OpenText Information Management

MARCH 2, 2021

IT and system administrators struggle to maintain and upgrade complex, highly customized content management platforms. Too often, succeeding at a complete lift-and-shift to a cloud environment feels about as simple and straightforward as landing on Mars. And that’s just to manage the basics. The solution: containerization.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Cloud security with Microsoft Azure. Cloud security is an essential part of the way businesses operate, yet related security practices are lacking. The (ISC) 2 study found that 40% of cyber security professionals plan to develop their Cloud security skills in the next two years. Getting started.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

And with the COVID-19 pandemic accelerating the use of Cloud-based applications such as Office 365 to support remote and hybrid working, there has never been a bigger demand for cyber security expertise. . It’s also suitable for those who plan to develop a specialised career as a Microsoft Azure administrator or security engineer. .

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2023

As cloud computing evolves, so has cloud security, and buyers in the market for cloud security solutions may find themselves facing a dizzying array of acronyms, like CNAPP, CWPP, CSPM, and CIEM. Securing all those new cloud environments and connections became a job for cybersecurity companies.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 29, 2022

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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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Shikitega uses legitimate cloud services to host some of its C2 (command & control) servers and a very light ELF dropper (370B) to initiate the next stages. Each module focuses on a unique task, for example, downloading and executing Metasploit meterpreter, escalating privileges on the targeted systems, and maintaining persistence.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2023

Cloud Software Group strongly urges affected customers of NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway to install the relevant updated versions as soon as possible.” The Citrix Cloud Software Group is strongly urging affected customers to install the relevant updated versions as soon as possible. reads the report published by Citrix.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The fix: System administrators are encouraged to install the Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 14 (CU14), which was issued in February 2024 and enabled NTLM credentials Relay Protection. Despite VMware’s three-year-old deprecation statement, unprotected systems remain at risk.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2021

It guides system administrators and developers of National Security Systems on how to deploy Kubernetes with example configurations for the recommended hardening measures and mitigations. Insider threats can be administrators, users, or cloud service providers. ” states the guidance.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 17, 2023

Data at rest encryption: Encrypt business critical data, wherever it resides, on servers on-premises or in the cloud. MFA for CTE prompts system administrators and privileged users to demonstrate an additional factor of authentication beyond passwords when they try to access to sensitive data sitting behind Guard-Points.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2021

We’ve barely scratched the surface of applying artificial intelligence and advanced data analytics to the raw data collecting in these gargantuan cloud-storage structures erected by Amazon, Microsoft and Google. Here are the key takeaways: Cloud exposures. Related: The importance of basic research. megabytes of fresh data.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 23, 2021

To boost productivity, they must leverage cloud infrastructure and participate in agile software development. The answer is not to accelerate migration to cloud-based IT infrastructure and thereby pitch the security burden over the fence to the folks running Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 12, 2018

When Edward Snowden used his credentials as a system administrator to access thousands of pages of sensitive information, companies like Thales eSecurity Federal sought out solutions that gave “granular” access to the document. It would be naïve to suggest that malicious actors haven’t breached your defenses. Have questions?

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 17, 2021

“Log4j is so prevalent – utilized by millions of third-party enterprise applications, cloud services and manufacturers, including Apple, Twitter and Tesla – that security teams may have difficulties pinpointing where the library is actually being used,” observed cybersecurity firm Duo Security.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

“The vulnerability is due to a system account that has a default and static password and is not under the control of the system administrator.” ” An attacker could exploit the flaw by using this default account to connect to a vulnerable system and obtain read and write access to system data.

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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. Its function is to record events in a log for a system administrator to review and act upon. Related: Why ‘SBOM’ is gaining traction.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 7, 2020

Late last year saw the re-emergence of a nasty phishing tactic that allows the attacker to gain full access to a user’s data stored in the cloud without actually stealing the account password. The phishing lure starts with a link that leads to the real login page for a cloud email and/or file storage service.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 5, 2021

But as businesses like Amazon and Microsoft that provide cloud services dig deeper for evidence, it now appears Russia exploited multiple layers of the supply chain to gain access to as many as 250 networks.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

The certification covers active defense, defense in depth, access control, cryptography, defensible network architecture and network security, incident handling and response, vulnerability scanning and penetration testing, security policy, IT risk management, virtualization and cloud security , and Windows and Linux security.

