How to Protect Your Data from Ransomware and Double-Extortion
Malware has been the archenemy of organizations around the globe for years, with ransomware, in particular, being an extremely deadly foe. Locking down victims’ files through encryption and demanding a ransom for decryption has proven to be an effective tactic for cybercriminals, with a steady stream of recent attacks serving as a constant reminder. However, these attackers are continually refining their tactics and have recently turned to double-extortion, whereby they threaten to leak victims’ sensitive files in order to increase the odds of ransoms being paid. Kaseya-style…
Application Architectures: It’s been a journey
ONUG Cloud Native Security Working Group Blog Series #1 Over the next several quarters, the ONUG Cloud Native Security Working Group will be publishing a set of short articles that examine different aspects of modern application security –new threats, the role of big data and machine learning in addressing those threats, how security interacts with the CI/CD development process, and more. The discussion of how to protect today’s applications begins with understanding how applications are built. And understanding modern application architectures requires us to appreciate…
ONUG Collaborative’s Cloud Security Notification Framework Decorator
As more companies move to a multi-cloud environment, their IT departments become inundated with security notifications. Trying to make sense of these statuses can be challenging as each cloud provider has its own notification formats. Adding one provider doesn’t mean doubling the notifications; the data grows exponentially until enterprises reach the “wall of worry.” Large enterprises have constructed security infrastructures to process the volume of events being transmitted. However, they require additional staffing to interpret and process the data sent from each provider. The ongoing…
