Microsoft introduces new security technology to prevent data corruption, IT News, ET CIO

riskacademy — Sat, 11 Jul 2020 12:56:14 +0000

San Francisco, Microsoft has introduced a new platform security technology to prevent data corruption techniques being adopted by cyber criminals to target system security policy and tamper with data structures on Windows 10 devices.

Called Kernel Data Protection (KDP), the technology prevents data corruption attacks by protecting parts of the Windows kernel and drivers through virtualization-based security (VBS).

According to the company, KDP is a set of APIs (application programming interfaces) that provide the ability to mark some kernel memory as read-only, preventing attackers from ever modifying protected memory.

“For example, we’ve seen attackers use signed but vulnerable drivers to attack policy data structures and install a malicious, unsigned driver. KDP mitigates such attacks by ensuring that policy data structures cannot be tampered with,” the tech giant said in a statement this week.

The concept of protecting kernel memory as read-only has valuable applications for the Windows kernel, inbox components, security products, and even third-party drivers like anti-cheat and digital rights management (DRM) software.

KDP uses technologies that are supported by default on…

Optiv Bolsters Executive Team With Chief Services Officer David Martin | Business

riskacademy — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 00:31:55 +0000

DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jun 15, 2020–

Optiv Security, a security solutions integrator delivering end-to-end cybersecurity solutions, today announced that it has named David Martin as the company’s chief services officer. In this role, Martin will drive the growth and integration of the company’s solutions and services capabilities, in conjunction with partner technologies, to help clients build sustainable risk-centric foundations for implementing proactive and measurable security.

David Martin (Photo: Business Wire)

“The global cybersecurity market is projected to hit $118 billion this year, with $64 billion of that stemming from security services,” said Kevin Lynch, Optiv CEO. “As the largest company providing clients with expert services across services advisory, integration and operation, along with security technology, Optiv is in a unique position to capitalize on this intersection. David brings a tremendous amount of professional services leadership experience, a cybersecurity background, and most importantly, a style of…

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Microsoft introduces new security technology to prevent data corruption, IT News, ET CIO

Optiv Bolsters Executive Team With Chief Services Officer David Martin | Business