Tag: Cloud Security
From tech giants and gamers to politicians and retailers, nobody is safe from today’s mutating threat landscape. 2019 was another frenzied maelstrom of cyberattacks, mitigations, pre-emptions and preventions, with the old (phishing and DDoS et al) rubbing havoc-wreaking shoulders with the new (new vistas in cyberwars, automation and AI). As ever, continuous pressure also begets…
Read MoreBack in the day, the theft and loss of backup tapes and laptops were the primary causes of data breaches. That all changed when systems were redesigned and data at rest was encrypted on portable devices. Not only did we use technology to mitigate a predictable human problem, we also increased the tolerance of failure.…
Read MoreIt’s that special time of year again! In perhaps the most festive of all end-of-the-year traditions, the cyber security community tries to predict the next big scary incident which will make headlines in the new year. At the risk of sounding cynical, building strategies to respond to cyber security threats are a bit like New…
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For the week ending April 12, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel including Google Cloud, Intel, Wiz, Zscaler, Lumen Technologies and startup solution provider Ensemble AI. The Week Ending April 12 Topping this week’s Came to Win is Google Cloud which used this week’s Google Next…
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Proofpoint, Slack, Tanium, AppDynamics, Palo Alto Networks, Nvidia and Kyndryl were among the tech companies making key executive hires during November 2023. New CEOs of Proofpoint and Slack. A new channel chief at Tanium. And a new chief marketing officer for Cisco subsidiary AppDynamics. Sumit Dhawan, formerly of VMware; Denise Holland Dresser, formerly with Slack…
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G42 ‘will run its AI applications and services on Microsoft Azure’ as part of the deal. Microsoft plans to invest $1.5 billion in an artificial intelligence company based in the United Arab Emirates in exchange for a minority stake and a board of directors seat for Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith. The Redmond,…
Read MoreThe term Multi-cloud refers to when a single organizations uses more than one public cloud service provider. The F5 State of Application Strategy Report noted that more and more organizations are using multi-clouds each year. But what does multi-cloud mean and what are the implications for security? Let’s start with the basics. What Is Cloud…
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“The customers that are coming from all of those competitors are saying the same thing, which is, ‘I want a beautifully well-engineered, elegantly written, modern architecture platform for my business,’” says Michael George, Syncro CEO. While Michael George knows competition is healthy, he believes Syncro’s toolset is perfectly aligned to help MSPs grow. “I’d like…
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‘This case is not only novel, but also threatens to undermine cybersecurity by making it more difficult for companies to respond to increasingly sophisticated and highly-resourced cyber-threats,’ the Software Alliance wrote in an amicus filing with the U.S. District Court Southern District of New York Friday. A software trade group says a case pursued by…
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CRN outlines eight big announcements from this month’s Intel Vision event that reflect the semiconductor giant’s vision for the future of AI computing, where it hopes to play an outsized role through a mix of CPUs, GPUs, purpose-built AI chips, Ethernet solutions and software. Intel unveiled the next step of its plan to fight Nvidia,…
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