When it comes to data breaches, we seem to have settled into a pattern where each year passes the previous year’s record for total number of breaches. This year-over-year growth is great when it comes to stock performance or portfolio growth, but it’s extremely challenging in the world of corporate security. Unfortunately, this trend shows…
In our most recent blog post, we touched upon the difficulties of building security features into applications during the development process as well as how it can be delayed or even overlooked. But as we also mentioned, it doesn’t change the fact that application security and protecting the data used by those applications is critical…
If you are a James Bond fan, you will likely remember that Spectre was an archenemy of 007, and in true Bond fashion, 007 successfully saved the world from the world-ending plot Spectre had planned. Therefore, it is quite fitting that Spectre and Meltdown are named for what are likely the worst and most pervasive…
Once considered cutting-edge, agile DevOps approach is now recognized by organizations seeking to deliver applications faster and with fewer operations issues. The industry results speak for themselves — a 2016 State of DevOps Report showed that organizations that adhere strongly to agile DevOps spend 29 percent more time on new work (e.g., new features and…
This article is a follow-up from my first blog from September 6. In that article, I reviewed NSX and all of the announcements related to it from VMworld 2017. It really is being set up to become VMware’s hallmark product over the next few years, and overall, VMware has done a very good job with…
Austin is a fun place to visit, in part because there is so much going on. While that’s not necessarily news to people who already know Austin, it was even more interesting this week due to the Channel Partners Evolution conference, especially to channel professionals who like to hear a good story. I was in…
This the first in a series of blogs where we explore how to take advantage of the NSX open architecture in order to fully leverage the great functionality it can provide for complete network flexibility and security. Having just returned from VMworld 2017, I have to say that it was an eye opener from both…
By Ibrahim Koese, Head of Technology & Consulting, CSPi Germany Recent cybersecurity events show that the readiness for large-scale attacks on critical infrastructures have grown dramatically. It can’t be ruled out that this is only a harbinger, or a “proof of concept” for larger attacks. A few years ago, only a few isolated attacks on…
The latest mid-year report on data breaches issued by the ITRC reaffirms everyone’s suspicions that 2017 is going to be a banner year for the number of successful cyber breaches against US organizations. One notable takeaway: “If the number of breaches stays on pace with those reported in the first half of 2017, we’ll achieve…
Here we go, again. The recent Petya ransomware attack caught the EU off-guard and created chaos that rippled through organizations wide and far. Luckily, it was not as severe as Wannacry, but it reinforces that companies are still not prepared to quickly identify and take the necessary response to get a suspected cyber-attack under control….