Custom Applications with CASB
More and more organizations are making the decision to move their legacy, in-house applications to the cloud mainly due to the cost savings. One of the major concerns about moving applications to the cloud is how to secure an application that was originally designed to be on-premise. When these applications ...
Zero Trust, SASE-Digital Enablers or Adding Complexity to Cyber Ecosystems
Given the title of this article I suspect you are reading this because you have been in a recent situation where you have been asked the question “What is the difference between Zero Trust and SASE?”. I further suspect that the next question you were asked of course is “Which ...
Smart Government and IoT: The Importance of Integration
How does one define “smart” in the digital age? It can be argued that the term represents a creative solution driven by a precise mission. To another, it’s defined by the latest machine learning (ML) algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI)-guided decision-making features in the newest release of a tool. While ...
Interoperability Is Key To Cybersecurity – A Conversation at CSIS
Interoperability – a subject that for too long cybersecurity companies have treated as an inconvenient nuisance – is finally getting the attention it deserves. In February, I had the opportunity to discuss the critical nature of interoperability with true security experts in the public and private sectors. We agreed that ...
Why do I need a CASB for Shadow IT when I already have a SIEM?
Why does my organization need to have a Shadow IT solution when we already own a Next-Gen Firewall / Web Proxy and have all the logs in a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution? This is a question we are often asked by our customers. The answer is that ...
Cybersecurity through openness: creating the right company culture
Interoperability and openness are concepts that have a tendency to turn technical quickly. But for McAfee, it goes beyond software. To stay cybersecure, organisations need to build in openness in their company structures, ensuring that different departments, from engineering, to legal, HR and business development teams all work together to ...
New Version of App Control Revving Up
As a leader in the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program, McAfee is constantly innovating to meet and exceed the security needs of the federal government. Federal agencies count on McAfee to secure their networks and systems, from device to the cloud, and we’re always ...
DOTGOV Online Trust in Government Legislation is Critical to Improving Election Security
In November, the Senate Homeland Security Committee approved the bipartisan DOTGOV Online Trust in Government Act of 2019 (S. 2749), legislation introduced by Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and James Lankford (R-OK) to help state and local governments transition to a .gov domain. The program ...
Cloud Security and Artificial Intelligence in the Financial Sector
I recently had the honor of testifying before the House Financial Services Committee’s Taskforce on Artificial Intelligence about two critical emerging issues in the financial services sector – cloud and artificial intelligence (AI). Both have incredible potential for energizing the financial sector, but they also raise important security concerns. Financial ...
House Actions on Election Security Bode Well for 2020
As a U.S. cybersecurity company, McAfee supports legislation that aims to safeguard U.S. election security. After the 2016 election, McAfee sees the importance of improving and preserving election security; we even offered free security tools to local election boards prior to the 2018 elections and released educational research on how ...
