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Tag: SaaS


Application security, Security

SaaS security is becoming a primary concern for businesses

September 27, 2021

Via: Help Net Security

One of the frequently touted advantages of using software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions is their maintenance-free and supposedly inherently secure nature. These services are maintained by their providers and users do not have to worry about configuring, troubleshooting, and updating them. Things […]


Application security, Security

SaaS subscriptions bouncing back as enterprises seek innovation

September 24, 2021

Via: Help Net Security

Enterprises worldwide continue to migrate from proprietary, licensed software to software-as-a-service (SaaS) subscriptions as they seek innovation, better user experience and lower cost, according to a report published by Information Services Group (ISG). The report on the global market finds […]


Application security, Security

SaaS applications investment growing despite underutilization of app licenses by employees

September 23, 2021

Via: Help Net Security

Business investment in SaaS applications continues to climb despite widespread underutilization of app licenses by employees. According to Productiv’s report, on average only 45% of company apps are being used on a regular basis. The data also shows 56% of […]


Application security, Security

Increasing speed of vulnerability scans ultimately increases security fixes overall

August 6, 2021

Via: Help Net Security

Next-generation static application security testing (SAST) and intelligent software composition analysis (SCA) can increase the speed of vulnerability scans and narrow their scope to highlight reachable issues, a ShiftLeft report reveals. This ultimately leads to measurably better outcomes: more frequent […]


Email security, Security

How to Test and Improve Your Domain’s Email Security?

April 26, 2021

Via: The Hacker News

No matter which type of business you are in, whether small, medium, or large, email has become an irrefutable tool for communicating with your employees, partners, and customers. Emails are sent and received each day in bulk by companies from […]


Cloud security, Security

5 best practices for negotiating SaaS contracts for risk and security

November 4, 2020

Via: CSO Online

Adoption of SaaS offerings accelerated this year because of the large-scale shift to remote work prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The trend has heightened enterprise exposure to cyber threats and brought into sharper focus the security and risk factors that […]


Cloud security, Security

A 10-point plan to vet SaaS provider security

June 8, 2020

Via: CSO Online

For a growing number of enterprises, software-as-a-service (SaaS) has become the primary means of accessing vital business applications. The strategy makes sense from a business standpoint because of the potential benefits: cost savings, increased agility and easier scalability to name […]


Network security, Security

Is enterprise security broken?

April 21, 2020

Via: CSO Online

The average enterprise, according to many estimates, has between 200-500 individual security products installed, ranging from multiple products deployed on user endpoint devices, all the way up to large scale network monitoring and protection software/appliances, as well as cloud-based service […]


Cloud security

Fugue Risk Manager protects against data breaches with self-healing cloud infrastructure

November 28, 2018

Via: Help Net Security

A Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering, Fugue Risk Manager can identify compliance violations in cloud environments and remediate unauthorized infrastructure changes. Enterprise cloud teams can use Fugue Risk Manager to scan cloud infrastructure to identify policy violations for a number of compliance […]


Network security

5 SaaS Security Best Practices for Developers

July 20, 2018

Via: Aberdeen

The majority of applications being used today are SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) solutions accessed via the cloud. The convenience of apps such as Google’s G-Suite, Salesforce, Basecamp, and others brings with it the challenge of securing all the data being transmitted by […]


Network security

Advantages of Adding Security-as-a-Service to Reduce Alert Fatigue and Expand Protection

January 15, 2018

Via: Security Intelligence

Enterprises today are tasked with developing, implementing, managing and updating their security systems in an increasingly hostile environment. As a result, they are constantly devoting scarce resources to an ever-expanding array of threats. Security-as-a-service (SECaaS) can deliver extended protection to […]


Network security

Security vs SaaS: The SMB Dilemma

March 30, 2016

Via: TrendMicro Blog

As the SMB marketplace evolves and becomes more competitive, businesses are looking for ways to reduce costs, improve worker productivity, and create new, sustainable business models that not only protect their existing customer base from being encroached on by competitors […]


Cloud security

Keeping Your Sanity Securing IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS Cloud Services, Part II

March 2, 2016

Via: TrendMicro Blog

First, you want to try and reduce the organization’s overall exposure when it comes to using cloud services. A solid first action is to inventory the number and type of services currently in use. To do this, you should enlist […]


Access control, Cloud security

Cisco Launches Service to Address Shadow IT

January 28, 2016

Via: InfoSecurity Live

Cisco announced Cloud Consumption as a Service, a new software-as-a-service product aimed at helping businesses address the increasing shadow IT challenge. The company explains that business groups have been circumventing the IT department to access public cloud services they believed they […]


Editorial, Privacy protection

Tokenization – security’s knight in shining armor?

August 19, 2015

Via: Russel Edwards

#tokenization translates as replacing sensitive data elements with their non-sensitive equivalents. The value of the resulting elements being non-exploitable, this #security procedure is supposed to reduce the risks. In order to retrace the steps back to the original sensitive data, […]


Cloud security, Editorial

Would you trust your digital signage data to the cloud?

July 22, 2015

Via: Russel Edwards

For businesses getting started with digital signage, or which are in the process of improving their deployment, there are two main options. Either the network would be hosted on-premise, or it might be a cloud-based digital signage software. Utilizing Software […]


Cloud security

Cloud SaaS data protection strategies

June 3, 2015

Via: cloud-security

Handing control of sensitive #data to a third-party #cloud service provider remains one of the biggest data compliance challenges today. Top executives from Perspecsys are on hand at Infosecurity Europe 2015 to help attendees tackle the growing compliance issues of […]