Claude Schuck, Regional Head, Middle East at Veeam, highlights some of the security risks associated with multi-cloud and how these can be mitigated.  The ways businesses leverage cloud to manage and maximise the value of their data continues to evolve. The years when adopting cloud-based solutions felt like the first step into some brave new […]

McAfee, a device-to-cloud cybersecurity company, has announced that McAfee MVISION Cloud has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Security Competency status and received AWS Well-Architected designation for its Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) technology. This makes McAfee the first CASB technology vendor to achieve AWS Security Competency status, demonstrating its technical proficiency and relentless execution to […]

Tenable Inc, the cyber exposure company, has announced the integration of Tenable.io – for vulnerability management in the cloud – with Google Cloud Security Command Center (Cloud SCC). This provides organisations with enhanced visibility into their cloud assets, both public and private, delivered via a single dashboard. Cloud-focused organisations can now confidently manage cyber exposure […]

Andrew Senior, Customer Success Manager, Nutanix, on what organisations can do to prevent cloud application attacks. Cloud has become the first choice for modernised applications, which we now term cloud-native applications. These dynamic applications are designed with high scalability and elasticity in mind to meet the requirements of a highly competitive and digitally transforming world. With […]

Ian Jansen van Rensburg, VMware EMEA Senior Engineer, tells Intelligent CIO Africa how organisations can prevent cloud application attacks. Recent advances in cloud and mobile computing now make it possible to simplify and more fully automate security. There are two fundamental steps to take – implement cyber hygiene and focus on protecting the crown jewels […]

Lookout, a leader in securing the post-perimeter world, has announced that it has joined Google Cloud’s BeyondCorp Alliance as one of the only mobile threat defence vendors, giving organisations the ability to dynamically monitor the health of an endpoint connected to the enterprise and feed that data to Google Cloud’s context-aware access engine. Lookout, alongside […]

Sebastiaan Rothman, Senior Consultant Applications and Infrastructure at Altron Karabina, looks at what organisations can do to prevent cloud application attacks. Broadly speaking, cloud-based applications typically consist of one or more of the following platforms: web and mobile application services; storage; and databases. Each of these platforms have their own unique challenges when it comes […]

Integration allows for improved security insight for Cloud Security Command Center users.  McAfee, the device-to-cloud cybersecurity company, has announced its support for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Cloud Security Command Center (Cloud SCC). McAfee MVISION Cloud now integrates with GCP Cloud SCC to help security professionals gain visibility and control over their cloud resources and detect […]

Sophos study of 10 Cloud Server Honeypots placed worldwide reveals the need for visibility and security to protect what businesses put into hybrid and all-cloud platforms.   Sophos, a global leader in network and endpoint security, has announced the findings of its report, Exposed: Cyberattacks on Cloud Honeypots, which reveals that cybercriminals attacked one of […]

Trend Micro, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, has announced the availability of highly optimised security solutions for Microsoft Azure workloads for its customers in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Trend Micro Deep Security suite takes into consideration that a customer needs to approach cloud security differently than one would traditional security, and is as a result, […]