T-Mobile, one of the biggest telecommunications companies in the US, was hacked nearly two weeks ago, exposing the sensitive information of more than 50 million current, former and prospective customers.
China’s Hacking Spree and the International Response
A string of Russian ransomware attacks have made headlines in the United States in the recent months, but China has arguably had a more malicious global cyber presence in the last year than their neighbors to the north. While Russian cyber attacks have targeted infrastructure and extorted companies for money, China has led a cyberespionage campaign harvesting trade secrets, intellectual property, and confidential government information.
Digital Footprints in Afghanistan
People in Afghanistan are seeking to delete their online history in fear of Taliban retribution, ranging from journalists to those who worked with western troops and NGOs over the past two decades. The U.S. has its own footprint to worry about too; left behind digital hardware could expose sensitive information and be sold to the U.S.’s enemies.
Emerging Concept: Secure Access Server Edge
Secure access service edge, or SASE (pronounced “sassy”), is an emerging cybersecurity concept that Gartner first described in the August 2019 report The Future of Network Security in the Cloud. SASE is a security framework prescribing the conversions of security and network connectivity technologies into a single cloud-delivered platform to enable secure and fast cloud transformation.
