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Security Integration By Design

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Security integration by designBy Paul McNamara, Senior Solutions Engineer at Edgio

The finance sector’s cybersecurity threat landscape is expanding at an alarming rate. With the emergence of new attack vectors and technologies, cybercriminals are becoming increasingly sophisticated, targeting financial institutions with greater aggression and creativity. As a result, the conversation on cybersecurity within the industry becomes more critical than ever. Financial organisations must stay vigilant, updating their security protocols and investing in solutions to protect sensitive customer data and financial assets from cyber threats.

A mindset shift is required. It’s no longer a case of trying to prevent the inevitable – security must be included by design across all functions of financial organisations. To ensure that organisations remain secure, leaders must not treat cybersecurity as a separate process, but bake it into everything they do. With a major hack of a financial services payments system potentially costing the world $3.5 trillion, this has never been more important. With security involved in every step of the development process, businesses can reduce friction and mitigate the risk of creating an unsecured application.

Back to basics 

When approaching security by design, leaders need to keep things simple and cover the basics first. Develop a focus on the essential, not the exceptional. On a simple level, this means identifying anything exposed to the internet, and ensuring that it is protected. With an average data breach costing businesses $4.35 million, it represents a big loss for corporations.

The best way to ensure businesses are protected is with a holistic, end-to-end approach to cybersecurity. From basic infrastructure to DDoS protections to applications, every layer requires evaluation – and it’s not just for the threat of breaches. Holistic security solutions will protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of your data. While a focus on threats is invaluable, keeping a website up and running proves equally important.

Having the right solutions, capabilities and processes in place is vital so that businesses can use their money and resources wisely. For instance,…

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“The Battle of Mobile Ecosystems: Apple vs. Android – Which One Reigns Supreme?” #100

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Android’s Design Leaks Some VPN Traffic Data, Google Calls It “Intended Behavior”

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Android devices with a VPN purposefully leak some traffic, including IP addresses and DNS/HTTP(S) requests, when connecting to a wireless network. According to a security audit by Mullvad VPN, leaking a small amount of data is inherent to the mobile operating system, something that third-party VPNs cannot prevent or control.

The Europe-based VPN service provider said that enabling Always-on VPN and Block connections without VPN doesn’t help either. Mullvad VPN noted that the bug (Google argues it is a feature) is built into Android.

“We have looked into the feature request you have reported and would like to inform you that this is working as intended,” a Google engineer told Mullvad VPN on the search giant’s issue tracker page. “ We do not think such an option would be understandable by most users, so we don’t think there is a strong case for offering this.”

Let us see how VPNs on Android function.

When an Android device connects to a public network, it performs certain checks before successfully establishing a connection. To perform these checks, Mullvad VPN discovered that Android sends data outside the secure tunnel that shields users from the internet.

Block connections without VPN is an Android setting designed to prevent this, which may happen during connectivity checks. Split tunneling can also leak a part of the traffic over the underlying network, Google pointed out.

“We understand why the Android system wants to send this traffic by default. If for instance there is a captive portal [a webpage usually displayed after a device connects to a new public network] on the network, the connection will be unusable until the user has logged in to it,” Mullvad VPN wrote.

See More: Built-in iOS VPNs Leaking Traffic Data From Over Two Years Ago

“So most users will want the captive portal check to happen and allow them to display and use the portal. However, this can be a privacy concern for some users with certain threat models,” the company added.

Indeed, because the small amount of data that the OS leaks includes DNS lookups, HTTP(S) and possibly NTP traffic, and the user IP address (as metadata), precisely what users intend to…

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Samsung unfolds true productivity and flips design rules with Galaxy Z Fold4 and Galaxy Z Flip4

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 and Flip4 bring massive upgrades and make foldable phones even more desirable. Samsung has worked on the design and internal hardware upgrades to make its uniquely positioned Fold and Flip smartphones even more appealing and make them stand out from the rest of the flagship devices. Let’s have a closer look at those significant upgrades and how they translate into a superior user experience.

A reworked hinge mechanism leads to superior ergonomics

Samsung engineers have used an aluminium-based hinge that is thinner, lighter, and yet retains the toughness and durability quotient as before. The hinge’s new mechanism brings a rotational effect to a more traditionally linear motion, allowing for a compact hinge without compromising strength and durability. As a result, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 is slimmer and lighter than ever. Samsung has focussed on the idea of doing even more with the Galaxy Fold 4; they made it more compact and portable so that you can carry it anywhere you want. The device also has better weight distribution, making it feel lighter, and giving it a well-balanced feel.

The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 has also seen a lot of clever design changes in all the right areas. For starters, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 is lighter and more compact than ever, especially from an in-hand feel perspective. Samsung has made the hinge slimmer and narrowed down the bezels to further add to the immersive experience in the most compact form factor. If you want a compact phone that easily fits in your pocket and yet delivers a flagship experience, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 is a clear choice, and nothing else will fit the bill by a long way.

Sharper, brighter, faster and more efficient displays

The displays on both devices have also gotten smarter by using 120Hz adaptive refresh rate technology, both devices achieve power efficiency by intelligently using the high refresh rate only when needed, thus adding to overall battery life. The Cover Screen on the Samsung Galaxy Fold4 is also improved compared to its predecessor. It is wider than before, making it more impactful for content consumption and more convenient for one-handed usage. Another big (and…

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