by ray | Apr 17, 2019 | Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon, Security, Tech News
AWS GovCloud (US) is an isolated AWS region designed to host sensitive data and regulated workloads in the cloud, helping customers support their US government compliance requirements, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Federal Risk and...
by ray | Apr 17, 2019 | Tech News, Security
The FedRAMP PMO fields a number of questions about impact levels and the security categorization of cloud services. Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 199 provides the standards for categorizing information and information systems, which is the...
by ray | Apr 17, 2019 | Tech News, Security
An anonymous reader writes from a report via ZDNet: No data encryption, no antivirus programs, no multi-factor authentication mechanisms, and 28-year-old unpatched vulnerabilities are just some of the cyber-security failings described in a security audit of the...
by ray | Apr 16, 2019 | Tech News, Security
We have previously published reports on several data breaches that exposed personal data. One of the cases featured a MongoDB database that contained a large amount of scraped LinkedIn data, first identified as open to public access on October 5th. As of...
by ray | Apr 16, 2019 | Tech News, Security
Many parents today enjoy posting about their family on social media. But along with those adorable photos, they are sharing crucial data about their children that big tech companies are harvesting. A recent study focusing on the “datafication” of children and its...
by ray | Feb 1, 2019 | Security, Cloud Tools, Tech News
Palo Alto Networks Inc. today announced that it has agreed to buy RedLock Inc., a competitor focused on securing cloud environments, in an all-cash deal worth $173 million. The purchase is the latest in a series of nine-figure acquisitions that the network protection...