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Need for Speed Drives Security-as-a-Service

CIO Business Intelligence

In fact, 42% of SECaaS adopters in F5’s 2023 State of Application Strategy survey cited speed as the main driver. Organizations are using SECaaS for specific security functions such as web application firewall (WAF), web application and API protection (WAAP), distributed denial of service protection (DDoS) and API protection.

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When least privilege is the most important thing

CIO Business Intelligence

The Android “ iRecorder — Screen Recorder” app was discovered in May 2023 to spy on its users, recording audio and uploading it to a server every fifteen minutes. If the app gets compromised, the bad guys have unlimited access to the mic and camera. This isn’t a theoretical scenario. Implement compensating controls.

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