Tag: Cloud Security

CyberScoop: Independent tests show why orgs should use third-party cloud security services

Posted on by CyberRatings.org

Businesses don’t always get what they pay for in cybersecurity. Some of the most expensive cloud network firewall vendors are among the worst performers against exploits and evasions, according to the most comprehensive, independent testing CyberRatings.org has conducted to date.

Cisco, by far the most expensive cloud network firewall offering across the top 10 vendors on price per megabits per second, ranked seventh with an overall security effectiveness score of 53.5%, according to CyberRatings.org research released Wednesday.

The trio of big cloud providers — Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform — fared even worse, each landing at the bottom of the pack with a 0% security effectiveness score.

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Inside Cybersecurity: Nonprofit cyber testing firm introduces tool for assessing cloud security solutions

Posted on by CyberRatings.org

The nonprofit cyber assessment firm CyberRatings.org is launching a tool for testing cloud security solutions that is designed to increase visibility into vendor management of cloud vulnerabilities.

The “Spot Check” tool provides a “step customers can take proactively to help manage their relationship with their [cloud security] service providers,” CyberRatings CEO Vikram Phatak told Inside Cybersecurity. The tool specifically tests “Security Service Edge” threat protection in cloud environments.

The nonprofit announced the tool today in a press release highlighting capabilities that will be tested through the new service. The announcement describes CyberRatings as a non-profit “dedicated to providing confidence in cybersecurity products and services through its research and testing programs.”

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