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Jan 7, 2021 6:00 AM PT More than 80 percent of 650 cybersecurity and IT professionals surveyed by Check Point Software Technologies in July said their traditional security solutions either do not work at all, or only provide limited functions in the cloud. This indicates that organizations' cloud migrations and deployments are racing ahead of their security teams' abilities to defend against attacks and breaches, according to TJ Gonen, head of the company's cloud product line. "Their existing security solutions only provide limited protections against cloud threats, and teams often lack the e...

Jan 7, 2021 6:00 AM PT More than 80 percent of 650 cybersecurity and IT professionals surveyed by Check Point Software Technologies in July said their traditional security solutions either do not work at all, or only provide limited functions in the cloud. This indicates that organizations' cloud migrations and deployments are racing ahead of their security teams' abilities to defend against attacks and breaches, according to TJ Gonen, head of the company's cloud product line. "Their existing security solutions only provide limited protections against cloud threats, and teams often lack the e...

'); //]]>//--> By Richard Adhikari Jan 29, 2021 5:00 AM PT Like many companies in these pandemic-ridden days, the Smash My Trash group uses videoconferencing in its business dealings. The Smash group consists of Smash My Trash LLC, which uses mobile trash compactors to compress trash in customers' dumpsters, and Smash Franchise Partners, LLC, which sells the company's franchises. One potential franchisee, serial entrepreneur Todd Perri, used the information gleaned from Smash's videoconferences to help set up a direct competitor. Smash Franchise Partners last year filed suit in the Delaware C...

Dec 9, 2020 2:20 PM PT Cybersecurity firm FireEye, which has been prominent in the fight against nation-state cyberthreats, has been itself attacked by "a highly sophisticated threat actor, one whose discipline, operational security, and techniques," company CEO Kevin Mandia announced Tuesday. This indicates the attack is likely state-sponsored, by a nation "with top-tier offensive capabilities." FireEye is investigating the incident together with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation and other key partners, including Microsoft. The security vendor joined the Microsoft Intelligen...

'); //]]>//--> By Richard Adhikari Jan 7, 2021 6:00 AM PT More than 80 percent of 650 cybersecurity and IT professionals surveyed by Check Point Software Technologies in July said their traditional security solutions either do not work at all, or only provide limited functions in the cloud. This indicates that organizations' cloud migrations and deployments are racing ahead of their security teams' abilities to defend against attacks and breaches, according to TJ Gonen, head of the company's cloud product line. "Their existing security solutions only provide limited protections against cloud ...