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IEEE Computer Society: Cloud Security Must Prove Access Decisions, Not Just Enforce Them

The IEEE Computer Society published commentary arguing that cloud security architectures need to go beyond blocking unauthorized access. It states that systems must also be able to clearly demonstrate how access decisions were made, in order to satisfy regulators and investigators.

Firezone built a custom directory sync engine instead of using SCIM

Firezone, an access-control platform that relies on identity-provider data for permissions, explains how it synchronizes users and groups from systems like Entra, Google, and Okta. Rather than adopting the SCIM standard, the company built its own directory sync engine to pull in users, groups, and membership changes.

TeamViewer patches five high-severity flaws in client and host software

TeamViewer issued an advisory urging all users to update to version 15.82 after fixing five high-severity vulnerabilities, including an access control bypass that could enable remote code execution and other flaws allowing privilege escalation to SYSTEM or root. The company says it has no evidence of public exploit code or active exploitation of the issues.