Application Security News and Articles


FireMon Policy Analyzer combats firewall misconfigurations

FireMon unveils FireMon Policy Analyzer, a complimentary firewall assessment tool that provides organizations with a comprehensive diagnostic report outlining the health of a firewall policy, complete with best practices and suggestions to ...

Styra Load empowers engineering teams to solve critical authorization problems

Styra Load advances the capabilities of Open Policy Agent (OPA), and alleviates the effects of data-heavy authorization while reducing infrastructure costs and increasing authorization performance for platform engineering teams. Purpose-built for ...

Veeam Data Platform improves business resiliency in the case of disaster or cyberattacks

Veeam Software has released the Veeam Data Platform, a single platform delivering more advanced data security, recovery and hybrid cloud capabilities. The Veeam Data Platform, which includes Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) v12, provides ...

Open Systems strengthens MDR capabilities with Ontinue division

Open Systems has redefined the managed detection and response (MDR) market with the launch of Ontinue, its new MDR division. Ontinue is the managed extended detection and response (MXDR) provider that leverages AI-driven automation, human ...

LogRhythm and Trend Micro help organizations defend their critical assets

Together, LogRhythm and Trend Micro are empowering security teams to confidently navigate a changing threat landscape and quickly secure their environments. The combined solution allows security teams to pull threat data from multiple sources, ...

CompTIA collaborates with IBM to prepare more people for tech-related careers

CompTIA has reported that up to 2,000 people across the country, from communities that are underrepresented in technology, will be trained to work as technical support and help desk professionals as part of its new workforce development program. ...

5 Best Practices for Successful Application Risk Assessments

Rapid innovation is the lifeblood of many companies in the digital age. If your organization employs a CI/CD workflow, you need an effective application risk management strategy to secure your SLDC pipeline and DevOps processes. And one of the ...

Deepwatch raises $180 million to accelerate platform innovation

Deepwatch has unveiled a total of $180 million in equity investments and strategic financing from Springcoast Capital Partners, Splunk Ventures and Vista Credit Partners, a subsidiary of Vista Equity Partners and strategic credit and financing ...

Quantinuum appoints Rajeeb Hazra as CEO

Quantinuum has unveiled that Rajeeb (Raj) Hazra has been appointed to the role of CEO of Quantinuum, effective immediately. In stepping down, current Quantinuum CEO Ilyas Khan will remain a leader in the company. He remains a member of the board ...

2022 Cloud (In)Security Report

The convenience and ease of public cloud technology have changed our world, enabling scalable business operations, work-from-anywhere, and increased productivity everywhere. As public cloud adoption continues to accelerate, organizations need to ...

Bad Bots: How to Detect & Stop Them

Bots have become an integral part of a businesses’ online experience, for better or worse. This has placed renewed importance on the need for effective bot detection and mitigation solutions.  What is bot detection anyway? It is defined as the ...

USENIX Security ’22 – Pubali Datta, Isaac Polinsky, Muhammad Adil Inam, Adam Bates, William Enck – ‘ALASTOR: Reconstructing the Provenance of Serverless Intrusions’

Our thanks to USENIX for publishing their Presenter’s outstanding USENIX Security ’22 Conference content on the organization’s’ YouTube channel. Permalink The post USENIX Security ’22 – Pubali Datta, Isaac Polinsky, ...

The Ultimate Guide to Building Effective Security Use Cases

It’s no secret: cybersecurity isn’t a one size fits all world. Every organization has different needs and complexities, which means that the usefulness of the security use cases you develop will vary depending on what your business does. And ...

Lessons from ChatGPT, Bing AI, Bard and Copilot: Chatty AI is just a toy

After the uncritical, hyperbolic stories last week, here comes the fable: The innocent child inconveniently points at Microsoft’s Bing AI demo as if it was a naked emperor. The post Lessons from ChatGPT, Bing AI, Bard and Copilot: Chatty AI is ...

Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Only Serifs’

via the comic artistry and dry wit of Randall Munroe, resident at XKCD! Permalink The post Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Only Serifs’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

How to Secure M&A Users with Zero-Trust Access

5 min read An M&A presents serious security challenges for the acquiring organization. Learn how zero-trust access secures new users and speeds up time to value. The post How to Secure M&A Users with Zero-Trust Access appeared first on ...

How to Handle Secrets in Docker

DevOps engineers must handle secrets with care. In this series, we summarize best practices for leveraging secrets with your everyday tools. The post How to Handle Secrets in Docker appeared first on Security Boulevard.

PE Firm Francisco Partners to Take Sumo Logic Private in $1.7B Deal

Private equity firm Francisco Partners is acquiring cloud monitoring, log management and SIEM solutions provider Sumo Logic. The post PE Firm Francisco Partners to Take Sumo Logic Private in $1.7B Deal appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Supply Chain Security: What You Need to Know – Part 2: Eating An Elephant

The last 12 months have seen a tremendous focus on securing digital supply chains. Not because we’ve grown bored with our day jobs but because we’ve had to. The post Supply Chain Security: What You Need to Know – Part 2: Eating An Elephant ...

Ransomware Attack Pushes City of Oakland Into State of Emergency

The city of Oakland, California issued a local state of emergency as a result of the impacts following a ransomware attack. The post Ransomware Attack Pushes City of Oakland Into State of Emergency appeared first on SecurityWeek.