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AMD, Google Encrypt Data on Confidential VMs
AMD and Google Cloud are collaborating on a “confidential VM” security effort that uses encrypted virtualization to secure data “in use”. The confidential cloud computing effort is based on ...Full Article
Massive IoT Initiative: Securing the Smart City
According to Microsoft, one particular type of project accounts for close to one quarter of all global IoT initiatives: smart-city projects. In a 451 Research report from February 2020, ...Full Article
DARPA Moves to Secure Chip Designs
The U.S. military is ramping up efforts to secure semiconductors and its electronics supply chain by embedding defenses during the chip design phase. The automation effort also addresses the ...Full Article
Zscaler Reconfigures with Cloudneeti Deal
Zscaler Inc., the cloud security specialist, has expanded its capabilities to fix infrastructure and other platform misconfigurations via its acquisition of Cloudneeti, a move that allows the buyer to ...Full Article
Open Source Push Highlights Security Flaws
As enterprise adoption of open source software soars, so too do the number of vulnerabilities inevitably exposed as deployments scale and security awareness grows in response to high-profile data ...Full Article
SoftIron Co-Founder, Mark Chen, Returns to Lead Company’s Secure Provenance Strategy as CSO
London – February 26, 2020 – SoftIron Ltd., maker of purpose-built and performance-optimized data center appliances, announces the appointment of Mark Chen to the role of Chief Security Officer. ...Full Article
‘Community-based’ Open Source on the Rise
As more enterprises embrace open source software for applications ranging from security and cloud management to databases and analytics, the steady shift away from proprietary software is coalescing around ...Full Article
Another Week, Another Kubernetes Security Flaw
The latest security vulnerability discovered within the Kubernetes cluster orchestrator could allow intruders to access, modify or delete computing and storage resources configured across a cluster. The flaw in ...Full Article
Docker Tightens its Embrace of Kubernetes
The rise of application containers has touched off a debate about whether containers will eventually replace virtual machines. For a number of reasons, most notably security, probably not. At ...Full Article
Reemerging Container Security Ills Addressed
Concerns about the security of application containers have reemerged as the micro-services technology spreads across the enterprise. Those worries are fueled by recent reports of a “breakout” vulnerability in the ...Full Article
