CSO Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2021

The US General Accountability Office (GAO) issued the 19-page report , “Cybersecurity and Information Technology: Federal Agencies need to Strengthen Efforts to Address High-Risk Areas” on July 29. Sign up for CSO newsletters. ]. To read this article in full, please click here

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

Deepfake technology is an escalating cybersecurity threat to organizations. Get the latest from CSO by signing up for our newsletters. ] Get the latest from CSO by signing up for our newsletters. ] To read this article in full, please click here Learn what makes these 6 social engineering techniques so effective. |

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 6, 2021

Check out these 11 phishing prevention tips for best technology practices, employee education and social media smarts. | Get the latest from CSO by signing up for our newsletters. ] To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Interest in zero trust is surging, according to IDG’s 2020 Security Priorities Study, with 40% of survey respondents saying they are actively researching zero trust technologies, up from only 11% in 2019, and 18% of organizations indicating they already have zero trust solutions, more than double the 8% in 2018.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 13, 2021

Sign up for CSO newsletters. ]. The analyst firm discovered that CISOs everywhere are struggling to justify their spending on MSSPs to non-security executives because of a lack of proper metrics and because of technology complexity—among other things. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

JULY 19, 2021

Sign up for CSO newsletters. ]. According to the indictment , the APT40 group operated out of a company called Hainan Xiandun Technology Development that was used as a front by the Hainan State Security Department (HSSD), an arm of MSS in the province of Hainan. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 6, 2021

She is accused of trade secret theft and economic espionage after allegedly stealing bisphenol-A-free (BPA-free) technologies owned by several companies, including her former employers Coca-Cola and Eastman Chemical Company. The value placed on the development of the stolen technologies is $119.6 Sign up for CSO newsletters. ].

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2022

Many of the 2021 transactions CSO reported were in the identity and cloud security markets, especially toward the end of the year. Recorded Future’s acquisition of SecurityTrails is an early 2022 example, as it adds attack surface monitoring technology to Recorded Future’s offerings. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

MAY 25, 2022

Chris Wysopal, founder and chief technology officer of application security company Veracode, sat down with CSO Senior Writer Lucian Constantin at a recent Security Summit to discuss just that. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 9, 2023

Google, owner of the generative AI chatbot Bard and parent company of AI research lab DeepMind, said a framework across the public and private sectors is essential for making sure that responsible actors safeguard the technology that supports AI advancements so that when AI models are implemented, they’re secure-by-default.

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Studies show that CSO readers are most likely to know that endpoint protection is the modern iteration of the antivirus tools of previous generations. To read this article in full, please click here Okay, I made that first part up, but the second part is, of course, true. Endpoint protection covers much more than antimalware.

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CSO Magazine

MAY 26, 2023

Today, the convergence of operational technology (OT) and IT networks is accelerating because organizations can use the data collected by physical equipment and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) devices to identify issues and increase efficiency. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 8, 2021

In May 2021, the GAO’s director of information technology and cybersecurity, Vijay A. Get the latest from CSO by signing up for our newsletters. ]. To read this article in full, please click here D’Souza, testified before Congress on supply chain risks.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2021

Sign up for CSO newsletters. ]. Schmitt, who is now in her early 30s, has always been passionate about technology, so she didn't buy into this. To read this article in full, please click here She shouldn't worry—maybe it's just stress.

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The goal of the attacks is the theft of information about the victims' infrastructure, technology and critical assets. [ Sign up for CSO newsletters ! ] To read this article in full, please click here How well do you know these 9 types of malware and how to recognize them.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 12, 2023

In my last CSO article , I detailed cybersecurity professionals’ opinions on the characteristics of a mature cyber-threat intelligence (CTI) program. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

MAY 19, 2022

Case in point: A federal judge recently ordered Uber Technologies to work with its former CSO, Joseph Sullivan (who held the position from April 2015 to November 2017), and review a plethora of Uber documents that Sullivan has requested in unredacted form for use in his defense in the upcoming criminal trial.

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

This can be attributed to a perfect storm of factors: To read this article in full, please click here In fact, a recent ransomware survey demonstrates that ransomware has become the top threat concern for most organizations globally.

