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The Top Cloud Security Threat Comes from Within

CIO

One of the biggest cloud security threats your company faces isn’t malicious. Accidental misconfigurations pose one of the leading security vulnerabilities IT organizations contend with in the cloud. In fact, Gartner estimates 99% of cloud security failures will be the customer’s fault—at least through 2025.

Cloud 355
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Why are cybersecurity asset management startups so hot right now?

TechCrunch

In the world of cybersecurity, you can’t secure something if you don’t know it’s there. Enter cybersecurity asset management, an admittedly unsexy fragment of the booming industry that investors have shown an ever-increasing appetite for over the past 18 months. Assets, assets everywhere. Shawn Cherian. ”

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How to minimize remote access cyber security threats in 2024

CIO

Organizations have shifted to remote desktop work environments at an increasing speed since then – simultaneously expanding their attack surface and exposing themselves to greater cybersecurity threats. However, the cloud is one increasingly popular attack surface cybercriminals have homed in on.

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Cybersecurity e NIS2: come si muovono i CIO per dormire sonni (un po’) più tranquilli

CIO

La cybersecurity toglie il sonno ai CIO? Sicuramente la grande maggioranza dei Chief Information Officer definisce “priorità numero uno” la sicurezza dei sistemi IT aziendali. La cybersecurity è il primo tema per tutte le aziende e, per noi che operiamo nella sanità, lo è ancora di più.

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Increase customer protection with edge security

CIO

Traditional IT security methods are increasingly flawed and the volume and sophistication of threats continue to increase. New security methods delivered at the edge of the network, closer to the customer, are emerging as a more effective method for combating the increase in security threats.

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How to ensure security in a cloud migration

CIO

For as long as organizations have been interested in moving resources to the cloud, they’ve been concerned about security. That interest is only getting stronger as cloud usage grows – making it a perfect topic for the latest #CIOTechTalk Twitter chat. It’s a timely topic given the rapid cloud migration currently underway.

Cloud 299
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10 cloud strategy questions every IT leader must answer

CIO

It’s no longer a question of whether organizations are moving to the cloud but rather how well it’s going. Cloud isn’t that shiny new object in the distance, full of possibility. Companies may have had highly detailed migration or execution plans, but many failed to develop a point of view on the role of cloud in the enterprise.

Strategy 363