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101 Guide on Cloud Security Architecture for Enterprises

Blog Published: 05/14/2022

Based on the CSA Enterprise Architecture Reference Guide and the CSA Security Guidance v4.Cloud security is cybersecurity. As cloud adoption grows, it has also become the basis for new ways of organizing compute, such as containerization and DevOps, which are inseparable from the cloud.In this bl...

CCSK Success Stories: From the Managing Director

Blog Published: 05/13/2022

This is part of a blog series interviewing cybersecurity professionals who have earned their Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK). In these blogs we invite individuals to share some of the challenges they face in managing security for cloud computing and how they were able to leverage k...

Fighting Ransomware in the Cloud

Blog Published: 05/13/2022

The CSA Security Update podcast is hosted by John DiMaria, CSA Assurance Investigatory Fellow, and explores the STAR Program, CSA best practices, research, and associated technologies and tools. This blog is part of a series where we edit key CSA Security Update episodes into shorter Q&As. In...

Security Advisory: Insufficient Tenant Separation in Azure Synapse Service

Blog Published: 05/12/2022

This blog was originally published by Orca Security on May 9, 2022. Written by Avi Shua, Orca Security. TL;DROrca Security is issuing this security advisory for CVE-2022-29972 to address hazards in the use of the Microsoft Azure Synapse service. We believe the tenant separation in this service is...

PCI DSS Version 4.0: Responding to Sensitive Data Discovery Incidents

Blog Published: 05/12/2022

This blog was originally published by PKWARE here. Written by Marc Punzirudu, Field CTO, PKWARE. At the end of March, the PCI Standards Security Council (PCI SSC) publicly released the most recent update to the PCI Data Security Standards (DSS), version 4.0. While much speculation has occurred as...

Cloud Security Alliance Issues Best Practices for Healthcare Delivery Organizations (HDO) to Mitigate Supply Chain Cyber Risks

Press Release Published: 05/12/2022

HDOs must take a multidisciplinary approach that includes criteria for supplier evaluation, risk management, risk treatment, and monitoring and responseSEATTLE – May 12, 2022 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications, and...

Google Cloud CISO Phil Venables to Keynote Cloud Security Alliance’s SECtember

Press Release Published: 05/12/2022

Targeted sessions and state-of-the-art educational activities at this year's event provide a deep awareness of today’s most pressing strategic cloud, cybersecurity issuesSEATTLE – May 12, 2022 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, c...

SSE: The MVP of The Cybersecurity Mesh Architecture

Blog Published: 05/12/2022

This blog was originally published by Axis Security here. Overtime IT has adopted a number of siloed security services. These services work adjacent to one another, rather than WITH one another. As you would’ve guessed, this increases complexity and decreases efficiency. This is why we must do aw...

SAP Security Patch Day April 2022: In Focus: Spring4Shell and SAP MII

Blog Published: 05/11/2022

This blog was originally published by Onapsis here. Written by Thomas Fritsch, Onapsis. Highlights of April SAP Security Notes analysis include:April Summary - 35 new and updated SAP security patches released, including six HotNews Notes and six High Priority Notes. SAP affected by Spring4Shell -...

Threat Activity Clusters: Project Ice Cream

Blog Published: 05/11/2022

This blog was originally published by Alert Logic here. Written by Josh Davies, Product Manager, Alert Logic. The Challenge Continuously hunting for the latest and emerging threats and campaigns requires dedicated SOC analysts, data scientists, and security researchers. This human led pro...

Threat Detection Software: A Deep Dive

Blog Published: 05/10/2022

This blog was originally published by Panther here. Written by Mark Stone, Panther. As the threat landscape evolves and multiplies with more advanced attacks than ever, defending against these modern cyber threats is a monumental challenge for almost any organization. Threat detection is about an...

Container Security Best Practices

Blog Published: 05/10/2022

This blog was originally published by Sysdig here. Written by Álvaro Iradier, Sysdig. Sticking to container security best practices is critical for successfully delivering verified software, as well as preventing severe security breaches and its consequences.According to the 2020 CNFC Survey, 92 ...

Why Machine Identity Management Has Become a Critical Priority for Organizations

Blog Published: 05/09/2022

This blog was originally published by Entrust here. Written by Samantha Mabey, Product Marketing Management Director, Certificate Solutions at Entrust. As the number of machine identities continues to rise, so does the urgency to make sure they are being properly managed. In fact, in a recent s...

How to Secure Deployments in Kubernetes?

Blog Published: 05/09/2022

This blog was originally published by ARMO here. Written by Leonid Sandler, CTO & Co-founder, ARMO. Security is crucial ‌for containerized applications that run on a shared infrastructure. With more and more organizations moving their container workloads to Kubernetes, K8s has become the go-t...

Ultimate Guide to Observability: What It Is and How to Do It Well

Blog Published: 05/06/2022

This blog was originally published by Contino here. Written by Matthew Macdonald-Wallace, Contino. The complexity of software systems is ever increasing; organisations need to invest in ensuring that their systems are operable.In this blog, we’re taking a deep dive into observability: what it is,...

The Five Universal Fundamentals for Securing Your Cloud

Blog Published: 05/06/2022

This blog was originally published on fugue.co on April 7, 2022.Written by Josh Stella, chief architect at Snyk. The word “misconfiguration” can seem quite innocuous — an innocent mistake that’s easy to fix, like putting your car into drive while the parking brake is still engaged. You quickl...

CCSK Success Stories: From the Vice President of Strategic Alliances

Blog Published: 05/05/2022

This is part of a blog series interviewing cybersecurity professionals who have earned their Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK). In these blogs we invite individuals to share some of the challenges they face in managing security for cloud computing and how they were able to leverage k...

What’s Zero Trust Data Access?

Blog Published: 05/04/2022

This blogs was originally published by DoControl here. Written by Adam Gavish, DoControl. “Zero trust is a way of thinking, not a specific technology or architecture,” says Gartner Distinguished VP Analyst Neil MacDonald. “It’s really about zero implicit trust, as that’s what we want to get rid o...

What is a BLOB (Binary Large Object)? Can it be Tokenized?

Blog Published: 05/04/2022

This blog was originally published by TokenEx here. Written by Anni Burchfiel, TokenEx. BLOB Definition BLOB stands for a “Binary Large Object,” a data type that stores binary data. Binary Large Objects (BLOBs) can be complex files like images or videos, unlike other data strings that only store...

Accelerating Transaction Success by Applying Zero Trust Principles to Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures

Blog Published: 05/03/2022

This blog was originally published by CXO REvolutionaries here. Written by Stephen Singh, Global Vice President, M&A/Divestiture and ITO Strategy, Planning, and Implementation, Zscaler. Mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures create value by seizing chances to drive growth, enhance margins, b...

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