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CSO Magazine

JULY 15, 2022

To read this article in full, please click here “It’s important to understand I’m here to protect this company that is focused on human healthcare. It’s a very, very important mission that I take seriously every single day.” Allison is accustomed to missions.

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CSO Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2022

First, is the tie to their current technology, which often suffers from complexity and siloed operations that prevent automation. Many organizations struggle to define the right process within their teams, technology stacks, and across users and suppliers. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

Asset disposal normally isn’t one of those burning topics that is top-of-mind for CISOs, yet every CISO must be able to address it when asked to describe their information technology asset disposal (ITAD) program. Sign up for CSO newsletters. ]. . Sign up for CSO newsletters. ].

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2021

To read this article in full, please click here After all, the increase in remote work naturally leads to increased insider risk. And for those who have cast their security spotlight on external threats, maybe this is a timely wake-up call to look within (quite literally).

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

To read this article in full, please click here But as this Infographic shows, the avidity of the threat actors’ response is a clear indicator of the need for an integrated global response to combat the cybercrime crisis.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 29, 2022

United Technologies, which had spun off Carrier, took the existing product security function with it. Sign up for CSO newsletters. ]. Sign up for CSO newsletters. ]. “We We didn’t want to replicate what United Technologies was doing, because it was focused on aerospace. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 2, 2022

The platform, Arculix, combines orchestration, passwordless technology and continuous authentication and can be deployed out of the box with any industry-standard identity provider as an end-to-end solution or as augmentation to an existing identity and access management (IAM) scheme. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 6, 2023

To read this article in full, please click here Now we see that Google is jumping into the fray, with the soon-to-be-released tracking device in development apparently codenamed “Grogu” (after the Baby Yoda character in the “Star Wars” spinoff “The Mandalorian”).

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2021

CompTIA Security+ is a security certification offered by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), a U.S.-based To read this article in full, please click here based trade and industry nonprofit. Like any well-regarded certification, CompTIA Security+ can help boost your career and your earning power.

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CSO Magazine

JULY 27, 2021

For that reason, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published NIST SP 800-207 Zero Trust Architecture , which describes the following seven tenets of zero trust. To read this article in full, please click here (Insider Story)

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 17, 2022

Organizations, technology providers, and internet standards will therefore soon be required to transition to quantum-safe encryption. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 29, 2021

Large enterprises have been better able to adapt to this new reality, having access to larger IT budgets and skilled employees, but small and medium-sized businesses are struggling to keep up with the access control, monitoring and threat detection technologies needed to defend their local and remote assets.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2022

While enterprises tout their efforts to accelerate digital transformation efforts, for security leaders in business there is a dark side to the rapid deployment of new technology. Meanwhile, CSOs also must help ensure their organizations are in compliance with new regulations. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 29, 2021

As with many new technologies, security is lagging behind. To read this article in full, please click here (Insider Story) As companies move applications to the cloud and expose functionality via application programming interfaces (APIs), criminals have been moving quickly to take advantage of this newly exposed attack surface.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2022

Trellix, a new company formed from the merger of cybersecurity giants McAfee Enterprise and FireEye, is intent on becoming the leader in XDR (extended detection and response) technology by combining applications from both of the formerly separate companies into an interoperable suite of products for threat prevention, detection and response.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2022

Predicting future technological performance is tricky business — we anticipate linear growth, but experience something different. Unfortunately for us forecasters, the dichotomy between expectation and reality makes it difficult to anticipate the exponential nature of technological progress , and that holds us back as change accelerates.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2021

Since applications, hardware, and technology systems typically ship with default settings, it’s important to review and implement recommended guidance. In this article, the Center for Internet Security (CIS) offers advice and best practices. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 2, 2022

Back to being an in-person event after going virtual last year because of the pandemic, RSAC 2022 has booked a formidable mix of security startup debuts, featuring technology and approaches to security that include devsecops , identity and access management (IAM), threat management, and cloud security.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 13, 2022

Machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) are becoming a core technology for some threat detection and response tools. Here are the nine most common ways attackers leverage these technologies. To read this article in full, please click here Spam, spam, spam, spam.

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