Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Articles related to cyber risk quantification, cyber risk management, and cyber resilience. The post Hey CISO: You Need a Data-Driven Way to Navigate Budgeting Season appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 1, 2022

Corporate boards are asking their CISOs to inform them more often about cybersecurity risks. Here are some common mistakes that CISOs make when speaking to the board, along with advice for avoiding them. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The role of the CISO has evolved, and so have the responsibilities. Some believe a CISO must have technical knowledge and experience as a cybersecurity professional, others think leadership skills such as being able to communicate with boards are what matters most. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

MAY 3, 2022

Effective partnerships between CISOs and their cybersecurity vendors are integral to security success. Conversely, one that is problematic and incohesive can have the opposite effect, negatively impacting a company’s security practices and leaving them vulnerable to risks and wasted investment.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2021

The question COOs should be asking their CISO’s is: “How can I make my product and processes the most secure and operate within acceptable risk parameters for the company and our customers?” [ Learn the 5 key qualities of successful CISOs, and how to develop them and 7 security incidents that cost CISOs their jobs.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 22, 2022

Cybersecurity and risk expert David Wilkinson has heard some executives put off discussions about risk acceptance, saying they don’t have any appetite or tolerance for risk. Yet there are indicators that many CISOs aren’t having productive conversations around risk acceptance.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

From a cybersecurity standpoint, organizations are operating in a high-risk world. The ability to assess and manage risk has perhaps never been more important. To read this article in full, please click here (Insider Story)

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

We have moved beyond traditional compliance-driven security models to risk-based approaches, integrating cybersecurity into enterprise risk management (ERM) frameworks. This led to a reactive approach where organizations were more focused on regulatory adherence than on actual security risk management.

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The security metrics that many CISOs traditionally use typically lack business context and often fail to provide a comprehensive and actionable view of how the security program decreases risk and enables the business. This can leave security teams with a false sense of confidence and CISOs struggling to show ROI and build budget.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 30, 2024

This poses a significant risk to businesses, as these individuals can gain access to sensitive information and intellectual property. However, as this article demonstrates, 2FA is not foolproof. The post Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 8/30/24 appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

CISO is a high-stakes position, and possibly the most important business relationship/direct report a CEO can have. At Axio, our platform enables companies to perform cyber risk quantification (CRQ), which analyzes the unique risks to.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 3, 2025

And now, you finally got that call, to be a CISO at an organization. Can you balance the needs of the business, versus the risks they face? Before diving into security strategies, CISOs need to invest time in understanding the organization's culture, strategic roadmaps, operational dynamics, industry, and so forth.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 16, 2023

AI and machine learning (ML) capabilities present a huge opportunity for digital transformation but open yet another threat surface that CISOs and risk professionals will have to keep tabs on. Fundamental to managing AI risks will be threat modeling and testing for weaknesses in AI deployments.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 13, 2021

With enterprise adoption of managed security services gradually maturing, the rewards and risks of using these services have become a lot clearer for current and potential customers. To read this article in full, please click here Keep up with 8 hot cyber security trends (and 4 going cold). Sign up for CSO newsletters. ].

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CSO Magazine

MAY 9, 2023

About 52% of chief information and security officers (CISOs) in the US and UK organizations are unable to fully secure their company secrets, according to a report by code security platform GitGuardian. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2022

There's a joke cryptographer Jon Callas likes to tell: CISO stands for Chief Intrusion Scapegoat Officer, "because CISOs are often thrown into a position where they can't succeed." They know what they should do to mitigate risks, but they can't get enough support. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 21, 2023

In fact, these changes have led to a CTI subcategory focused on digital risk protection. DRP is broadly defined as, “telemetry, analysis, processes, and technologies used to identify and mitigate risks associated with digital assets.” CISOs are investing here but challenges remain. I’ve also dug into the CTI lifecycle.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 11, 2023

As the world continues to face unprecedented cyber threats, Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) are facing a growing number of challenges in their roles. In 2023, these challenges are likely to increase, and CISOs will have to be well-equipped to overcome them. Failure to do so can result in hefty fines and penalties.