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2021

Researchers from Tenable have disclosed a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in HPE Edgeline Infrastructure Manager (EIM), tracked as CVE-2021-29203 , that could be exploited by attackers to compromise a customer’s cloud infrastructure. Rated critical, with a CVSS score of 9.8, Tenable posted a proof of concept of the attack.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 6, 2021

As digital transformation kicks into high gear, it’s certainly not getting any easier to operate IT systems securely, especially for small- and medium-sized businesses. SMBs are tapping into cloud infrastructure and rich mobile app experiences, making great leaps forward in business agility, the same as large enterprises.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 10, 2019

Our rising dependence on business systems that leverage cloud services and the gig economy to accomplish high-velocity innovation has led to a rise in productivity. One such go-to APT technique is to remotely leverage legit administrative tools to carry out malicious activities — under cover.

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Info Source

DECEMBER 10, 2018

New Windsor NY, December 6, 2018 – DocuWare , provider of cloud solutions for document management and workflow automation, concluded another successful U.S. User Conference in Philadelphia this week. This year’s conference theme was “Setting the New Pace for Business.”.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2020

“They exhibit extensive knowledge of systems administration and common network security misconfigurations, perform thorough reconnaissance, and adapt to what they discover in a compromised network.” In many cases, some machines run without standard safeguards, like security updates and cloud-delivered antivirus protection.”

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

So, whether you’re a developer using a web application scanning tool to assess your own work, or a systems administrator doing your monthly due diligence checks with a vulnerability scanner, or a third-party security company performing a penetration test , you’re likely to use the CVSS. Can you take us through CVSS v4.0’s

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

For optimal data protection, organisations should first identify where their sensitive data resides – on premises, in the cloud or in hybrid environments, and then encrypt it. Do the storage/system administrators also own and manage the encryption keys used for data-at-rest encryption?

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 13, 2023

Such a never-ending hunt for exploits could leave system administrators with little to no time to fix vulnerabilities and keep their systems secure, leaving a wide range of systems vulnerable to exploitation, causing widespread and significant damage.

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Preservica

OCTOBER 9, 2012

This is the rational behind our launch of Preservica, our cloud hosted Digital Preservation as a Service offering. This avoids the need for capital expenditure on expensive hardware and the operating costs of a team of system administrators. All that is required is a monthly subscription with a charge for storage used.

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Data Matters

MAY 17, 2018

Specifically, researchers believed that the current version of SB 315 could chill security research—both the purely academic and the “white hats”—ultimately discouraging individuals from identifying vulnerabilities in networks and alerting system administrators of the issues.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2023

These tools allow for the central management and deployment of patches across multiple systems simultaneously, streamlining the process and saving time. Downtime Patching Linux systems usually requires restarting or rebooting the entire system, and this can result in downtime.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2020

Researchers disclosed a flaw in VMware Cloud Director platform, tracked as CVE-2020-3956 , that could be abused to takeover corporate servers. VMware Cloud Director is a cloud service-delivery platform that allows organizations to operate and manage successful cloud-service businesses. The flaw received a score of 8.8

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Rising implementations of cloud services and IoT systems, not to mention the arrival of 5G, has quickened the pace of software development and multiplied data handling complexities. PowerShell is a command-line shell designed to make it convenient for system administrators to automate tasks and manage system configurations.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Blue teams consist of security analysts, network engineers and system administrators. Blue teams tend to be larger because they must prevent all attacks, while red teams may simply select a few specific attacks to pursue.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 15, 2019

This new environment calls for a different approach to data security, that includes: Access control to make it difficult for cyber criminals to get into systems; User access logging that connects to SIEM systems, so system administrators can identify unusual access that indicates a potential attack; Encryption key management to ensure the ongoing security (..)

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 23, 2019

This new environment calls for a different approach to data security including: Access control to make it difficult for cyber criminals to get into systems; User access logging that connects to SIEM systems, so system administrators can identify unusual access that indicates a potential attack; Encryption key management to ensure the ongoing security (..)

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

First, companies are more reliant on digital systems than ever before. Frankly, a lot of companies got away with using analogue processes for years, and now they’re finally having to adopt the cloud and the Internet of Things. That’s just not the case anymore.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 16, 2023

Author Bio Chris Tozzi has worked as a Linux systems administrator and freelance writer with more than ten years of experience covering the tech industry, especially open source, DevOps, cloud native and security. He also teaches courses on the history and culture of technology at a major university in upstate New York.

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