Changes in development models, architecture designs, and the infrastructure where we run applications over the past 5-10 years have made modern applications look nothing like they did a decade ago. So why are most companies still using legacy web application firewall (WAF) defenses that were not built for modern web...
By adopting DevSecOps practices, security is finding itself adding significant value to organizations, helping them move faster and safer by working with development and operations teams. Yet according to the SANS 2018 survey, Secure DevOps: Fact or Fiction?, adoption is still in its infancy, and most organizations...
The practices of DevOps, Continuous Delivery and Agile have become common place for some time now among the development and operations teams in most organizations, and now they are surfacing in security teams. This change is rippling across the organization and breaking down silos for software delivery. Teams are...
At Splunk, we're working on creating a data-driven future - embracing new developments around artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), IT operations, security and IoT. The goal: to generate positive outcomes from your data.
Pulling together insights from thousands of our customers and our dedicated...
We've all seen what's possible with the Dark Web thanks to Silk Road. If you're interested in buying or selling someone's private data like social security numbers or credit card information, it's disturbingly easy to do. All you need is a computer, a Tor Browser and Cryptocurrency, and it's all completely...
Application fraud losses are projected to top $1.3B in the US by 2020. Understanding the trends behind these staggering numbers is critical if institutions are to prevent crippling financial and reputational losses.
Join Aite's Senior Analyst, Shirley Inscoe, and DataVisor's Director of Solution Engineering, Alex...
Ex-black hat Alissa Knight recently joined Aite Group's new cybersecurity practice, and among her first tasks: a hard look at the security of major financial institutions' mobile banking apps. The results may surprise you.
Overwhelmed by the number of vulnerabilities your team faces? Uncertain which cyber threats pose the greatest risk to your business? You're not alone. Cybersecurity leaders have been grappling with these challenges for years - and the problem keeps getting worse.
On average, enterprises find 870 vulnerabilities per...
Multi-stage attacks use diverse and distributed methods to circumvent existing defenses and evade detection - spanning endpoints, networks, email and other vectors in an attempt to land and expand. Meanwhile, individual tools including DLP, EDR, CASBs, email security and advanced threat protection are only designed to...
NTT Security has signed a definitive agreement to acquire WhiteHat Security. NTT Security's Khiro Mishra and WhiteHat Security's Craig Hinkley say the deal will help bring more application security - and DevSecOps - products, services and smarts to more organizations.
Web application firewalls usually have not been a part of the DevSecOps conversation, but that's changing, says Andrew Peterson, CEO of Signal Sciences.
Managing Active Directory can be painful. Native tools have limited capabilities, which leads to inefficiencies, such as managing user accounts or group membership via manual processes or scripts. To make things even more interesting, Microsoft has introduced Azure Active Directory (AAD). It's a cloud-based directory...
As trends such as DevSecOps and agile application development spread, enterprises increasingly are focused on software integrity. Andreas Kuehlmann of Synopsys discusses how to address this shift.
Overall, Password Strength Scores follow the trends for Security
Scores: As companies get bigger, on average their Password
Strength Score goes down.
For businesses with fewer than 25 employees, the average total
Password Strength Score is 53. At more than 10,000 employees,
the average score drops to...
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