My friend Judy Greenwald at BusinessInsurance.com reported a Cornerstone Research report entitled “SEC Cryptocurrency Enforcement” that the “…U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has brought 75 enforcement actions and 19 trading suspension orders against cryptocurrency participants between its first in July 2013 and the end of 2020.” The May…

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Darkreading.com published a story about the “…Ransomware Task Force (RTF) this week published a report detailing recommendations to fight back against the operators and infrastructure that drive ransomware, which its team of experts describes as a “serious national security threat” and “public health and safety concern.””  The April 30…

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McKinsey.com reported that “To make SaaS, serverless, and open source work for new businesses, incumbent companies must completely rethink their IT strategy, redesign processes, embed new approaches and mindsets, redesign security, and attract a new type of talent. The benefits of serverless in reduced time to market alone, for example…

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Darkreading.com asked this question “How can SaaS vendors demonstrate proof of their commitment to taking their customers’ data security seriously?” because a “…2020 survey found that 52% of companies were using cloud services that had experienced a breach involving user data.”  The April 23, 2021 report title “SOC…

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Darkreading.com reported these comments from Sandeep Chandana (director at McAfee’s MVISION Cloud group) that “…a large portion of the cloud attacks in Q4 were targeted at Microsoft Office 365 accounts. The attacks could be classified as either distributed login attacks on hundreds or thousands of Office 365 accounts via compromised…

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BankInfoSecurity.com reported that “The increasing reliance on collaboration tools such as Slack and Discord to support those working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic has opened up new ways for fraudsters and cybercriminals to bypass security tools and deliver malware.”  The April 9, 2021 article entitled “Fraudsters Flooding Collaboration…

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There are an estimated 35+ billion IoT devices at the beginning in 2021 and HelpNetSecurity.com reported that “99% of security professionals report challenges with the security of their IoT and IIoT devices, and 95% are concerned about risks associated with these connected devices.” The April 6, 2021 report entitled “…

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HelpNetSecurity.com reported that “Enterprises are embracing multi-cloud architecture to prevent data loss or downtime due to a localized component failure, ensure security compliances, and meet workload requirements. The demand for the deployment of 4G/5G networks globally is also expected to increase during the forecast period.”  The March 29, 2021…

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