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As medical care increasingly relies on interconnected technology, the healthcare space — including hospitals, clinics, patients, and administration — has become even more susceptible to vulnerabilities and continues to be the most expensive industry for addressing and recovering from data breaches, a position it has maintained for over a decade.

Varonis’ researchers, Tal Peleg and Coby Abrams, discovered a vulnerability in the Postgres trusted language extension PL/Perl that allows setting arbitrary environment variables in PostgreSQL session processes.

Varonis’ latest update extends its industry-leading cloud data security capabilities to managed Azure databases, including MSSQL, MongoDB, CosmosDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and numerous unmanaged databases.

Several powerful features are rolling out for Microsoft 365 customers that can fly under the radar for CISOs and risk management teams. One such feature, Organizational Messages, was announced in May 2024 as a public preview. Some may recognize the functionality, as it used to be part of Microsoft Intune in a limited capacity. See a helpful demonstration of the new solution by Microsoft MVP Andy Malone.

AWS is built for scale and speed, but for security teams, that can mean complexity. Role- and resource-based policies allow entities to assume access easily, but as quickly as entities assume new roles, old ACLs get left behind or Public Access Blocks get left off. To understand and mitigate the risk of this complexity in the cloud, security teams need to be able to both visualize and fix these risks at scale.

This month, Varonis released new updates to help organizations streamline security and compliance operations, remediate identity risks, enhance visibility, and more.

Welcome to Speed Data: Quick Conversations With Cybersecurity Leaders. Like speed dating, our goal is to capture the hearts of CISOs with intriguing, unique insight in a rapid format for security professionals pressed for time.

Since the release of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) in 2014, many organizations have integrated the Core Functions into their operations. Fittingly, numerous organizations now use NIST CSF to address cybersecurity and data risks associated with AI deployments, especially Microsoft 365 Copilot rollouts. These deployments come at a key time for security and risk managers. Gartner’s latest Microsoft 365 survey reveals that 82% of IT leaders rank M365 Copilot among the top three most valuable new features of M365.

Securing sensitive patient PHI and PII is a top concern for healthcare organizations like Tampa General Hospital (TGH).

Welcome to Speed Data: Quick Conversations With Cybersecurity Leaders. Like speed dating, our goal is to capture the hearts of CISOs with intriguing, unique insight in a rapid format for security professionals pressed for time.

As technology continues to advance rapidly, cybersecurity is gaining more importance globally. The emphasis on security stems from the need for organizations to be prepared for when, not if, a breach occurs.

Ransomware attacks have recently expanded beyond the boardroom, targeting a sector that shapes our future: education.