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What Executives Should Know About Shift-Left Security

CIO

By Zachary Malone, SE Academy Manager at Palo Alto Networks The term “shift left” is a reference to the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) that describes the phases of the process developers follow to create an application. How did the term shift-left security originate? Why is shift-left security important in cybersecurity?

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Need for Speed Drives Security-as-a-Service

CIO

Threats are emerging at a speed that makes it difficult for internal security practitioners to keep pace. There are zero-day attacks that exploit vulnerabilities before security teams are even aware of them. In order to address emerging threats more quickly, organizations are increasingly adopting Security-as-a-Service (SECaaS).

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: CISA Calls on Software Makers To Use Memory Safe Languages, as OpenSSF Issues Secure Software Principles

Tenable

Meanwhile, the OpenSSF published 10 key principles for secure software development. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a clarion call for software makers to use so-called “memory safe” programming languages. Plus, malware used in fake browser-update attacks ballooned in Q3. And much more!

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: 6 Things That Matter Right Now

Tenable

14 | DevOps team culture is key for supply chain security | SecOps gets more challenging as attack surface expands | Weak credentials hurt cloud security | Incident responders grapple with stress | Security spending grows | And much more! . Topics that are top of mind for the week ending Oct.

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Code signing: securing against supply chain vulnerabilities

CircleCI

This collection of agents and actors involved in the software development lifecycle (SDLC) is called the software supply chain. Because you are working with several moving parts — including open source material, APIs, and so on — it is crucial to know just how secure each component of your software supply chain is.

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22 Digital Transformation Statistics for 2022

Modus Create

Improving cybersecurity posture is the most popular digital initiative for 2022. 32% of American organizations are planning to invest in cybersecurity-related initiates. This is a major factor behind the popularity of cybersecurity-related initiatives in 2022. . Total fines under GDPR have exceeded $1.5

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10 Steps for Building a Web App Assurance Program Using Tenable.io WAS

Tenable

Creating a cybersecurity program wherein you can assess your web applications and websites doesn’t need to be any more difficult than setting up a vulnerability management program. Easy-to-use tools that provide clear results make the job fairly straightforward, which pushes the maturity of your overarching cybersecurity up a notch.