The Security Ledger

DECEMBER 29, 2021

In this episode of the podcast (#233) Mark Stanislav, a Vice President at the firm Gemini, joins Paul to talk about what went wrong with disclosure of Log4Shell, the critical, remote code execution flaw in the Log4j open source library. As always, you can check our full conversation in our latest Security Ledger podcast at Blubrry.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is recommending that government agencies and private organizations that use Microsoft’s Exchange cloud email platform migrate users and applications to Modern Auth before Basic Auth is deprecated in October. Read next: Top Secure Email Gateway Solutions.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. A new piece of Ryuk Stealer targets government, military and finance sectors. CVE-2020-7247 RCE flaw in OpenSMTPD library affects many BSD and Linux distros. Check Point detailed two flaws in Microsoft Azure that could have allowed taking over cloud servers. Magento 2.3.4

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Preservica

JANUARY 15, 2019

Oxford, UK and Boston, MA: January 15th, 2019 – The Liverpool Record Office, part of Liverpool City Council’s Libraries and Information Services, has chosen Preservica’s cloud-based active digital preservation software to create a new online archive and to digitally preserve culturally significant records dating back to the 13 th century.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 26, 2021

In fact, there are more than a few flaws present, as well as the occasional gaping security hole. Code debugging and code security tools exist to find and help developers fix the problems that occur. Security and Speed Needs Drive Growth. Best Code Debugging and Code Security Tools.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 10, 2022

The cyber security landscape offered similarly familiar topics: there were huge data breaches at Facebook and LinkedIn, while the threat of ransomware reached catastrophic levels. You can read more about that attack, along with the year’s other biggest stories, in our 2021 cyber security review of the year.

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IG Guru

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Impacts of the Cloud on Records Management and ArchivesA book edited by Salvador P. Barragan (San Jose State University) Introduction “The Library of Babel” is a short story conceiving of a universe in the form of a nearly infinite library containing all possible books.

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The Texas Record

JULY 12, 2021

This event is organized by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) and co-sponsored with the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) to promote electronic records management in Texas government. Our theme is Accelerating Towards the Texas of Tomorrow.

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The Texas Record

AUGUST 20, 2020

This event is organized by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) and co-sponsored with the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) to promote electronic records management in Texas government. Our theme is Records Are Virtually Everywhere.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 24, 2021

The increasing mobility of data, as it ping-pongs between clouds, data centers and the edge, has made it an easier target of cybercrime groups, which has put a premium on the encryption of that data in recent years. Since then, interest in fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) has increased, largely paralleling the rise of cloud computing.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 17, 2021

When It Comes to Software Supply Chain Security, Good Enough Just Isn’t Enough. government agencies and commercial organizations, was severely compromised when attackers introduced a malicious dynamic linking library (DLL) into the software build process. Beware of “Good Enough” Software Security.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 7, 2023

Vulnerability scanning is critically important for identifying security flaws in hardware and software, but vulnerability scanning types are as varied as the IT environments they’re designed to protect. Each approach employs a different strategy to ascertain the state of the target ports (open, closed, or filtered).

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2019

Related: Cyber spies feast on government shut down. I had a lively discussion recently with a couple of experts from WhiteHat Security. I spoke with WhiteHat Security researchers Bryan Becker and Mark Rogan at RSA 2019. Baking-in security. So you might not even be aware that this piece of code is in your software.”.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 19, 2023

Regardless of the use case or industry an organization operates in, private key security must be utilized for code signing certificates to be trusted and valued. Cloud‐base key generation and protection solution with the following requirements: a. Hardware crypto module meeting the specified requirement 2.

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Preservica

MARCH 7, 2019

Technology analyst firm Gartner underscored the challenge in a recent report: “In many enterprises, an increasingly chaotic "sprawl" of content from a growing number of sources makes it difficult for application leaders to implement an effective strategy for the governance and use of content.”

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Preservica

AUGUST 7, 2018

Boston, MA and Oxford, UK | Day August 7, 2018 | Preservica, a world leader in digital preservation, has announced its support for the Council of State Archivists’ (CoSA) 2018-19 research initiative into the risks to electronic state government records from file format and technology obsolescence.

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IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Imagine walking into the largest library you’ve ever seen. Fortunately, the library has a computer at the front desk you can use to search its entire inventory by title, author, genre, and more. For example, data catalogs have evolved to deliver governance capabilities like managing data quality and data privacy and compliance.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 3, 2022

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. President Biden’s cybersecurity executive order, issued in May, includes a detailed SBOM requirement for all software delivered to the federal government.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

IT Governance found 98 publicly disclosed security incidents in May 2023, accounting for 98,226,877 breached records. We break down the month’s cyber security landscape for each month, and you can find more information about our list and the biggest security incidents of the month.

