A selection of this week’s more interesting vulnerability disclosures and cyber security news. A plethora of choice this week to pick three items of interest… Where to start… OK, first is this very odd fiasco over the Bloomberg story about Super Micro. So much seems wrong, but why are they sticking to it?
Creating the best algorithms can’t be magic; it needs to be a replicable process for your team. What are the critical needs for this to happen? According to Gartner, “Companies will be valued not just on their big data, but on the algorithms that turn that data into actions and impact customers.” This emphasizes the need for organizations to embrace algorithms as the foundation of their business logic.
One of the biggest concerns of any cybersecurity analyst is whether or not they will be able to stop an attack before it can do any damage. That said, making sense of the flood of alerts is, in itself, a time-consuming task. As networks become more complex and malicious attacks become more advanced, it can become difficult to hit your incident response targets. With the right network security tools, however, your organization very quickly can detect, prioritize and remediate threats.
If I never hear the phrase “Data is the new oil” again I will die a happy man. Don’t get me wrong – I wholeheartedly believe in the value of data and its power to transform businesses – but the frequency with which I hear this phrase reminds me we are still in the adolescent fascination phase of how we look at the power of data.
With each passing year, our world becomes more and more digital. Our social interactions and personal data as well as many of our jobs are based primarily on the internet. Although this shift has come with great benefits, it’s also opened us up to a heightened threat of cyber terrorism. 2017 saw some of the most devastating high-profile attacks in history, opening the eyes of business of all sizes to the importance of stronger security.