Tag: Information Technology

The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached between the European Parliament and EU Member States on the Directive on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union (NIS 2 Directive) proposed by the Commission in December 2020. The existing rules on the security of network and information systems (NIS Directive), have been the first piece of EU-wide legislation on cybersecurity and paved the way for a significant change in mind-set, institutional and … More →
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No matter how annoying juggling too many passwords can be, for better or worse they are one thing end users have control over. But while choosing a password is easy, choosing one that will be easy to remember and good enough to withstand attackers’ guessing, bruteforcing and cracking efforts is obviously a problem for many users. In this video for Help Net Security, Gary De Mercurio, VP of Trustwave SpiderLabs, talks about how passwords are … More →
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Progress released Progress MOVEit 2022, the secure, automated Managed File Transfer (MFT) software that can be deployed both on premise and in the cloud. With a new add-in for Microsoft Outlook and advanced security and usability features, MOVEit 2022 makes it easier than ever for organizations to securely and intuitively share sensitive files. “Those who routinely transfer financial, personal and other sensitive data who are concerned about data security, accessibility and compliance – while also … More →
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Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles and interviews: Microsoft patches Windows LSA spoofing zero-day under active attack (CVE-2022-26925) May 2022 Patch Tuesday is here, and Microsoft has marked it by releasing fixes for 74 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities, including one zero-day under active attack (CVE-2022-26925) and two publicly known vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-29972 and CVE-2022-22713). Attackers are attempting to exploit critical F5 BIG-IP RCE Researchers have developed PoC exploits for CVE-2022-1388, a critical … More →
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Komodor announced a $42 million Series B funding round led by Tiger Global with participation from Felicis and existing investors Accel, NFX Capital, OldSlip Group, Pitango First, and Vine Ventures. This brings the company’s total funding to $67 Million since launching out of stealth less than a year ago to streamline Kubernetes operations. “There’s a real challenge with day two operations when it comes to Kubernetes,” said Itiel Shwartz, CTO and Co-Founder of Komodor. “Troubleshooting … More →
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Sigma Computing announced Brian Murphy, former Okta SVP of Enterprise Sales, Americas, as the company’s Chief Revenue Officer. The appointment combines with other recent executive hires to push the company past the 200-employee mark for the first time, driven by tremendous demand from Fortune 500 and cloud-first customers looking to dramatically increase the speed and quality of their decision-making. Additional new executive hires at Sigma include Head of Demand Generation Shilpa Narwade, formerly of Google, … More →
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Votiro announced that it has successfully completed a Service Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type II compliance audit for the entire Votiro Cloud product line, demonstrating the company’s commitment to maintaining all aspects of security. The independent audit was performed by Fahn Kanne Grant Thornton Israel, the sixth-largest Certified Public Accounting firm in Israel. Grant Thorton audited Votiro Cloud over the course of 6 months, completing the report on March 30, 2022 and ensuring SOC 2 … More →
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Verimatrix announced that Verimatrix Key Shield, its engineering toolkit relied upon by organizations around the world to protect cryptographic keys, now offers enhanced features that streamline implementations for SoftPOS solutions. Software Point of Sale (SoftPoS) is new technology which allows merchants to accept card payments directly on their phone. Used to create a cryptographic architecture that keeps hackers from anticipating how to analyze and attack apps, Verimatrix Key Shield technologies dissolve cryptographic keys into the … More →
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Push Technology released Diffusion 6.8, the Intelligent Event-Data Platform that consumes, enriches, and delivers data among applications, systems, and devices. New features include the Diffusion Gateway Framework, expanded data wrangling calculations and conditionals, and journal logging. Diffusion Gateway Framework 6.8 provides support for a new integration framework that allows users to write simple applications which can consume data from external data sources and publish to Diffusion topics or consume Diffusion topic updates and publish to … More →
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Intelligent Waves announced a strategic collaboration with Horizon3.ai to support next-generation cybersecurity protection in DevOps for the DoD special operations community. Intelligent Waves will utilize Horizon3.ai’s NodeZero autonomous penetration testing platform to validate architecture deployments and ensure customer environments are secure and operationally ready for users. The partnership between IW and Horzon3.ai has enabled the mitigation and prevention of malicious actors trying to gain or deny access to critical networks that support Department of Defense … More →
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