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Collibra

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Snowflake’s platform enables organizations to seamlessly analyze and securely share data throughout the business. However, even when your data is all in one place, it still requires visibility, control, understanding and security. Data governance with Snowflake and Collibra. Data masking and policy enforcement .

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IT Governance

AUGUST 1, 2022

We identified 85 security incidents during the month, resulting in 99,243,757 compromised records. Meanwhile, be sure to subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest cyber security news and advice delivered straight to your inbox. If you’re facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help.

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IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Without the ability to aggregate data from disparate internal and external sources (on-premises, public or private clouds), you’ll have an inferior AI model, simply because you don’t have all the information you need. Processes that provide AI governance. Better data-driven decision making with AI and AI governance.

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Preservica

MARCH 14, 2018

Oxford, London UK and Boston MA, March 14 2018: The Sainsbury Archive, which charts the growth and history of one of the UK’s largest supermarkets, has chosen Preservica’s AWS cloud-hosted digital preservation platform to actively preserve invaluable digital assets relating to the company’s operations. Media enquiries.

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The Texas Record

JUNE 21, 2019

The theme this year is Better Together in a Digital World: Security and Retention. This event is organized by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) and co-sponsored with the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) to promote electronic records management in Texas government.

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eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 25, 2018

Jim’s post below highlights the importance of information governance and the need for data discovery to manage increasing volumes of data (as we discussed during this webcast last month). The library houses more than 45 million pages , including an extensive audiovisual collection and more than 650,000 photos and 5,000 hours of recordings.

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IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 4, 2023

It offers ease of integration and scalability for analytics and AI workloads using your company’s data, and offers guardrails for ensuring governance, security and compliance. IBM offers a portfolio of technologies, including watsonx , AI libraries, applications and APIs that can be tailored to suit different needs.

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Preservica

OCTOBER 30, 2017

If approached positively it provides an opportunity for long-term improvements in your records management, digital preservation and operations in the cloud. First of all, the cloud. But what if your chosen processor uses another processor whose service is in the cloud and does that make it harder for you to comply?

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IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The more security teams and employees know about the different types of cybersecurity threats, the more effectively they can prevent, prepare for, and respond to cyberattacks. According to the IBM Security X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2023 , ransomware attacks represented 17 percent of all cyberattacks in 2022.

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Preservica

MARCH 14, 2019

Preservica’s market-leading Enterprise Private Cloud active digital preservation platform for Microsoft Azure meets growing demand for secure archiving, digital preservation and discovery of critical long-term data and content. Learn more about Preservica Enterprise Private Cloud for Azure. About Preservica.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 8, 2023

The AI and quantum spin-out from Alphabet uses the Sandwich framework for the Cryptoservice module in its SandboxAQ Security Suite, currently used by several U.S. government agencies, global banks, telcos, and tech companies. SandboxAQ today introduced an open-source cryptography management framework built for the post-quantum era.

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Preservica

MAY 7, 2020

Actions include the RCN lobbying the UK government on the availability of testing and PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) for its members. Led by the RCN’s archives team, the college has already made more than a thousand historical clinical guidance publications available online through a secure members portal.

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Preservica

DECEMBER 29, 2022

From academic institutions and government agencies to corporate businesses and the health sector, 2022 was full of world events that will shape our history forever. The new Charter incorporates 7 Sustainability Principles around data, software, operations, knowledge, finance, governance, and environmental impact.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2022

According to Bloomberg , CNA Financial opted to pay the ransom two weeks after the security breach because it was not able to restore its operations. The attacks started in January, but the attackers’ activity intensified in recent weeks, according to the experts at security firm Volexity.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 3, 2022

According to a recent BlueVoyant study, an impressive 97 percent of companies surveyed have been negatively impacted by a security breach in their supply chain, and 38 percent said they have no way of knowing about any potential issues with a third-party supplier’s cybersecurity. So it’s a battle that security can’t win.”

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erwin

JUNE 26, 2020

legacy systems, data warehouses, flat files stored on individual desktops and laptops, and modern, cloud-based repositories.). These fragmented data environments make data governance a challenge since business stakeholders, data analysts and other users are unable to discover data or run queries across an entire data set.

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The Texas Record

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Registration for the 2019 e-Records Conference is now open to state agencies and local governments. The conference theme this year is Better Together in a Digital World: Security and Retention. Visit the conference website to register and read about the exciting lineup and exhibitors. Please share this opportunity with your colleagues.

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The Texas Record

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Better Together in a Digital World: Security and Retention. Today, our partners inside and outside of government, especially the public, increasingly expect to interact with us electronically. Government is transforming to meet its partners in this brave new digital world. TSLAC @TexasDIR. Reminder to register now and save $30!

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