Cloud Security News

UKCloud, the multi-cloud experts dedicated to making transformation happen across UK public sector, has today announced that it is embedding CyberScore into its portfolio of core capabilities in order to help organisations improve their cyber security health. As organisations start to transform by adopting various cloud platforms and software services, in addition to managing their existing IT infrastructure, common tooling for operations, monitoring and cyber capabilities is essential. UKCloud’s platforms which are capable of hosting...

Incidents in public cloud infrastructure are more likely to happen because of a customer’s employees rather than actions carried out by cloud providers, according to a new Kaspersky Lab report –‘Understanding security of the cloud: from adoption benefits to threats and concerns’. Companies expect cloud providers to be responsible for the safety of data stored on their cloud platforms. However, around 90% (SMBs (88%) and enterprises (91%)) of corporate data breaches in the cloud happen...

Lack of confidence and skills holding businesses back when it comes to cloud security New analysis from Intercity Technology has revealed that only 18% of organisations have a fully comprehensive cloud security solution in place. The enterprise mobility, cloud and IT specialist canvassed the views of IT professionals across a range of sectors, and uncovered that many businesses are still struggling to put in place and maintain cloud security solutions. 45% stated that implementing the...

Proofpoint, Inc., a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, today released its Cloud Application Attack Snapshot: Q1 2019 research, which examined over one hundred thousand cloud application attacks aimed at global organizations between September 2018 and February 2019. Overall, targeting attempts increased by 65 percent during that time period with 40 percent originating in Nigeria. China was the second most prevalent country of origin, with 26 percent of attacks originating from Chinese IP addresses. Cloud application...

Zscaler, Inc., the leader in cloud security, announced today the release of its semi-annual 2019 Cloud Security Insights Threat Report – An Analysis of SSL/TLS-based Threats, which examines encrypted traffic across the Zscaler™ cloud from July through December 2018. The report, compiled by the ZscalerTM ThreatLabZ research team, delves into a variety of attacks executed over SSL and blocked by Zscaler, including phishing attacks, botnets, browser exploitation, and malicious content. As the use of SSL...

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announced the availability of three new cloud-based Hardware Security Module (HSM) services, HSM On Demand for CyberArk, HSM On Demand for Hyperledger and HSM On Demand for Oracle TDE. Each service is available through the SafeNet Data Protection on Demand platform, a marketplace of cloud-based HSM, encryption and key management services that easily integrates with most widely used cloud services and IT products to protect data wherever...

Centrify, a leading provider of cloud-ready Zero Trust Privilege to secure modern enterprises, today announced results of a new survey revealing that most IT decision makers are not prioritising Privileged Access Management (PAM) practices and solutions, despite knowing privileged credential abuse is involved in almost three out of every four breaches. The survey of 1,000 IT decision makers, 500 from the U.K. and 500 from the U.S. found that, of those whose organisations have experienced...