Zero trust news stories

A10 Networks notes that in the 2H 2021 reporting period, its security research team tracked more than 15.4 million Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) weapons.

High-profile ransomware attacks and reliance on digital infrastructure sees an increasing need for businesses to embrace zero trust cybersecurity.

One of the most daunting challenges of zero trust is applying this new security model to digital interactions with customers.

The devastating effects of ransomware have grown over the past two decades from opportunistic to carefully orchestrated attacks.

Zscaler has announced improvements to its security service edge (SSE) framework with the addition of three Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) solutions.

Enhancements to the Juniper Apstra platform will simplify the deployment, troubleshooting and operations of data center networks.

Cloudflare has announced new updates to its email security offering, including making enterprise-grade email security tools available to any Cloudflare customer.

As the cyber threat landscape evolves and becomes more dangerous every year, protecting IT infrastructure will only become more challenging.

Microsoft announces new security solutions to help customers strengthen visibility and control across multiple cloud providers from a centralised management view. 

The intention of the partnership is to help businesses reach cloud-centric goals and provide a SASE for cloud applications, data, users and devices.

Just when we all thought COVID-19 couldn’t possibly make the cyber risk environment any worse, 2021 brought us a supply chain shock induced by the global pandemic.

Cloudflare has acquired Vectrix to help businesses gain visibility and control of their applications.

As the modern world is beset by ever-more common and sophisticated cyber-attacks, the very tools focused on TDIR are ready to be laid to rest.

“Ransomware groups are becoming more sophisticated and their attacks more impactful. These threat actors are increasingly leveraging automated tool kits to exploit vulnerabilities and penetrate deeper into networks."

“As we watch threats evolve and breaches become more devastating, the need to implement Zero Trust strategies has never been more urgent."

Show, don’t tell: That’s the approach CISOs need to take if they want to better manage cybersecurity in their organisation, according to a new report from KPMG.

"Going deeper, four years to zero trust is a very ambitious goal – and a strategy that will no doubt continue to evolve as government agencies dig in."

In May 2021, U.S. Presidential Executive Order 14028 on improving the nation’s cybersecurity was issued, directing federal agencies to transition to a Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) as they modernise and move to cloud services.

With recent business uncertainty, resilience has become one of the most important organisational values leaders can adopt.

CrowdStrike has expanded its Zero Trust support to macOS and Linux to further help with cross-platform protection and expansion of partnerships.

The shift to work-from-anywhere has spotlighted zero-trust network access, as organisations need to protect important assets from workers connecting from poorly protected home networks.

"As organisations implement zero-trust security frameworks, the ability to automate patching so they can better trust assets becomes a foundational aspect of their cyber defence strategy.”

New cyber fears as The British Council falls victim to two successful ransomware attacks.

"To properly secure cloud workloads, three critical areas - security, connectivity, and performance - need to be addressed."