Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

With more than 38 percent of our customers impacted by the recently discovered Spring4 Shell zero-day vulnerability and more than 33 percent of impacted organizations having already remediated (removed) some or all their vulnerable libraries, I have been involved in many conversations over this incident.

What does the term “Legacy Systems” mean to you? What image does it conjure up? Well, the word “legacy” can mean “something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past.” For example, the “legacy of the ancient philosophers”, or perhaps “legacy of ancient IT professionals.” A legacy is something that is passed from one generation to the next.

With agile development, the software development life cycle has evolved, with a focus on customer satisfaction to enhance product features based on user feedback. This helps shorten the time to market, since teams can release a minimally viable product, then continuously improve its features. The agile technique encourages team cooperation through sprints, daily standups, retrospectives, testing, quality assurance and deployment.

Over the last two years, the healthcare sector has been the number 1 target for hackers who have attempted to attack health centers or even the health department of an entire country. The industry faces threats such as ransomware that blocks the whole healthcare system, deceptive techniques such as phishing, or breaches of sensitive data.

CMMC 2.0 Model is the latest upgraded version of CMMC v 1.0 established back in 2020. The Department of Defense (DoD) in a bid to mitigate the growing risk of cyber security threats, released the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) framework in January 2020. The objective behind establishing this framework was to ensure that businesses maintain an appropriate level of cybersecurity to protect Federal Contact Information (FCI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).

The amount of data that municipalities deal with on an everyday basis has grown exponentially. In particular, local governments have focused on upping their cybersecurity efforts due to the sensitive information and data stored and shared with state and federal government programs. It is now more important than ever to ensure effective cybersecurity within local governments. In this blog, we will take a look at how your local government can reduce impending risks and secure innate vulnerabilities.