Research Topic
SaaS Governance
SaaS Governance Best Practices for Cloud Customers
- Are highly business process specific;
- Handle and store critical business and personal data.
- Integrate a broad array of service components, operating over a deep application stack.
- May depend on multiple cloud service providers.
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The perils of SaaS misconfigurations | Help Net Security | April 14, 2022 |
Business teams increase cybersecurity risk due to poor SaaS management | Tech Target | April 14, 2022 |
Dismal SaaS management ups cybersecurity risk | SC Media | April 15, 2022 |
SaaS misconfigurations lead to cybersecurity incidents | Security Magazine | April 19, 2022 |
Cyberskirmishing in Russia's hybrid war. Hafnium gets evasive. Qbot's new tactics. Enemybot described. Patch Tuesday notes. | The CyberWire | April 12, 2022 |
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