"Studies have shown that one in five employees has sent out confidential information via e-mail," said Greg Adams, vice president of product management at ISS.
PatchLink, for its part, is slated to release PatchLink Update 6.0, which builds on the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based vendor's policy-based patch and vulnerability management technology. The new version includes PatchLink Secure, a system that finds and automatically fixes or deletes vulnerabilities on a network, such as malicious code or applications. The product also includes PatchLink Distribution Point, which distributes patches to a computer that can then distribute the patches to other PCs at the same location.
In addition, Teros, Santa Clara, Calif., plans to unveil Safe Object, a new module for its Secure Application Gateway, which prevents data from leaving an application. Safe Object will allow a company to define any type of data it wants to protect. The new module complements Safe Identity, which protects social security numbers, and Safe Commerce, which protects credit card numbers.
Software giant Microsoft, meanwhile, is slated to unveil two alliances, with RSA Security and enterprise security vendor Liquid Machines.
The Microsoft-RSA partnership will "deliver a strong authentication solution for the Windows desktop," according to RSA Security. No details were available at press time.
Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft is working to incorporate its Windows Rights Management Service (RMS) technology into the Liquid Machines security product, which enables companies to create, enforce and monitor security policies placed on data, regardless of the data's location.
To realize the benefits of cloud-native software, an application must actually be cloud-native—designed to run in the cloud, interacting with disaggregated cloud services, fully manageable as code—to deliver the expected benefits.
By combining resources and expertise, the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium will offer a blueprint for how industries can adapt to an AI-dominated future.
IT leaders should heed the guidance of cybersecurity insurance providers who think businesses should prioritize security education, incident preparedness, regular internal audits, and ongoing vulnerability scanning and patching.
