Sean Michael Kerner

Symantec announced a new release of its data loss prevention platform on Sept. 25, providing new security features to help protect users against sensitive data loss. The DLP 15.1 update protects data and documents in Microsoft’s Office 365 and Google’s G-Suite of cloud-based office applications, as well as on-premises based deployments. The platform now integrates […]

As organizations begin to embrace container and serverless technologies, there is a corresponding need to secure those deployment models. On Sept. 24, Attivo Networks announced its entry into the container and serverless security market with an update of its ThreatDefend cyber-security deception platform. The basic idea with cyber-security deception is to provide what appears to […]

Yubico announced its 5 Series security keys on Sept. 24, providing organizations with enhanced hardware to improve authentication security. Yubico develops a hardware-based authentication device known as the YubiKey, which provides support for different authentication protocols. Organizations can use YubiKeys to enable different types of multifactor authentication and password-less authentication approaches. “Our new YubiKey 5 […]

While quantum computing could potentially enable new innovations and models for IT, it also represents a looming challenge for IT security, as existing forms of encryption could be at risk.  In an effort to help prepare for the post-quantum future, DigiCert, Gemalto and ISARA announced a partnership on Sept. 20 to build quantum-safe encryption technologies. […]

If time is money, then how important is it to secure the integrity of time itself? Time across many computing devices is often synchronized via the Network Time Protocol (NTP), which isn’t a secure approach, but there is another option. On Sept. 21, Cloudflare announced that it is deploying a new authenticated time service called Roughtime, […]

Rapid7 announced during a webcast customer event on Sept. 20 that it is enhancing its product portfolio with new automation capabilities to help IT security teams deal with the deluge of information and tasks needed to secure their organizations. Among the enhancements is the new InsightConnect security orchestration and automation offering, which has its roots […]

Online retailers have increasingly come under attack in 2018 from a hacking group known as Magecart. The latest victim is allegedly online computer parts retailer Newegg, which admitted on Sept. 19 that it was breached. Volexity Threat Research working in collaboration with RiskIQ identified the attack on Newegg. According to the two research groups, Newegg […]

Fidelis Cybersecurity announced on Sept. 18 that it has raised $25 million in a new round of funding to help grow the company’s platform, which provides multiple capabilities for network and endpoint security. This has been a busy year for Fidelis as the company has expanded its core Elevate Platform with multiple new features, including […]

There is a prevailing notion across much of the cyber-security space that hackers have the upper hand and things are getting worse. When it comes to financial services, however, that’s not necessarily the case, as cyber-security is actually improving, according to Accenture.  Accenture released its 2018 State of Cyber Resilience for Financial Services study on Sept. […]

Linus Torvalds, the founder of the Linux operating system, made a surprise announcement on Sept. 16, revealing that he was stepping back from his role as the maintainer for the upcoming Linux 4.19 kernel release. Torvalds’ decision to temporarily step away is not for technical reasons, but rather a personal one, as he will spend […]