Asset Management

Experts reveal the challenges of inheriting new systems and data, and how to get IT security teams involved earlier in the process.

A range of flaws found in certain Philips patient monitoring devices could allow an attacker with access to the medical device network or physical access to the platform, leading to data exposure or other security risks.

Cyberattacks against critical infrastructure in the last year reignited long held concerns about the risks posed by industrial control systems. And though most incidents that grabbed headlines targeted IT systems, not the operational technology used to manage industrial operations, one reality stands clear: owners and operators of these organizations often have little visibility into the full scope of devices accessing their networks.

Applications are critical for doing business. They are also the weakest links in many an organization’s security chain. Many APIs continue to expose the personally identifiable information of customers, employees and contractors. As OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) notes on its API Security Project homepage: “By nature, APIs expose application logic and sensitive data […]