SCMagazine.com reported that “Hackers are using cloud service attacks as a way to go after big-money targets in the insurance and financial industries.” The September 11, 2024 article entitled “Hackers use cloud services to target financial and insurance firms” (https://tinyurl.com/ysr2z33d) included these comments:
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HeathCareInfoSecurity.com reported that “A Department of Health and Human Services division that administers funding, training and other services to children and families is putting sensitive data at high risk because of gaps in cloud security controls and practices, according to a watchdog agency report.” The April 2, 2024 article entitled
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SCMagazine.com reported that “There’s a lot going on inside the minds of small and medium-sized business (SMB) owners….. Increasingly, those opportunities exist in the cloud, whether it’s gaining new insights from data, effortlessly scaling to meet demand, or enabling collaboration from anywhere. But when it comes to cloud security,…” The
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CIO.com reported that “After years of marching to the cloud migration drumbeat, CIOs are increasingly becoming circumspect about the cloud-first mantra, catching on to the need to turn some workloads away from the public cloud to platforms where they will run more productively, more efficiently, and cheaper.” The February 27
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Darkreading.com reported that “A recent study shows that 77% of IT professionals believe that shadow IT is becoming a major concern in 2023, with more than 65% saying their SaaS tools aren’t being approved.” The April 21, 2023 article entitled “Shadow IT, SaaS Pose Security Liability for Enterprises” (https://www.darkreading.com/edge-articles/shadow-it-saas-pose-security-liability-for-enterprises
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Darkreading.com reported that “In a survey released last week, 42% of the more than 400 IT and security professionals surveyed — and 71% of those in the United States — maintain that they have been instructed to keep a data breach confidential when they knew the incident should be reported.”
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GovInfoSecurity.com reported that “The global shift into cloud computing may come under increased scrutiny by U.S. regulators following an announcement by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that it is studying cloud industry market dynamics, including potential security risks. The oversight agency issued a request for information asking whether cloud providers
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DarkReading.com reported that “This growing reliance on the cloud is bringing new security challenges to an already complex problem, experts say. That’s because as enterprise IT stakeholders’ understanding of and confidence in implementing the cloud has improved, so has the sophistication of threat actors that want to leverage its complexity
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