Infostretch

Info security | February 17, 2020

A local authority in the north-east of England appears to have suffered a major ransomware attack, leaving online public services down for 135,000 locals, for over a week. At the time of writing, the website of Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council was still down. An update on the council’s official Twitter account as of February 13 said: “We are still experiencing issues with our IT systems, which means we are working with a reduced capacity. We are able to receive and answer limit...

SOFTWARE SECURITY

Whistic | May 23, 2022

Today, Whistic, the proactive vendor security network for both buyers and sellers, announced support for the Minimum Viable Secure Product (MVSP) framework, a security baseline developed by Google in a collaborative effort with Okta, Slack, and Salesforce. Until the introduction of MVSP, there was no commonly accepted baseline available among security professionals that indicated the importance of security controls. With MVSP, vendors can demonstrate to their customers that they a...

ENTERPRISE SECURITY, PLATFORM SECURITY, SOFTWARE SECURITY

Neustar Security Services | February 06, 2023

Neustar Security Services, a renowned cloud-based security services provider that enables global businesses to thrive online, is launching UltraDDR (DNS Detection and Response), a recursive DNS-based protection service aimed at combating ransomware attacks, network breaches, supply chain compromise and phishing while enforcing enterprise acceptable use policies for its users. UltraDDR provides a Protective DNS solution that allows businesses to move ahead of attacks by preventin...

ENTERPRISE SECURITY, PLATFORM SECURITY, SOFTWARE SECURITY

Finite State | February 14, 2023

On February 13, 2023, Finite State, a pioneer in enterprise software supply chain risk management, announced its next generation platform, which includes extended SBOM management as well as the capacity to ingest and aggregate 120+ external data sources. The new platform provides Application and Product Security teams with a consolidated and prioritized risk perspective and unmatched visibility across the software supply chain lifecycle in order to grow operations employing continuous, nex...