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MY TAKE: Iran’s cyber retaliation for Soleimani assassination continues to ramp up

The Last Watchdog

When it comes to cyber warfare, America is no shrinking violet, of course. cyber ops capability is Stuxnet , the self-spreading Windows worm found insinuating itself through Iranian nuclear plants in 2010. One prime demonstration of U.S. Stuxnet was discovered only because it caused computers to shut down and reboot repeatedly.

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Spotlight on Cybersecurity Leaders: Imran Ahmad

SecureWorld News

I happened to "pick" cybersecurity as an area of specialization based on a conversation with my wife in 2010 while driving from Toronto to Montreal. Cyber risk is dynamic and ever changing. Get to know Imran Ahmad Q : Why did you decide to pursue cybersecurity as a career path? A : It was entirely by accident.

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MY TAKE: Identity ‘access’ and ‘governance’ tech converge to meet data protection challenges

The Last Watchdog

Not long afterwards, in about the 2010 time frame, IAM vendors first arrived on the scene, including Optimal IdM, Centrify, Okta and CyberArk, followed by many others. These vendors all spun out of the emergence of a new set of protocols, referred to as federated standards, designed to manage and map user identities across multiple systems.

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How to build a cyber capable board

Security Boulevard

In just a few years, cyber has transformed from the nerd in the corner into the Kim Kardashian of risk. businesses can be built on, and destroyed by, cyber risk. Serious cyber incidents will hit the headlines, so you need to have a media management strategy ready to limit any reputational damage.

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7 Trends I Spotted When Reviewing 2020 and the Cybersecurity Skills Gap

Jane Frankland

Leadership is the secret sauce for cyber risk reduction This year has called for remarkable leadership as the pandemic has taken a toll on those in the industry. Practitioners know it’s a pressurised, high challenge environment that’s often at odds with the business as it sees risk everywhere and is accountable for it.

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Meet the 2021 SC Awards judges

SC Magazine

He retired as a colonel in 2010. Since founding Cedric Leighton Associates, he has become an internationally known strategic risk expert. Leighton is also a founding partner of CYFORIX, specializing in the field of cyber risk.

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IRISSCON 2023: OT, AI, and human empathy

BH Consulting

Stuxnet in 2010 was the first the most recent was CosmicEnergy in 2023. This allows police to learn more about current cyber risks, he explained: “intelligence is the bedrock of policing”. One still-unattributed incident involved an external attack against a steel mill in Germany in 2014.