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MY TAKE: Log4j’s big lesson – legacy tools, new tech are both needed to secure modern networks

The Last Watchdog

This is all part of corporations plunging into the near future: migration to cloud-based IT infrastructure is in high gear, complexity is mushrooming and fear of falling behind is keeping the competitive heat on. It reinforces the notion that a new portfolio of cloud-centric security frameworks must take hold, the sooner the better.

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Log4J: What You Need to Know

Adam Levin

Logging software is typically the first thing a developer or technician will check in the event of an unexpected outage or error, as it can help pinpoint the source of the problem relatively quickly and easily. . Log4J is an open-source software tool used to log activity on internet-based services and software.

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RSAC insights: Software tampering escalates as bad actors take advantage of ‘dependency confusion’

The Last Watchdog

It’s not difficult to visualize how companies interconnecting to cloud resources at a breakneck pace contribute to the outward expansion of their networks’ attack surface. Its function is to record events in a log for a system administrator to review and act upon. Related: Why ‘SBOM’ is gaining traction.