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Gartner: Coronavirus Leads to Security Concerns

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Gartner: Coronavirus Leads to Security Concerns

According to an April 2020 Gartner survey of 145 legal and compliance leaders over half of respondents-- specifically 52%-- believe cybersecurity and data breach is the most increased 3rd party risk their organisations face.

“Remote working has been hastily adopted by suppliers to keep their business running, so it’s unlikely every organisation or employee is following best practices,” the analyst says. “Legal and compliance leaders are concerned about the new risks this highly disruptive environment has created for their organisations.”

Gartner continues by saying legal and compliance leaders need act sooner, not later, to mitigate 3rd party risk while enabling supply chain partners to flex to the current pressures on the systems. To do so, they need to manage the contractual risks and opportunities of current relationships, mitigate emerging issues and streamline due diligence for new 3rd parties. In addition, legal and compliance leaders should look at other ways to reduce the compliance burden on 3rd parties.

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Cognizant Victim of Maze Malware

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Cognizant Victim of Maze Malware

Service provider Cognizant is the latest victim of Maze, a particularly virulent strain of malware that has interrupted parts of Cognizant business as it affects internal systems and "some" customers.

The company is a giant in the field, and counts big names such as ING, Standard Life and Mitsubishi Motors as clients. So far it has not disclosed the names of clients potentially affected by the attack, but does say it may lead to revenue loss and incremental costs. The group associated with Maze denies involvement with the attack, but security experts do not dismiss Maze from responsibility.

“Cognizant can confirm that a security incident involving our internal systems, and causing service disruptions for some of our clients, is the result of a Maze ransomware attack,” a statement from the company reads. “We are in ongoing communication with our clients and have provided them with indicators of compromise (IOCs) and other technical information of a defensive nature.”

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StorageCraft Intros OneXafe Solo 300

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StorageCraft Intros OneXafe Solo 300

StorageCraft announces the OneXafe Solo 300, a compact plug-and-play device designed to provide SMBs with enterprise-class data backup and recovery through a simple, cloud-based business continuity solution.

Launched following a global beta program, the OneXafe Solo 300 promises to be easy to configure, deploy and manage. It streams data to the cloud via simple internet connection, meaning it does not require onsite infrastructure, and is built using the same data protection technology behind the StorageCraft ShadowXafe. It uses SLA-based data protection and wokflow, with Virtual Boot instant restore and cloud-based management via OneSystem, and as such is ideal for a wide range of environments, including virtual, physical, agentless (host-based), agent-based and with multiple local storage options.

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Increasing Zoom Demand Brings Security Issues

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Increasing Zoom Demand Brings Security Issues

Videoconferencing is seeing a surge in demand following the coronavirus (aka Covid-19) pandemic, with the chief solution being Zoom-- a solution that, while popular, is currently beset by a bevy of security issues.

A Zoom white paper on the topic of security states the videoconferencing service can secure meetings through end-to-end (E2E) encryption, something hosts can set up while creating a meeting. However, according to an investigation by The Intercept, Zoom does not actually feature E2E encryption. Instead it uses TLS transport encryption, the kind web servers use to secure HTTPS websites. This means that while meetings are private from anyone spying the users' network, the company can actually access the unencrypted video and audio content of meetings taking place on the service.

The lack of E2E encryption leads to the issue of "zoom bombing," or people jumping into Zoom meeting without an invite in the name of harassment. In addition, users on the iOS app can send meeting data to the Facebook app, and share the email address and photos of thousands of Zoom members. Such privacy and security issues have lead organisations such as NASA and SpaceX to prohibit the use of Zoom, while agencies including the FBI are looking into the aforementioned problems.

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Fortinet Presents Engage Partner Program

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Fortinet Presents Engage Partner Program

Fortinet announces Fortinet Engage-- a partner program providing specialisations with a focus on growing markets, including SD-WAN and cloud, customised support and engagement flexibility to accelerate business growth and expansion.

“With today’s digital innovations being a catalyst for organisations to evolve their networks and security strategies, we have transformed our partner program so partners can untap new opportunities and rising markets, including SD-WAN," the company says. "Building on our investment in our partners, the new program offers specialisations, updated enablement initiatives and tailored support for unique business models to further partner success.”

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