Blog roll please!
Quick reads across a variety of topics
Diode Product Update - June 2024
Diode
30 Jun
12:00
The Diode team has been working hard to transform the Internet into everyone’s private network! Here are some of the updates that were made this May for Diode (v1.11.10 - 1.11.13). Share Files to Folder or Chat Users can now use the OS “share” function to share a file to a chat or a folder location when previously this function was only supported a folder location. Chat Greeting Admins have the option to create a...
The Need for an Open Architecture Approach to Zero Trust Networks (ZTNA)
Diode
11 Jun
09:00
In the rapidly evolving landscape of cybersecurity, the Zero Trust Network Architecture (ZTNA) has emerged as a pivotal strategy for securing modern networks. However, solutions in this $7B industry remain costly to depoy, inaccessible to the majority of organizations, and suffer from a lack of ecosystem vibrancy. An open architecture is needed for ZTNA to achieve its potential. First, what is ZTNA? Traditional security models, like VPNs, rely on a walled-garden approach, which grants broad...
Diode Product Update - May 2024
Diode
30 May
12:00
The Diode team has been working hard to transform the Internet into everyone’s private network! Here are some of the updates that were made this May for Diode (v1.11.5 - 1.11.9). Configuration for Bookmark Tunnels There is now a small gear icon in the Bookmark Listing page allowing tunnels to be created and configured for supported plans by the Zone Admin. These bookmark tunnels are for when the Admin would like to create and configure...
Strategies For Executive Protection
Diode
24 May
09:00
Welcome to the fourth installment of Diode’s series on digital executive protection! Over the last several weeks, we’ve looked at the nature of the cybersecurity risks to organizations and their team members that exist in today’s rapidly changing digital world. This has included: 1) Defining what exactly digital executive protection actually is, 2) Providing an overview of the web of laws and complex regulatory landscape that inform the requirements of around executive protection, and 3)...
What Data Breaches Cost
Diode
13 May
09:00
In the previous article, we discussed the details about privacy and regulatory environments concerning mid-market enterprises. It highlighted the importance of understanding these varying digital privacy laws to best protect executives within the company. In this section of our series, we will look more deeply at the nature of these risks – financial, reputational, legal, and others – that often result from the complex web of laws and regulations that organizations of all types and sizes...
Diode Product Update - March and April 2024
Diode
30 Apr
17:00
The Diode team continues to work hard as two months worth of updates are now running on the app! Here are some of the updates that were made in March and April for Diode (v1.10.5 - 1.11.4). Default Brave Bookmark Newly created tunnels in the Brave browser automatically include a default “What’s my IP?” bookmark for a quick Internet exit location checks for users. API: Subscribe to All Channels The API now supports subscribing to...
Compliance and Strategy Guide for Mid-Market Executive Protection
Diode
26 Apr
17:00
In an age defined by rapid digital transformation and escalating cyber threats, the focus on executive protection has expanded beyond the physical to encompass robust cybersecurity measures. For mid-market organizations, especially those handling sensitive data like personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI), understanding the complex regulatory landscape is not just about compliance—it’s about survival. Get in Touch Try Diode Out Detailed Overview of U.S. Privacy Laws and Regulations State Regulations: In the...
The Importance of Executive Protection
Diode
05 Apr
18:00
Today, digital executive protection extends beyond corporate networks — it’s about reducing cybersecurity and privacy risks for executives in their personal lives as well. Often, the same devices are used for an executive’s business and personal activities. This can result in cybersecurity risks to your organization from the executive’s personal work. Executives collaborate with colleagues, partners, board members, and professional services providers (such as lawyers, consultants, bankers, or accountants). This is often done without using the...
Silent Threats - The Cybersecurity Risks in Executive Communications & Collaboration
Diode
19 Mar
08:00
It is ironic in many ways that some of the most significant cyber and regulatory risks that occur in enterprises and other organizations with national and global footprints are caused by insecure communications between executives, board members, and trusted advisors like lawyers and consultants. This topic was explored at some length in a recent Wall Street Journal article titled “As Boards Focus More on Cybersecurity, Are they Missing One of the Biggest Threats?” In cybersecurity, senior...
Diode Ambassador Program
Diode
13 Mar
08:00
The Diode Ambassador Program is an invite-only referral program that provides Ambassadors with opportunities to promote Diode and to sign up their friends as Ambassadors. On March 1st and March 4th Diode hosted a live Ask me Anything (AMA) on a new “Ambassador Program” on our X account’s Space. We’ve summarized the highlights below: Ambassador Program Overview, Bandwidth Growth Program Overview The Ambassador Program is a service of the Diode Foundation whose goal is the...