HP installs vulnerable printer drivers on PCs for 16 years
SentinelOne recently uncovered a vulnerability in HP and Samsung printers. This is a so-called escalation of privilege vulnerability that originated in a poorly designed and not properly maintained printer driver. CVE-2021-3438, as the vulnerability is officially called, has received a CVSS score o...
Onegini and iWelcome become OneWelcome: largest European CIAM company
Two Dutch companies active in Customer Identity & Access Management (CIAM) have decided to join forces. Onegini and iWelcome will from now be OneWelcome. The merger creates the largest European supplier of Identity & Access Management software.
In the field of IAM you have several flavor...
Palo Alto Networks focuses on container security
Palo Alto Networks is investing heavily to expand its portfolio. This by further developing its own products and acquiring other companies. Container security has played a prominent role in this growth strategy for a number of years now. We spoke to Director Systems Engineering Northern Europe Mike...
Snyk brings security to the software development life cycle
Snyk offers an application security platform that is getting more popular. It has grown into a security vendor in six years with a valuation of almost 4 billion euros (4.7 billion dollars). We spoke to CEO Peter McKay after the recent Series E financing of hundreds of millions.
Snyk was founded ...
SentinelOne is the flight recorder for endpoint protection
To become truly successful in the crowded and competitive security market, you have to have a unique story. SentinelOne has that, on multiple levels. At least that is what André Noordam, Director Sales Engineering EMEA-North at the vendor, tells us. This piqued our curiosity, of course. What follo...
Zscaler expands Zero Trust from cloud to on-prem
Zero Trust is a term you come across a lot in conversations around security. It is no surprise that Zscaler also focuses strongly on this. Today, the company announced the necessary additions that should make Zero Trust more attainable for more organizations.
When it comes to Zero Trust, you're ...
Google is heading towards a monopoly in online ads
Tracking cookies have been a hot topic for debate for years. Ever since advertising companies first used them to build up a profile of Internet users, privacy activists have been calling for something to be done about it. Most browsers now block these cookies by default, but the largest of all, Goo...
Passwordless: how will it change the future of authentication?
According to some security professionals, passwords will disappear as an authentication mechanism. Instead, we're heading to a passwordless future. However, a group of security professionals don't believe in passwords disappearing that quickly. What direction are we heading?
For many, the passwo...
Privacy is about more than data and compliance
Recently, we published a report on the Data Privacy Benchmark Study by Cisco. The main theme of the results of that study is that the events surrounding the corona pandemic have led to a higher appreciation of the concept of privacy among organisations worldwide. We spoke with Michel Schaalje, Secu...
AI puts emphasis back on prevention of cyber attacks
Prevention is better than cure, or so the well-known adage goes. At cybersecurity events over the past decade, this seemed to be less and less the aim of vendors. More and more investments went towards detection and response, prevention became more or less an afterthought. AI can change this again,...
Microsoft Exchange Server hacked, what are the consequences?
In the past few days, you may have seen some scary headlines. Tens of thousands of companies are at risk of being hacked because of vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server. The vulnerabilities are actively being abused. But what is really going on, and what are the risks?
On March 2, 2021, ...
The right security strategy? ‘Apps and data both priorities’
For many businesses, realising the right security strategy is a puzzle that never gets finished. It is often assumed that you first need to address your application layer before you can start looking at the data policy. "It is a complete approach that secures your business", states Micro Focus. The...