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In the last decade, data science has become one of the most popular and in-demand fields of work. Data scientists are some of the highest-paid professionals in the world, and they get to use their skills to solve interesting problems. If you're thinking about becoming a data scientist, here are four reasons who it is one of the best fields to get into:   1. High demand On a global scale, governments and world superpowers...

Yesterday, Synopsys, Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire WhiteHat Security, a leading provider of application security Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). The addition of WhiteHat Security will provide Synopsys with significant SaaS capabilities and market-segment-leading dynamic application security testing (DAST) technology to strengthen what is considered one of the industry's broadest application security testing portfolio. Synopsys and WhiteHat Security, which was acquired by NTT Security Corporation in 2019, share a vision for delivering SaaS-based security...

Whether it’s Office 365, Salesforce, Slack, GitHub or Zoom, all SaaS apps include a host of security features designed to protect the business and its data. The job of ensuring that these apps’ security settings are properly configured falls on the security team. The challenge lies within how burdensome this responsibility is: Each app has tens or hundreds of security settings to configure. In addition, there is a continuous need for updates to the global...

“How strong is your security culture… and are you controlling it?” This is the question posed by Kai Roer, chief research officer and Perry Carpenter, chief strategy officer at KnowBe4 during their session entitled Security Awareness, Behaviour and Culture – The Key to Making it Work at KB4-Con in Orlando. The pair posited to the attendees of both partners and customers that security culture is widely regarded as a good thing by 94% of organisations...

Today, live from KB4-Con, Knowbe4's CEO Stu Sjouwerman welcomed KnowBe4 partners and customers to the event and introduced the concept of HDR, or Human Detection and Response to attendees. Similar to the already recognised industry buzz phrase XDR that encapsulates all security defences with the end goal of reducing complexity through integration of many cybersecurity tools – HDR integrates security layers from a human perspective.   Stu’s vision for HDR sees the correlation of real-world...

Last week, Synopsys released its 2022 Open Source Security and Risk Analysis (OSSRA) report. The report, produced analysed over 2,400 audits of commercial and proprietary codebases from merger and acquisition transactions, performed by the Black Duck® Audit Services team. The report highlights trends in open source usage within commercial and proprietary applications and provides insights to help developers better understand the interconnected software ecosystem. It also details the pervasive risks posed by unmanaged open source, including security vulnerabilities,...

Cloud security is the umbrella that holds within it: IaaS, PaaS and SaaS. Gartner created the SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) category for solutions that continuously assess security risk and manage the SaaS applications' security posture. With enterprises having 1,000 or more employees relying on dozens to hundreds of apps, the need for deep visibility and remediation for SaaS security settings is only getting more critical. The top pain points for SaaS security stem from:...

It’s unfortunate, but true: SaaS attacks continue to increase. You can’t get around it, COVID-19 accelerated the already exploding SaaS market and caused industries not planning on making a switch to embrace SaaS. With SaaS apps becoming the default system of record for organizations, it has left many struggling to secure their company’s SaaS estate. CISOs and security professionals work to limit this burgeoning threat landscape, however, it’s a work in progress.   One slight misconfiguration...

Mobile banking is the safest way to bank for UK consumers, RiskOps platform for financial risk management Feedzai revealed in their Q2 2022 Financial Crime Report, based on the analysis of over 18 billion global banking transactions throughout 2021. According to the report, banking represented 88% of all banking transactions in the U.K. during this period; however, fraud rates were over 50% lower using a mobile device compared with desktop, laptop, telephone, or in-person transactions...

The IT Security Guru has teamed up with Synopsys, a recognised leader in application security, to bring you the webinar, 'Secure Your Cloud Environment from Evolving Threats'. As the migration to the cloud continues at an unabated pace, the threats in the cloud are also increasing proportionally and evolving constantly. Data breaches, misconfiguration risks, weak identity and access management controls, insider threats, multi-cloud infrastructure, and increasing complexity are just a few of the many challenges...