Tag: cybersecurity

Futurum principal analyst Shelly Kramer reacts to breaking news that additional federal cybersecurity guidelines are likely to be released soon, with special attention to software supply chain concerns and the importance of cybersecurity efforts to national security.
Futurum principal analyst Shelly Kramer examines cybersecurity concerns facing healthcare institutions with insight into the potential impact of the recently-introduced bipartisan Healthcare Cybersecurity Act on those organizations and the public.
Futurum’s principal analyst Shelly Kramer examines the impact of Zoom for Government achieving Provisional IL4 Authorization from the Department of Defense and why that’s an important accomplishment for the video conferencing and collaboration leader.
Futurum analysts Michael Diamond and Shelly Kramer explore the social engineering attack on Apple and Meta. They review how it happened, who the suspected perpetrators are (and how rampant these gangs are), as well as some of the cybersecurity dangers that are quite likely ahead.
Futurum analyst Todd R. Weiss shares his insights about a planned $1B cybersecurity budget hike in the Biden administration’s proposed 2023 federal budget and how the additional funding will be a critical part of the nation’s ever evolving battle against cyberattackers.
Futurum principal analyst Shelly Kramer offers insight into Palo Alto Networks’ new managed firewall service, Cloud NGFW for AWS, jointly developed with AWS, and how this new approach to security for the public cloud is exactly what businesses need in our cloud-first, quick moving, resource strapped world.
Futurum analysts Shelly Kramer and Michael Diamond discuss Google’s acquisition of Mandiant and what that means for the company’s enterprise cloud ambitions in the race against rivals AWS and Microsoft.
Futurum’s principal analyst Shelly Kramer explores PSA Certified’s newly released 2022 Security Report, which showcases a comprehensive measure of industry perceptions and intentions around IoT security. Kramer breaks down key findings and offers insights on how the IoT security might change this year.
The Ransom Disclosure Act proposed by Senator Elizabeth Warren and U.S. Representative Deborah Ross would require the victims of ransomware attacks to report payments to their hackers within 48 hours. Futurum analysts Shelly Kramer and Fred McClimans explore the proposed act as part of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Cybersecurity Shorts series, along with an exploration of the current state of ransomware threats, and insights on why this proposed act would provide an assist to the Department of Homeland Security as it seeks a deeper understanding of the ransomware threat landscape.
Futurum Research lead analyst Shelly Kramer covers VMware’s VMworld 2021 announcements including an overview of Zero Trust architecture-based security innovations, VMware’s Carbon Black cloud offering designed to target ransomware, a disaster recovery as a service solution, and a solution that is designed to afford protection for the hybrid workplace that is our new reality.
Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team issued a warning on a large-scale phishing-as-a-service operation called BulletProofLink. Futurum’s Lead Analyst Shelly Kramer assesses the threat and offers insights why organizations should be concerned as well as how to protect themselves against future threats.
Futurum Research Senior Analyst, Steven Dickens provides his take on the focus by the Biden Administration over the last few months and the meetings on Capitol Hill last week to address recent security breaches. With Big Tech being summoned to engage with the administration against a backdrop of cyberattacks and ransomware incidents becoming more high profile and frequent, a coordinated government and private sector response is becoming increasingly called for by a bi-partisan coalition of lawmakers.

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