Cybersecurity and remote working: How to equip and empower a safe and secure remote workforce

Only back in 2018, people suggested the growth of remote working was grinding to a halt, with only 6 percent of the UK workforce operating remotely on a regular basis. What’s more, remote working was only typically available to a select few, namely those working in the tech sector, where the parameters and expectations were clear and obvious. The rest …

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Five ways to secure your code signing processes

We live in a digitalized world that runs on code. Software now permeates virtually every aspect of our lives – from the things we use day-to-day, to the critical infrastructure of our society. At the same time, hackers are becoming increasingly adept in the art of spreading malware. Infamously, this occurred in the SolarWinds attack, where over 18,000 customers downloaded …

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Why automation is key to keeping applications secure in the cloud-native era

In the past year, we saw a surge in digital transformation that reflected the accelerated delivery of many organizations’ multiyear technology roadmaps. McKinsey claims we’ve now passed a tipping point that may have forever adjusted business operations. The use of multicloud environments and cloud-native architectures based on microservices, containers, and Kubernetes is at the heart of this transformation. While these …

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Implementing a secure container strategy in your cloud environment

Containers have quickly moved from an emerging technology to an integral part of many organizations’ cloud strategies. Gartner predicts that by 2022, 75 percent of organizations will be running containerized applications in production, up from less than 30 percent today. Yet as containers have achieved widespread adoption, they’ve also caught the eyes of cybercriminals looking for another avenue to exploit.  …

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Designing a secure remote access plan

  For many organizations, prior to last year, remote access was a “nice to have.” Now that we’ve all flashed forward to 2021, it’s a business continuity essential. With predictions that remote work will double its pre-pandemic levels and with cyberattacks on remote workers on the rise, it’s imperative for organizations to think through how and when they allow employees …

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Pulse Secure says it has fixed VPN issue that saw major targets hacked

A major flaw in Pulse Connect Secure VPN, which allowed cybercriminals to compromise the internal networks of certain US government agencies and other targets, has now been remedied. The zero-day, first spotted by cybersecurity experts at FireEye and logged as CVE-2021-22893, is currently being exploited in the wild, so all customers are urged to apply the new patch immediately.  FireEye …

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How RPA is forcing businesses to redefine secure identities

Robotic process automation (RPA) is a growing megatrend. Gartner predicts that by 2022, 90 percent of organizations globally will have adopted RPA and it has already received over $1.8 billion worth of investments in the past two years alone. While RPA is making a major impact across every industry, many don’t know how common the technology has become or, indeed, …

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NCSC reveals plan to help secure UK SMBs

The UK government has released a new digital tool with a view to helping small businesses stay secure while doing business online. Called Cyber Aware, the new National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) tool is effectively a digital questionnaire designed to help determine each company’s level of cybersecurity preparedness. After they complete the questionnaire, business owners will receive a personalized list …

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Empowering dispersed workforces – why secure remote access has never been more important

Over the past several years, we have seen many organizations focus on the race towards digital transformation. However, up until now, the move towards digital and cloud-based services has been seen as a journey. There is no denying the events of 2020 have acted as a watershed moment and kicked many organizations into overdrive. As we head into next year, …

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