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Cloud providers’ default retention policies are not enough: You better back your SaaS up

TechCrunch

Brian Spanswick is the chief information security officer (CISO) and head of IT at Cohesity. This exposure can put companies at greater risk for ransomware attacks, breaches, compliance woes and much more. Cloud providers’ default retention policies are not enough. Brian Spanswick. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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Skilled IT pay defined by volatility, security, and AI

CIO

This volatility can make it hard for IT workers to decide where to focus their career development efforts, but there are at least some areas of stability in the market: despite all other changes in pay premiums, workers with AI skills and security certifications continued to reap rich rewards.

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Pre-Deployment Policy Compliance

Abhishek Tiwari

However, amidst the drive for speed, ensuring policy compliance is often overlooked, leading to potential security vulnerabilities and compliance risks. Pre-deployment policy compliance, supported by policy as code frameworks such as Sentinel, Open Policy Agent (OPA), Conftest, etc.

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Lacework AI Assist: Using generative AI technology to simplify cloud security

Lacework

As we embrace these new advanced generative tools, securing already complex multicloud environments becomes even more critical. Today, cybersecurity experts are highly sought after with employers finding it increasingly difficult to hire professionals with the necessary cybersecurity skills and experience.

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Nerdio lands $117M to build management tools on top of Azure Virtual Desktop

TechCrunch

. “As many businesses are coming out of the pandemic with a new affinity for hybrid and remote work, modern technologies that can best enable the secure and efficient delivery and management of digital workspaces are in high demand.” Nerdio runs in a customer’s own Azure subscription as an Azure-based application.).

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Securing Your Infrastructure with Terraform: Making Security an Enabler, Not a Blocker (PART 1)

Xebia

Securing your infrastructure is a fundamental part of any successful business. Terraform is a powerful, open-source infrastructure-as-code software that allows you to easily and securely provision, manage, and version your cloud, container, and on-premise infrastructure. But doing it manually can be time-consuming and costly.

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Azure-Specific Policies to Detect Suspicious Operations in the Cloud Environment

Prisma Clud

The timely detection and containment of security threats rely on anomaly policies that issue high-fidelity alerts for suspicious operations — and free security teams to investigate and remediate critical incidents. Azure provides mechanisms to define and assign roles to control elevated permissions.

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