Tag: security

December 6, 2022

It’s a fact that most enterprises put security teams and tools in a silo. It drives me nuts when I see these bad habits carried over to cloud computing security. I covered this topic three years ago, and for the […]

October 10, 2022

Containers have quickly become a fundamental part of DevOps. Their lightweight and portable nature makes them attractive to all sizes of organisation, from small startups trying to reduce costs to large multibillion-pound companies wanting to ensure service availability. Compared with […]

September 21, 2022

Good cyber hygiene helps the security team reduce risk. So it’s not surprising that the line between IT operations and security is increasingly blurred. Let’s take a closer look. One of the core principles in IT operations is “you can’t […]

September 14, 2022

The world is going multi-cloud. Enterprises are leveraging the benefits of multi-cloud services to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and drive faster innovation. What does this mean for data privacy? With data residing in multiple locations, it’s more important than […]

June 1, 2022

A global survey conducted by Coleman Parkes for Dynatrace has found that multicloud deployments are making IT security more complex. The survey, based on a poll of 1,300 chief information security officers (CISOs) in organisations with more than 1,000 employees, […]

May 19, 2022

Pressure is mounting among CIOs worldwide. Just as leaders are being called to secure complex and changing infrastructures, it has also become imperative to operate under local and global compliance mandates with increasingly sharp teeth. Meanwhile, industries have transitioned to […]

April 28, 2022

Most regulatory acts require that owners of sensitive data must always know where the data is currently stored, what state it’s in, and how well protected it is. Two primary concerns surround the importance of having this knowledge — security […]

April 28, 2022

Your challenge: how to manage millions of dynamic, distributed and diverse assets. It is ever more challenging for IT teams to secure globally distributed workforces as well as the growing volume of assets “hiding in the shadows.” These factors make […]

February 1, 2022

Historically, Database Management systems (DBMS) were simple software programs and associated hardware that allowed users to access data from different geographical locations. The system offers its users the ability to store data without concerns about structural changes, or the data’s […]

December 21, 2021

In networking and security, there has been a tendency to equate the term “working from anywhere” with “working from home,” partly because the need for remote access went mainstream when the pandemic suddenly caused many employees to work from home […]

November 29, 2021

At some companies, it seems as though IT teams have transformed from company scapegoat to company G.O.A.T. (greatest of all time). Amidst a momentous digital transformation, IT teams were essential in easing the massive business disruptions of 2020 and 2021 […]

November 19, 2021

Valtix recently released research that multicloud will be a strategic priority in 2022, according to the vast majority of more than 200 IT leaders in the United States who participated in the study. Security is top of mind, with only […]

November 5, 2021

Three states in the U.S. have comprehensive data privacy laws. Nearly 20 states have had laws fail in legislative sessions. And another handful or so are currently trying, according to the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). What’s a marketer […]

November 1, 2021

The global pandemic unexpectedly forced many organizations to quickly adapt to remote working, accelerating the transition to a distributed workforce. This trend, coupled with the recent surge of cyberattacks carried out across business sectors, has left organizations scrambling to secure […]

October 11, 2021

It’s the time of year when most enterprises are involved in a more-or-less-formal technology review cycle, as a preparatory step for next year’s budgeting. They’ve done this for decades, and it’s interesting to me that in any given year, enterprises […]

October 8, 2021

The first Hybrid work index (HWI) from Cisco has shown that hybrid workers expect greater flexibility, accessibility and security, while businesses grapple with meeting increased technology demands. The Hybrid work index, which will be updated quarterly, examines how people’s habits […]

September 24, 2021

These days cloud application developers are also security engineers. Who did not see this coming, given that application-level security is no longer an option? Also, we are pushing developers to build applications at scale, meaning they are becoming ops engineers […]

July 1, 2021

Much has been written about the convergence of security and networking. Often the focus is on one side or the other. Networks need to be more secure. And security needs to take the network into account. But what’s often ignored […]

June 23, 2021

Ransomware attacks are a nightmare for business executives. Within the last couple of months, hackers were able to shut down the Colonial Pipeline and disrupt operations at meatpacker JBS Foods, disrupting the economy and inconveniencing millions of customers. When many […]

May 18, 2021

Famous mock musician David St. Hubbins once said, “There’s a fine line between stupid and clever.” On one side of the line is an endless celebration of genius. On the other: failure and ignominy. The tech industry has no choice […]