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APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) play a crucial role in enabling communication between different software components or systems. Glasswall Halo allows customers to choose between either a synchronous or asynchronous API mode of operation.

Glasswall’s industry-leading Content Disarm and Reconstruction (CDR) technology enables security teams to quickly and effortlessly protect their organizations against file-based threats in a variety of different scenarios.

One such use case is the protection of AWS Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) buckets, which are at high risk of malware attacks.

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The quest for truly robust security is like hunting for the Holy Grail. For instance, security based solely on hardware offers huge potential to provide solutions that robustly protect a trust boundary. Yet, this has practical challenges, such as its potential to limit the processing of complex data structures, thereby affecting usability.

In recent weeks, a number of UK schools have been targeted by cybercriminals, with some serious incidents underlining the need for comprehensive cyber defenses. But what are the implications, and how worrying is the threat?

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Instead of looking for malicious content, today’s advanced CDR (Content Disarm and Reconstruction) technologies treat all files as untrusted, validating, rebuilding and cleaning each one against their manufacturer’s ‘known-good’ specification.

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Recently Microsoft released a series of patches, addressing several vulnerabilities present within its software. In addition to this it has also published guidance on addressing an Office and Windows HTML remote code vulnerability known as CVE-2023-36884.

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Taking a closer look at the unique security risks facing companies in this era of cloud computing, we spoke to Glasswall’s very own Matt Cavey, Director of Cloud Architecture, about challenges, compliance and integrating CDR.

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Glasswall’s CFO, Steve Roberts, has had a successful start to his 2023 racing season, as he leads the Porsche Sprint Challenge GB championship - Porsche’s official one-make series for its 425hp Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport race cars.

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Three of the UK’s most well-known brands – the BBC, British Airways and Boots – have each been given an ultimatum by a cybercrime gang known as Cl0p, which claims to have stolen the personal details of over 100,000 people employed across at least six organizations in total.

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Among the many difficult issues facing the global cybersecurity industry, a worldwide talent gap continues to cause serious concern. With ransomware and other attacks rising and data breaches becoming more prevalent, organizations are also grappling with a chronic skills shortage that makes finding the right talent increasingly challenging.

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The UK government’s recently-published annual Cyber security Breaches Survey reveals a variety of emerging trends and risks across the constantly changing threat landscape.

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It has become evident in recent years that traditional cyber-security solutions alone can no longer adequately protect organizations in today’s threat landscape...