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CrowdStrike Racing Extends Long-Standing Commitment to SRO America

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CrowdStrike Racing is preparing for another full calendar of competition in SRO Motorsports America with entries across multiple series throughout 2023.

 

The multi-faceted program is an extension of CrowdStrike’s commitment as a provider and sponsor for SRO America, a role the company has held since 2018. As the Official Internet Security and Cloud Security Provider, CrowdStrike is on the front line in protecting SRO’s global data and preventing breaches through the industry-leading, cloud-native CrowdStrike Falcon platform..

 

The relationship also allows CrowdStrike to showcase its industry-leading experiential programs for VIPs and guests at various SRO race events, including the 2023 CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa – the most prestigious GT race in the world for SRO competitors. The CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa is the first race of a multi-year partnership, highlighted by CrowdStrike taking over title sponsorship of the event.

 

The CrowdStrike at-track hospitality experience includes the unique CXO Summit, which provides guests the opportunity to hear from CrowdStrike leadership on important topics and significant trends within the cybersecurity industry. Trackside hospitality, race team meet-and-greets, garage visits, hot laps and chances to participate in opening and podium ceremonies are among the offerings to VIPs and guests.

 

In SRO America, the CrowdStrike Racing by Riley program will kick off on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, as George Kurtz returns to competition in GT America Powered by AWS. The defending GT America champion, Kurtz won 10 races in 2022 behind the wheel of the No. 04 CrowdStrike Mercedes AMG GT3 – including one of the two rounds at St. Petersburg – to take his first SRO America championship since 2017.

 

The combination of Kurtz, plus CrowdStrike Racing by Riley will contend again in a strong class that will feature nearly 30 entries – a mix of GT3, GT4 and GT2 machinery.

 

The event on the 11-turn, 1.8-mile St. Petersburg street circuit will serve as a precursor to the start of the season for Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS. Kurtz and Colin Braun will return to a stacked field of GT3…

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Singapore extends cyber security labelling scheme to medical devices

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The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) is extending the Cybersecurity Labelling Scheme (CLS) to medical devices used by hospitals in a bid to shore up the security of internet of things (IoT) devices used in healthcare settings.

Noting that devices are now increasingly connected to hospital and home networks, providing benefits such as real-time monitoring of health status, the CSA said the growing connectivity could increase security risks and compromise patients’ personal information, clinical data or treatment protocols, ultimately affecting patient health outcomes.

Under the CLS for medical devices (CLS MD), which was developed together with the Ministry of Health, Health Sciences Authority (HSA) and Integrated Health Information Systems, medical devices are rated based on four levels of cyber security provisions.

Each level corresponds to the level of testing and assessment that the product has undergone. For a start, all HSA-registered medical devices in Singapore are deemed to be compliant with CLS (MD) Level 1, as the registration requirements by the HSA have already incorporated the baseline cyber security requirements defined in Level 1.

For the higher levels in the scheme, a formal consultation with the medical device industry and associations will be held in the coming month to seek feedback on their proposed requirements, including the timeline for implementation. More details on the industry consultation and CLS (MD) registration will be announced later.

Through the new scheme, CSA hopes to incentivise manufacturers to adopt a security-by-design approach to develop more secure products for the medical device industry. The scheme will also enable consumers and healthcare providers to make informed decisions about the use of devices, as they can identify products according to their cyber security provisions.

The CLS was first launched in 2020 to provide different levels of cyber security ratings to help users make informed choices about the security features of the smart devices they purchase. As of October 2022, more than 200 products – ranging from routers to smart lighting to smart cameras – have been awarded the CLS label.

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Lookout Extends Partnership With Verizon to Bring Data-Centric Cloud Security to Business Customers

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The Lookout Cloud Security Platform enables organizations to safeguard data across the web, cloud and private apps; reduces complexity, costs and management overhead

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Lookout, Inc., a leading provider of endpoint and cloud security solutions, today announced the expansion of its partnership with Verizon to deliver the Lookout Cloud Security Platform to Verizon business customers. The Lookout Cloud Security Platform helps safeguard an organizations’ data, identify and mitigate threats and facilitates secure access to the web, private apps and cloud services (SaaS) deployed in a multi-cloud environment.

The Lookout Cloud Security Platform Safeguards Data Everywhere It Goes

While cloud connectivity has boosted productivity and collaboration, it has also amplified security gaps as customers continue to use on-premises, appliance-based security solutions. To prevent data leakage and cover security gaps in this work-from-anywhere environment, organizations need a unified cloud-delivered platform that protects users, devices, access and data across all apps and devices from any modern day cyber threats. The Lookout Cloud Security Platform delivers SSE solution combines Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) and Secure Web Gateway (SWG) natively in a single platform, significantly reducing the complexity, costs and number of security vendors and point solutions an IT department has to manage. It also provides the agility and scalability to keep pace with evolving, increasingly sophisticated threats.

According to Gartner®, “By 2025, 80% of organizations seeking to procure SSE-related security services will purchase a consolidated SSE solution rather than stand-alone CASB, SSE, and ZTNA offerings, up from 15% in 2021.” Earlier this year, Gartner released its 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Security Service Edge in which Lookout has been recognized in the Visionary quadrant.1 The companion 2022 Gartner Critical Capabilities for SSE report ranked Lookout in the top three for all vendors across four predefined Use Cases.2

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HPE extends Trusted Supply Chain initiative globally for ProLiant servers

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. is making a global push for supply chain security in its server line.

Two years ago, HPE launched its Trusted Supply Chain initiative to advance end-to-end security in servers for U.S. federal and public sector customers. This month, HPE is announcing an expansion of this program globally for its ProLiant server portfolio.

“We have launched a comparable service globally called HPE Server Security Optimization Service for ProLiant,” said Cole Humphreys (pictured, right), global server security product manager at HPE. “We can deliver it in the European markets and now in the Asia-Pacific markets. It is a big deal for us, because now we have activated a meaningful supply chain security benefit for our entire global network of partners and customers.”

Humphreys spoke with Lisa Martin, industry analyst for theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. He was joined by Ann Potten (pictured, left), trusted supply chain program lead at HPE, and they discussed rising costs of cybercrime, a 360-degree approach to computer security, new tools for component tracking, and protection for hardware end-of-life. (* Disclosure below.)

Supply chain risk

HPE’s drive for meaningful supply chain security comes at a time when the topic is generating significant enterprise interest. Recent compromises of the software supply chain, through exploits such as the SolarWinds attack, have led to greater awareness of software and hardware components.

HPE’s Trusted Supply Chain initiative in 2020 focused on providing customers with cyber assurance to ensure they were receiving verifiably authentic and uncompromised products. The cost of ransomware attacks and breaches has escalated since then, and HPE is seeking to expand enterprise protection.

“It’s estimated that cybercrime cost will reach over $10.5 trillion by 2025 and will be even more profitable than the global transfer of all major illegal drugs combined,” Potten said. “The SolarWinds software supply chain was attacked two years ago, which unfortunately went unnoticed for several months. These things together and coming from multiple directions presents a cybersecurity challenge for an…

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