If I had a dollar for every time I heard the phrase ?digital transformation,? I would have a lot of dollars. I?m sure you would too. We?d have even more if we counted the term ?Zero Trust.? (Maybe we should start counting them, now that I think about i…
All Access Is (or Should Be) Remote Access
With the transition to remote work, we often hear the term remote access used in unison. Typically, remote work application access is facilitated via a remote access mechanism and, presumably, local work application access is facilitated via a local ac…
Why Zero Trust Needs the Edge
Backhauling traffic destroys performance, and backhauling attack traffic can destroy even more. Nevertheless, in a traditional security deployment model, we are faced with the lose-lose options of either backhauling all traffic to the security stack or…
Anyone for Alphabet Soup? ZTNA, SWGs, MFA, and More: Lessons Learned from Fed Day CyberThreats 2021
Last week, we gathered a few of the most prominent leaders and experts from every corner of the federal space to talk about all things cybersecurity and digital transformation. Discussions ranged from the move toward Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), a…
G2A’s Journey to Global Growth, Part 1: Keeping Gamers and Geeks Playing During a Pandemic
Near the end of March 2020, G2A.COM saw its traffic virtually double overnight. The pandemic had just begun, and people were looking for ways to stay entertained and connected under lockdown. Not surprisingly, a lot of people turned to video games, and…
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 257
https://therecord.media/using-vms-to-hide-ransomware-attacks-is-becoming-more-popular/
https://blog.erratasec.com/2021/07/ransomware-quis-custodiet-ipsos-custodes.html?m=1
https://www.databreachtoday.com/how-mespinoza-ransomware-group-hits-targets-a-17…
What to do and what to avoid if you see a wildfire in Spain
Here is some useful advice on how to prevent wildfires in Spain and what you should do and what you should not do if you see a blaze.
Philippine Coast Guard’s first 97-meter Multi-Role Response Vessel to launch soon
The Philippine Coast Guard is expecting good news in the next dew days.Its largest ship acquisition to date, the 94-meter Multi-Role Response Vessels (MRRV) it ordered from Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, will reach an important milestone th…
Akamai Summarizes Service Disruption (RESOLVED)
At 15:45 UTC on July 22, 2021, a software configuration update triggered a bug in our Secure Edge Content Delivery Network impacting that network’s domain name service (DNS) system (the system that directs browsers to websites for that specific service…
Zero Trust Network Access Is an Oxymoron
Though Zero Trust is really quite simple and should be viewed as a very strong form of the age-old principle of least privilege, that does not mean that it is the same thing. In fact, one of the most significant differences from what came before is tha…