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Nearly half of CISOs will change jobs by 2025 due to stress caused by the risk of being breached while trying to retain staff, according to the Gartner report, Predicts 2023: Cybersecurity Industry Focuses on the Human Deal. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

CISO Joanna Burkey believes security leaders must address these frictions to secure the future of the hybrid workplace. Learn the 5 key qualities of successful CISOs, and how to develop them and 7 security incidents that cost CISOs their jobs. IT conflicts create remote working cybersecurity risks.

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CSO Magazine

MAY 17, 2022

The threat of substantial material attacks and getting board support for their efforts are top-of-mind issues among the world's CISOs, according to a new report released by Proofpoint Tuesday. That's substantially lower than 2021, when nearly two-thirds of the CISOs (64%) expressed similar sentiments.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

Two in three CISOs believe that technical debt, the difference between what's needed in a project and what's finally deployed, to be a significant cause of security vulnerability, according to the 2021 Voice of the CISO report , sponsored by Proofpoint. To read this article in full, please click here (Insider Story)

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CSO Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

In March 2021 Google Cloud announced a new offering called Risk Protection Program, which is designed to help its cloud customers reduce security risk and connect with Google’s insurer partners, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty and Munich Re. To read this article in full, please click here (Insider Story)

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

CISOs have never had an easy time — they’ve certainly faced inordinate challenges in recent years working to secure an ever-expanding and more distributed technology and data landscape. To read this article in full, please click here For security chiefs, such news portends a tougher road ahead.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 6, 2022

The panel members’ engaging insights remain instructive to CISO s today as security leaders strive to hone their increasingly important board presentation approaches. Another board member stressed that she focused nearly all her attention during CISO presentations on the information pertaining to the security budget.

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The State of Security

JULY 26, 2022

Organizations have created more data than ever before, data is now spread across a wider attack surface, putting it at a heightened risk of becoming a compromised risk. The post The State of Data Security in 2022: The CISOs Perspective appeared first on The State of Security.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Ransomware and data breaches pose a massive risk to organizations, resulting in loss of customer trust and shareholder value, reputation damage, hefty fines, and penalties. Cyber risk is a top concern in US corporate boardrooms, elevating the role of the chief information security officer to rapid prominence.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 29, 2022

The survey also found that CISOs and business leaders consider OT security a top concern. Outlined below are steps leaders can take to improve their OT security posture to decrease the risk of threats and keep up with bad actors. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 10, 2022

The Ukraine-Russia conflict has raised the question of whether organizations should stop using Russian-made security and tech products and the risks of continuing to do so in the current situation. From a moral standpoint, CISOs should absolutely stop using Russian-made security and technology products.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 26, 2023

In a LinkedIn post today, June 26th, Jamil Farshchi, EVP and CISO at Equifax, had this to say about the news: "This is a really big deal. It's unprecedented: this is likely the first time a CISO has ever received one of these. So it seems odd for a CISO to get one of these," he wrote. federal securities laws."

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 13, 2022

One reaction, often from CISOs already stressed by being outside the room where it happens , is to decide that being a CISO isn’t worth the risk – it already wasn’t worth the stress. To read this article in full, please click here There seem to be two reactions to the verdict in the Sullivan case. That’s across the line.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Articles related to cyber risk quantification, cyber risk management, and cyber resilience. The post Ask A Ciso Series: Part 3 – How should CISOs prepare themselves for 2023 challenges? appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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CSO Magazine

MAY 9, 2023

Global cybersecurity concerns are returning to pandemic levels as 68% of CISOs from 16 countries said they fear a cyberattack in the next 12 months, according to a ProofPoint survey. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 5, 2023

CISOs are no longer only responsible for the cybersecurity of systems used internally. In many organizations they also focus on securing products and public-facing applications, and one way to do this well is through risk assessment. To read this article in full, please click here

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Security Boulevard

MAY 18, 2023

Seventy-three percent of US CISOs in a survey reported hitting that hopeless state, The Journal reports. The article cites these causes: The post Stress Relief for CISOs: Communicate Cyber Risk in Business Terms appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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InfoWorld on Security

JUNE 11, 2024

As businesses increasingly migrate to the cloud, chief information security officers (CISOs) face numerous critical challenges in ensuring robust cloud security. Experts highlighted this at the recent Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit. To read this article in full, please click here Don’t believe me?

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