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NASA Audit: Cyber Risk Skyrockets with 'Work from Home'

SecureWorld News

The audit proves what we've heard from many security leaders during our SecureWorld Remote Sessions : the pandemic and work from home have greatly increased the cyber attack surface and attack attempts. NASA cyber threats: insiders, third-parties, nation-states. Did you even have the visibility to track them?

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Too many issues in Pentagon networks expose it to cybersecurity risks

Security Affairs

A new security assessment conducted by the Defense Department Inspector General revealed that the Pentagon is still exposed to many cyber risks, The report published by the Defense Department Inspector General on January 9, shows a worrisome situation, there are 266 issue, some of them are ten-years-old cybersecurity?related

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Empowering Boards for Cybersecurity Incidents

SecureWorld News

A 2022 PwC study found that 59% of directors admitted their board is not very effective in understanding the drivers and impacts of cyber risks for their organization, emphasizing the critical role of board members in these moments. As cyber threats continue to grow in sophistication, proactive board involvement is critical.

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MY TAKE: New ‘cyberthreat index’ shows SMBs cognizant of big risks, ill-prepared to deal with them

The Last Watchdog

Small and midsize businesses — so-called SMBs — face an acute risk of sustaining a crippling cyberattack. This appears to be even more true today than it was when I began writing about business cyber risks at USA TODAY more than a decade ago. I had the chance at RSA 2019 to discuss the SMB security landscape at length with Gill.

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Q&A: Why SOAR startup Syncurity is bringing a ‘case-management’ approach to threat detection

The Last Watchdog

In many cases the tedious, first-level correlating of SIEM logs to sift out threats has moved beyond human capability. Some 27 percent of IT professionals who partook in a survey conducted by next-gen firewall supplier Imperva at RSA 2018 reported receiving more than 1 million security alerts daily. Smart money.

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NEW TECH: Devolutions’ ‘PAM’ solution helps SMBs deal with rising authentication risks

The Last Watchdog

A 2018 Cisco Cybersecurity Special Report found that 54 % of all cyber attacks cost the target company more than $0.5 Related : SMBs are ill-equipped to deal with cyber threats Without a cohesive cybersecurity framework, SMBs are falling further behind as digital transformation, or DX, ramps up. I’ll keep watch.

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CISA JCDC Will Focus on Energy Sector

Security Affairs

The CISA ‘s Joint Cyber Defense Collective (JCDC) initiative is going to build operation plans for protecting and responding to cyber threats. What comes to mind when you think of cyber criminals? To address this gap, the JCDC is planning proactive measures for future cyber risks.