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How to minimize remote access cyber security threats in 2024

CIO

The key types of exposures, in order of prevalence, include web framework takeover, remote access services, IT and networking infrastructure, file sharing, and database exposures and vulnerabilities. The attack landscape has evolved to target critical infrastructure. To learn more, visit us here.

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Safeguarding your digital ecosystem: effective strategies to detect and mitigate API abuse

CIO

Strategy 1: Implement strong authentication and authorization mechanisms Enforcing robust authentication and authorization mechanisms is a fundamental step in preventing API abuse. This article explores effective strategies that empower organizations to safeguard their systems and valuable data.

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Why you must extend Zero Trust to public cloud workloads

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A recent study shows that 98% of IT leaders 1 have adopted a public cloud infrastructure. However, it has also introduced new security challenges, specifically related to cloud infrastructure and connectivity between workloads as organizations have limited control over those connectivity and communications. 8 Complexity.

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Four questions for a casino InfoSec director

CIO

From an IT security perspective, I am most excited about the zero trust framework and how the concepts behind it are helping technology professionals worldwide build a more secure network and application infrastructure.

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CVE-2024-3400: Zero-Day Vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS GlobalProtect Gateway Exploited in the Wild

Tenable

Background On April 12, Palo Alto Networks released a security advisory for a critical command injection vulnerability affecting PAN-OS, the custom operating system (OS) Palo Alto Networks (PAN) uses in their next-generation firewalls. According to the advisory, this vulnerability impacts PAN-OS versions 10.2,

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Governance and Fighting the Curse of Complexity

CIO

The boulder is made from complex infrastructure, network connections, data stores, and devices. Authentication. The task is Sisyphean. The mountain is IT complexity. The person pushing the boulder up the steep slope? Every IT and security leader and worker. Will we ever rein in IT complexity? Unfortunately, not. But we can try.

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Optimizing PCI compliance in financial institutions

CIO

Having segmentation between infrastructure providing data processing and data storage is an example of a broad IT security architectural pattern. All other needs, for example, authentication, encryption, log management, system configuration, would be treated the same—by using the architectural patterns available.