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Combining Vulnerability Assessment of Owned Infrastructure and Multi-Cloud Environments Puts Focus on Optimizing Security Spend

As organisations continue to carry out digital transformation, cloud computing is on the increase, enabling those that adopt the technology to be on the frontline of innovation. The positives of utilising cloud infrastructures are well documented but a characteristic that often gets overlooked, much to the detriment of organisations, is security.

Cloud computing is increasingly growing in popularity among businesses looking to improve operational efficiencies and cut down on technology resources. According to a recent report from IDC, total spending on cloud IT infrastructure in 2018 is forecasted to be $62.2 billion with year-over-year growth of 31.1 percent. These figures highlight that while cloud computing was once only adopted by a small number of organisations, it is now becoming the norm for businesses across the world.

Following the news that that high-end retailer Nordstrom is in the process of notifying its employees their data may have been compromised in a breach, please see below comments from Martin Jartelius, CSO of Outpost24.

Security researchers at Cylance have unearthed a sophisticated cyber-espionage campaign being run by a state-sponsored hacker group dubbed The White Company.

Misconfigured web services and risky employee behaviour continues to place organisations at high risk of data leakage and regulatory noncompliance, according to a report from McAfee.

Simon Roe, product manager at Outpost24, outlines key steps to get integration into the DevOps toolchain right

Iceland fell victim to the largest phishing campaign to target the nation, a complex scheme which involved impersonating law enforcement officers.

It has been revealed that data breaches are up 75% in two years, finds a report from the Information Commissioner (ICO). The report, which used data gathered under the Freedom of Information Act, found most data breach cases to be applicable to human error in some way.

A Certified Ethical Hacker (white hat hacker) is a skilled professional who understands and knows how to look for weaknesses and vulnerabilities in target systems and uses the same knowledge and tools as a malicious hacker, but in a lawful and legitimate manner to assess the security posture of a target system(s).