CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 3, 2023

Spy”-type cyberspace race as both criminals and defenders vie to gain the upper hand using new and emerging technologies. Every technology that enables our cyber teams to pinpoint and resolve threats and prevent attacks more quickly and accurately also benefits cybercriminals. We call these threat actors “ Quasi-APTs.”.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The ascendency of CISOs. Organizations need to assign security teams to manage these identity solutions, and hire a director to manage the team (and they all report to the CISO), or there will never be a change in that high-risk mindset. Prior to his career in information technology, Lance was a professional mountain guide.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 20, 2024

This requires predictive threat intelligence, where AI and machine learning models are used to analyze vast amounts of data to detect anomalies and identify possible attacks before they happen. Securing Operational Technology (OT) The increased convergence of IT and OT (Operational Technology) is a critical factor in rail cybersecurity.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 23, 2024

As oil and gas service providers like Halliburton rely heavily on sophisticated IT and OT (Operational Technology) systems to manage complex operations, any compromise to these systems could disrupt services and even impact global oil supply chains. In addition to results from those exercises, we would identify areas of improvement or gaps.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 25, 2024

The new attack vectors that spin out of this chase entice cyber adversaries to continually iterate and improve upon tried-and-true cyber attack tools and techniques, with the goal of gaining unauthorized network access. Since the agent had not been vetted, it inflicted the same damage as malware would have.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

When it comes to cyber attacks, most businesses think: “It could never happen to us,” but some plots are just hitting a little too close to home. Related: T-Mobile breach reflects rising mobile device attacks. Living-off-the-land (LotL) attacks are providing a way for adversaries to stay under cover.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

I had the opportunity to sit down with DigiCert’s Jason Sabin , Chief Technology Officer and Avesta Hojjati , Vice President of Engineering to chew this over. And PKI is the best technology we’ve got to get us there. We met at DigiCert Trust Summit 2023.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In a time when advancements in technology rule these days, the constant risk of cyber attacks hangs over businesses all over the world. As part of the ‘Mind of the CISO: Behind the Breach’ project, Trellix, recently performed research.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2022

Cyber attack targets. Russia isn’t the only cyber actor increasing its pace of cyber operations during this time. Instead of falling into the trap of thinking you won’t be a target or have nothing of value for cyber attackers, take these steps to address and prepare to defend against these risks.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Having experienced NYDFS's stringency first-hand in regards to regulation for financial services, this comes as no surprise," Krista Arndt , CISO at United Musculoskeletal Partners, wrote in a LinkedIn post on December 5. "I This proactive approach will undoubtedly strengthen patient trust and confidence in New York's healthcare system.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2018

The average small and medium-size business experiences a cyber attack 44 times every day. The painful impact of cyber attacks on businesses is worsening despite advances in technology aimed at protecting enterprises from malicious network traffic, insider threats, malware, denial of service attacks and phishing campaigns.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice was hit by a ransomware attack on Tuesday during judgment sessions, the attack forced a temporary shut down of the court’s information technology network. The presidency of the court has already called the Federal Police to investigate the cyber attack.”

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The Security Ledger

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Curtis and I discuss the growing cyber risks posed by Internet of Things devices within enterprise networks. IoT and OT (operation technology) deployments are growing and pose challenges to organizations that are still. Curtis and I discuss the growing cyber risks posed by Internet of Things devices within enterprise networks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

No one likes to think their company might be hit by a cyber attack or breach, but the truth is cybercrime is one of the biggest threats your organization can face. If you suffer a breach, the loss of data is only the first of many issues you will be facing. They’ll also discuss recommended steps to advance security posture.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 14, 2022

The list ranks the 100 best jobs across 17 sectors including business, healthcare and technology, taking into account factors such as growth potential, salary and work-life balance. “Information security analyst” tops the U.S. News & World Report 2022 Best Jobs list. News & World Report.

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BH Consulting

JANUARY 30, 2025

Cyber risk remains top of mind for business leaders A regular January fixture, the World Economic Forums Global Risk Report 2025 features two technology-related threats among the top five risks for the year ahead and beyond. In the short term, misinformation and disinformation came top, with cyber espionage and warfare ranked fifth.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 6, 2020

Corporate consultancy PwC’s recent poll of 1,600 CEOs worldwide found that cyber attacks are now considered the top hinderance to corporate performance, followed by the shortage of skilled workers and the inability to keep up with rapid tech advances. That’s the ‘cheat code’ for CISO success. Corporate inertia still looms large.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2022

I had the chance to sit down with their CISO, Dave Stapleton, to learn more about the latest advancements in TPRM security solutions. Questionnaire answers get cross referenced against cybersecurity best practice protocols put out by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, namely NIST 800-53 and NIST 800-171.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 1, 2023

“Nile is in a strong position to take advantage of several paradigm shifts occurring across the technology ecosystem,” said Pankaj Patel, CEO and co-founder of Nile. ” In the era of rapid transformation, CIOs and CISOs are increasingly concerned about the integrity of their business data and digital assets.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Dubbed as Google Cybersecurity Action Team, the aim of such a team is to play an active role in offering advisory, support related to trust and compliance, draft solutions that are related to security of customer and engineering and start threat intelligence against cyber incidents. “We

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Cisco Security

MARCH 10, 2022

We also conducted a survey among 190+ security and technology leaders via PulseQA to gauge their perspectives on the current threat landscape. We found that 66% of respondents felt that the complexity and volume of cybersecurity attacks had escalated in 2021, whilst 36% felt that attacks had stayed consistent with the previous year.

