Total Cloud Security Blog

The vast majority of healthcare organizations utilize and store highly sensitive data, such as protected health information (PHI) and personal data such Social Security numbers, personal financial data, and more. For our annual Healthcare Breach Report, we analyzed data from the US Department of Health and Human Services’ “Wall of Shame” to get a closer look at the state of security for healthcare organizations over the last few years. These breaches are broken down into four categories: hacking or IT incidents, unauthorized access or disclosure, loss or theft, and other. 

Here are the top stories of recent weeks:

• Over 40 Million Users Affected in Wishbone App Breach
• 25 Million College Students Are the Victims of Mathway Breach
• Airline Data Breach Results in Millions of Travel Records Exposed 
• Home Chef, the Meal Kit and Food Delivery Service Was Hacked 
• Hackers Deface More Than 2000 Sites, Attempting to Access User Webcams

Cloud access security brokers (CASBs) are the go-to solutions for securing the use of cloud-based tools. Whether it’s major software-as-a-service apps, niche or long-tail SaaS apps, custom apps built on IaaS platforms, or something else entirely, CASBs are used to protect data wherever it goes. However, not all CASBs are created equal. In this blog we will review the different CASB architectures and the importance of one deployment option in particular--reverse proxy. 

With an ever changing, and increasingly more perilous, threat landscape, real-time data protection has become an imperative. Malware, specifically, presents a unique hazard to SaaS data, as malicious programs rapidly change with both an increase in complexity and scope of attack surface. Traditional methods of prevention, sandboxing or signature-based detection, no longer serve as an effective means of protection. With this in mind, Bitglass, the leader in advanced threat protection,  has engaged in a best-of-breed partnership with Antivirus industry leader, CrowdStrike.