec: Overcome Vulnerability Management Challenges in Game Development
Game development studios face enormous pressure to deliver immersive, high-performance experiences on a rigid schedule, all while ensuring that every release meets the highest standards for quality and security. For security teams, keeping up with fast-moving codebases, short release cycles, and a flood of vulnerabilities is no easy feat.
Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM: Simplify threat detection with an AI-powered rules engine
Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM is designed to transform how organizations detect and respond to threats. Using our rules engine with over 1,000 out-of-the-box rules, discover how you can simplify threat detection with AI-powered automation, transparent rule customization, and built-in threat intelligence.
The Future of Retail Cybersecurity: SOC Automation
Retail companies are high-value targets for cybercriminals. With sprawling infrastructures, complex supply chains, and large amounts of customer data, retailers are a goldmine for bad actors. In 2024, the retail sector accounted for 24% of all cyberattacks — more than any other industry. The average cost of a data breach in retail rose to $3.28 million.
RSAC 2025 Recap: Software Supply Chain Security Takes Center Stage
The RSA Conference 2025 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco on April 28 – May 1, brought together over 44,000 cybersecurity professionals from around the world. This year’s event, marking the 34th annual flagship conference, placed significant emphasis on software supply chain security and secure software development lifecycle (SDLC) practices. From the keynotes, speaking sessions, and 1:1 conversations I had on the show floor, there were eight key themes that came up over and over again.
Embeddings vs. Generative Models #AI #RAG #AIExplained #MachineLearning #OpenAI #LLMs #AIsecurity
Not all AI models are made to generate. Some are built to understand. Here’s the key difference: Generative models take in text and produce new text (think ChatGPT). Embedding models take in text and translate it into numbers, vectors that capture meaning. Why does that matter? Because embedding models let you turn documents into searchable vectors. That means when someone asks a question, you don’t need to search the whole doc, you just find the most relevant chunks based on meaning. And that’s what makes things like RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) powerful and efficient.
A Subtle Form of Siege: DDoS Smokescreens as a Cover for Quiet Data Breaches
DDoS attacks have long been dismissed as blunt instruments, favored by script kiddies and hacktivists for their ability to overwhelm and disrupt. But in today's fragmented, hybrid-cloud environments, they've evolved into something far more cunning: a smokescreen. What looks like digital vandalism may actually be a coordinated diversion, engineered to distract defenders from deeper breaches in progress.
Assessment Frameworks for NIS Directive Compliance
According to the NIS Directive, Member States should adopt a common set of baseline security requirements to ensure a minimum level of harmonized security measures across the EU and enhance the overall level of security of operators providing essential services (OES) and digital service providers (DSP). The NIS Directive sets three primary objectives: As part of the NIS series, we have already provided an overview of the Directive, and we have examined in detail the security requirements for DSPs and OES.
Let Users Reset their Own Passwords with SSPR
The miniOrange Self-Service Password Reset system enables users to handle their password security independently, which decreases helpdesk requests and enhances operational efficiency. The solution provides strong multi-factor authentication alongside customizable policies and effortless integration with Active Directory and LDAP. The solution serves thousands of organizations through its user-friendly interface, complete audit logs, and 24/7 expert support for streamlined password management.
Proxy Servers and Internet Privacy: Are You Really Anonymous?
In an age where every click, search, and online transaction can be tracked, the concept of internet privacy has become more relevant-and elusive-than ever. One popular tool in the fight for privacy is the proxy server. Marketed as a way to cloak your identity and guard your online activity, proxy servers promise anonymity in a world increasingly hungry for personal data. But the question remains: Are you really anonymous when using a proxy server?