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Jane Frankland

APRIL 28, 2022

Nowadays, organisations need digital leaders such as CIOs, CISOs, and CTOs who are strategists, visionaries, and know how to manage, effectively. The pressure for those in charge is immense as cyber risks have scaled, and can now bring businesses, economies, and communities to a halt. billion) is expected online.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 7, 2022

7 Things Every CISO Needs to Know About PKI. With PKI, CISOs and other information security specialists can implement hardware, software, policies, and procedures to better establish, manage, distribute, implement, and protect digital certificates and key policies. Alexa Cardenas. Fri, 10/07/2022 - 14:34.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 11, 2021

In case you missed them, below is a brief recap of some of the Cisco sessions, including a fight that almost broke out between the Incident Response (IR) team represented by Matt Olney, Talos’ Intel Director, and Wendy Nather, Head of Advisory CISOs. Resilient Incident Response: Responding to Ransomware Attacks. Read on for details….

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 4, 2019

Within these government labs and agencies, taking place is a groundswell of innovation in deep technology cyber disciplines to the tune of billions of dollars annually over the past three decades. Such bona fides led to the inaugural private “by invitation” Global Cyber Innovation Summit (GCIS) in Baltimore in May 2019.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 10, 2020

A 2018 Cisco Cybersecurity Special Report found that 54 % of all cyber attacks cost the target company more than $0.5 However, smaller companies rarely have the IT talent, tools, or budget to prevent such attacks. We hide the complexity of all these providers and all of these technologies,” Côté told me.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 4, 2021

The United Kingdom's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) handled a record number of cybersecurity incidents over the last year, a 20% increase in cases handled the year before. With the increasing number and more innovative nature of cyber attacks, businesses of all sizes must prioritise cybersecurity.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 19, 2021

In late 2020, HelpSystems research with CISOs of global financial organizations revealed that 45% of respondents reported an increase in cyber-attacks since the pandemic first emerged. Almost half the CISOs in the HelpSystems’ research admitted that they had already increased their investment in secure collaboration tools.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 29, 2024

Simply checking boxes is no longer sufficient to withstand escalating cyber attacks from criminals, nation-states, and insiders," the paper states. Manufacturers must make cyber resilience a fully institutionalized part of their organizational identity." trillion annually. "

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The primary job of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is to exercise continuous diligence in reducing risk, within the risk appetite and risk tolerance of the organization, so that the likelihood of a boom is low, and the corresponding magnitude of harm is limited. Some “Left of Boom” Processes. Frameworks.

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The Security Ledger

JULY 22, 2020

In this Spotlight podcast* we’re joined by Andrew Jaquith, the CISO at QOMPLX to talk about how the COVID pandemic is highlighting longstanding problems with cyber risk management and cyber resilience. Andy is an amazing resource on all matters cyber security. Read the whole entry. »

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 31, 2021

The fact that major cloud heavyweights are diving into this technology is a sign that key management is being taken more seriously. As an increasing amount of critical data gets stored in the cloud, the prospect of cyber-attacks and data breaches rises exponentially. And rightly so.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 22, 2022

Attacks on the rise. Cyber incidents happen every day. Email phishing, brute force, and even employees leaving with a host of USB sticks, organizations face countless and often unreported cyber attacks. These attacks have driven the cost of cyber insurance premiums higher.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 7, 2023

By Dannie Combs , Senior Vice President and CISO, Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) As security threats to data continue to ebb and flow (mostly flow!), The latest bill to address data threats is the RESTRICT Act , also known as the Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology Act.

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The Security Ledger

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Related Stories Spotlight: Operationalizing MDR with Pondurance CISO Dustin Hutchison Spotlight: Operationalizing MDR with Pondurance CISO Dustin Hutchinson Spotlight: When Ransomware Comes Calling. After a devastating 18 months of COVID – which included a surge in cyber attacks – 2022 offers promises of better times.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2023

As a result, most organizations are unaware of the extent of the APIs they possess, and cyber-attackers and malicious actors are taking note. While regulatory action typically lags behind advanced technology development, API security is increasing the scope and severity of security breaches.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 20, 2024

Impact of cyber attacks The financial toll of cyber incidents can be staggering. Choosing the right training partner and prioritizing cybersecurity training for businesses should not be viewed as optional by CISOs and CIOs.” The average cost of a data breach ballooned to $4.88

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