How to Avoid the Top Three Causes of Data Breaches in 2019

The article states that there are three main causes of data breaches in 2019 as following;

1. Misconfigured cloud storage: most of companies don’t use encryption to protect data in cloud or don’t put any security access control as a standard. What’s more, they don’t concern about term and agreement.
2. Unprotected code repositories: external software developers are the weakness because they lack of security traning awareness which allows attackers easily exploit to the systems.
3. Vulnerable open source software: The companies still have the vulnerabilities of open source component, libraries, and frameworks. Patches are not regularly updated.

Therefore, five recommendations are provided;

1. Maintain an up2date and holistic inventory of your digital assets
2. Monitor your external attack surface and risk exposure
3. Keep your software up2date, implement patch management and automated patching
4. Prioritize your testing and remediation efforts based on risks and threats
5. Keep an eye on Dark Web and monitor data leaks.

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2019/10/data-breach-protection.html