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SD Times news digest: The Hacker Gamers by Veracode, GrammaTech Shift Left Academy, and Talend to be acquired by Thoma Bravo

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Veracode has introduced a secure coding competition, The Hacker Games, which aims to challenge university students to hack and patch real-life apps online to win individual prizes, plus $15,000 in charitable donations for the top universities.

“Training around secure coding is almost absent at the university level. We’ve launched The Veracode Hacker Games to help universities make secure coding a core part of their computer science and cybersecurity curriculum, while giving students an edge when it comes to putting their skills to the test in a real-world environment,” said Chris Wysopal, the founder and CTO of Veracode.

Writing secure code is especially important now as a recent study by the University of Maryland showed that hackers attack every 39 seconds and the average cost of a data breach for a company is nearly $4 million, Veracode explained.

GrammaTech Shift Left Academy
GrammaTech’s Shift Left Academy was created to provide actionable advice on integrating security earlier into development and DevOps pipelines.

The site features interviews with industry experts, technical “how to” advice and other actionable information for the DevOps and security community.

“Developers are being asked to integrate security best practices earlier in the development cycle, or what is commonly known as ‘Shift Left’, however there is resistance to implement these large-scale initiatives since they can be disruptive to their workflows and release schedules,” said Andrew Meyer, the CMO of GrammaTech. “Shift Left Academy provides practical advice and content, versus theoretical resources. Our goal is to give the DevSecOps community tools they can use to immediately improve outcomes.”

Talend to be acquired by Thoma Bravo
The data integration and data integrity provider Talend is set to be acquired by Thoma Bravo.

Talend would become a private company and continue investing in its cloud transition as well as products and solutions that serve the evolving data needs of its customers.

“Data has become critical to every facet of the world, and Talend’s data fabric empowers organizations to operationalize their data,” said Chip Virnig, a partner at…

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How to recover from ransomware when prevention fails – CRN Channel Academy – CRN Australia – People/HR – Promoted Content – Security

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How to recover from ransomware when prevention fails

A disaster recovery plan should evolve as your business does.
Photo by Michael Geiger on Unsplash

Ransomware attacks don’t just target a business’s single endpoint. They can infect its entire network in seconds if they can penetrate remote management software. On top of the increasing ransomware threat, businesses are producing more data than ever. In fact, according to a StorageCraft Global Research study, 86% of experts believe data volume will increase 10 times or more in the next 5 years.

With increasingly targeted ransomware attacks and an explosion in data creation, it’s clear why businesses must take a more sophisticated approach to data protection. The only thing between your business and data loss or a ransom is a disaster recovery (DR) plan. Ransomware is everywhere, and sooner or later your business will be attacked. When that happens, how will you recover? Recovery starts with a clearly defined plan.

Ransomware Planning: It’s Working (Mostly)

The good news is that although more businesses are succumbing to ransomware, at the same time more businesses are recovering safely. According to our recent webinar, StorageCraft has seen an 8X growth in ransomware restorations since 2017. Businesses that can recover have a plan, execute it, and ultimately prevent data loss.

But remember, a plan should account for protecting data as well as reducing downtime. Although data may be safe with basic data protection measures, many businesses take days—or even weeks—to recover if there’s a significant failure event. According to data from StorageCraft’s recent global study, only 15% of businesses can recover from severe data loss within an hour. When downtime can cost as much as $5,600 every minute, even an hour can be expensive.

Rather than watch dollars slip down the drain, let’s look at how to build a solid plan that prevents data loss and costly downtime.

Three steps for building a rock-solid DR plan for ransomware

A disaster recovery plan should…

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Lawsuit: ‘Alarming’ data breach at Coastal Prep Academy exposed sensitive personal data – Port City Daily

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Lawsuit: ‘Alarming’ data breach at Coastal Prep Academy exposed sensitive personal data  Port City Daily
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