Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Even among top tech firms, less than half list a chief technology officer (CTO). KrebsOnSecurity reviewed the Web sites for the global top 100 companies by market value, and found just five percent of top 100 firms listed a chief information security officer (CISO) or chief security officer (CSO).

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Every time a driver buckles up or an airbag is deployed we see the powerful influence of the insurance companies who insisted those measures become mandatory. Now, those insurers are poised to drive cybersecurity investment by insisting that organizations meet certain criteria to qualify for coverage. A maturing model.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 3, 2023

Insight #3 " Cyber security insurance continues to evolve. I recommend keeping an eye out for your current policy and any changes that may be coming, like splitting out “Technology Errors and Omissions” into its own policy which would include security vulnerabilities leading to a breach."

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Duo's Security Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

As an advisory CISO and part of Cisco’s strategy group, an essential part of my role is talking to CISOs from every kind of organization. From these conversations, it is clear cyber liability insurance is steadily rising to the top of the agenda, due to the sheer amount and scale of cyber-attacks hitting firms.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

A warranty tied to a comprehensive security solution supports this approach, providing both technological protection and financial assurance. The post Cyber Insurers Are Not Your Friend – Why a Warranty May Be a Better Option appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 25, 2021

Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) have the luxury of being an incredibly hot commodity, so they can pretty much pick and choose where they work, as they are almost guaranteed to have a job waiting for them somewhere. In hopes of defending against attacks like these, Gov. Cybersecurity officials struggle in Florida.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 31, 2023

Sam Masiello , CISO, The Anschutz Corporation: "I would expect that many CISOs today are feeling as if their job just got harder and now has a brighter spotlight shining specifically on them. Many CISOs are already burnt out, and there is shortage of qualified CISOs globally. CISOs are expected to be a unicorn already.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Financial services and insurance sectors are particularly vulnerable due to the increasing number of APIs they need to manage. According to Salt Security’s latest report, over 50% of financial services and insurance organizations manage more than 500 APIs for development, delivery, and integration, which is a significant amount to secure.

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BH Consulting

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The third relates to ethical decision making in assessing technologies for law enforcement. Cyber insurance industry faces a pivotal year The cyber insurance industry faces a pivotal year, influenced by evolving ransomware threats, regulatory changes, and the integration of artificial intelligence (AI). MORE Sigh.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 9, 2025

Key cybersecurity provisions Securing communications networks Five billion dollars is allocated to help local telecommunications providers replace potentially insecure Chinese technology (e.g., Huawei and ZTE equipment ). This includes covering a $3 billion shortfall from previous efforts.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2022

Big banks and insurance companies instilled the practice of requesting their third-party vendors to fill out increasingly bloated questionnaires, called bespoke assessments, which they then used as their sole basis for assessing third-party risk. Related: A call to share risk assessments. One leading provider is Denver, Colo.-based

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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. Having insurance and the ability to pay a ransom is not the answer!

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 16, 2025

Some of the most important are Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act ( GLBA ), the National Association of Insurance Commissioners ( NAIC ) Data Security Model Law, the New York Department of Financial Services ( NYDFS ) Cybersecurity Regulation, and the National Credit Union Administration ( NCUA ) cybersecurity guidance.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 22, 2022

Even with ransomware costing billions of dollars in losses and cyber insurance claims, organizations are still impacted beyond the checkbook. These attacks have driven the cost of cyber insurance premiums higher. Many insurance companies spend more time evaluating claims to ensure the clients have done all the due diligence.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 18, 2024

Often a combination of disruptive technologies, lagging risk behavior trends, shifts in threat actor capabilities or focus, greater expectations for cybersecurity, and new regulatory structures emerge to wreak havoc. There is a method to the madness of trying to forecast such a complex and muddled industry. In 2024: 1.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

In the private sector, he was a CISO for an insurance company, credit card processor, bank, credit union, and IT Managed Service Provider. He has also succeeded in other IT risk management roles in the financial services, technology, telecom, and logistics industries. He's served as a captain with the F-22 program in the U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 1, 2019

SOAR, if you haven’t heard, is a hot new technology stack that takes well-understood data mining and business intelligence analytics methodologies — techniques that are deeply utilized in financial services, retailing and other business verticals – and applies them to cybersecurity. Smart money. Sutton: Syncurity has several innovations.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 30, 2021

Callahan : The successful CISO must have strong leadership skills, effective communication skills, and a spirit of cooperation, collaboration and flexibility in how security objectives are met. Most importantly, CISOs must understand the business they are serving and ensure they and their teams are supporting and enabling the business.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Adaptive control, no trust, zero-trust, auto-remediation artificial intelligence, and content filter with multi-factor authentication aligning with your CASB deployment add in open-source technology, unpatched critical infrastructure, is your organization’s cybersecurity risks and compliance mandates protected? Time for a new perspective?

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 17, 2025

As new technologies are regularly adopted, they come accompanied by new threats. It gives security leaders the processes and technologies they need to continuously assess the accessibility, exploitability and criticality of digital assets across all systems, applications, devices, resources and identities.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 29, 2024

Dr. Fred Kwong is VP and CISO at DeVry University and is based in Chicago, IL. He has been in the information security and technology field for the past 20 years working in education, financial, telecommunication, healthcare, and insurance sectors. A : The ever-changing technology and threats that come along with it.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

Clearly, there was a failure somewhere, either human error or faulty technology or both. as well as insurance and merchant accounts, to commit insurance fraud and wire fraud. It’s incumbent upon us as consumers of technologies services to adopt a defense-in-depth posture.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 13, 2023

And so we think about different types of cybersecurity risk and how those risks or vulnerabilities or threat actors can actually impede that ability or an organization to meet those objectives," said Mary Faulkner, CISO at Thrivent, one of four panelists that took the stage to kick off the conference.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 16, 2023

The city has a more established IT setup, including a full-time IT director, which many of the smaller towns lack, according to this Government Technology article. We use this type of model for our 'Whole of State' approach to security in North Dakota," says Michael Gregg, CISO for the State of North Dakota. This is a great approach.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

For the last eight-plus years, I've been working as a fractional Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Before that, I worked as a full-time CISO for an insurance company for seven years. I've redacted the sources, but our customers are offering SaaS and selling to large insurance companies. Here's the first example.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 13, 2025

Many regulatory bodies, insurance providers, business partners, and customers take cybersecurity very seriously and now hold the CEO and Board accountable. CISOs have become a focal point, being the leader and subject matter expert, often providing regular status reports and conversing directly with the Board.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 7, 2021

. & HYDERABAD, India–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Analytics Insight has named ‘ The 10 Most Influential CISOs to Watch in 2021 ’ in its October magazine issue. The magazine issue recognizes ten futuristic CISOs who are reimagining the business world and adopting new ways of working. He holds a Ph.D

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 9, 2023

Berengoltz “As decentralized finance and Web3 continue to gain popularity, the need for secure wallet and key management providers is evident,” said Pavel Berengoltz, Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer at Fireblocks. For more information, please visit www.fireblocks.com.

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SC Magazine

JULY 9, 2021

Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology Anne Neuberger speaks at a White House press briefing last February. ” Gary Hayslip, current CISO at SoftBank Investment Advisers and a former CISO of San Diego, also said he “didn’t see anything new” that would catch U.S.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Top 10 Challenges Facing CISOs in 2023 – "While 2022 was certainly no walk in the park, strong cybersecurity investments and institutional support suggest a light at the end of the tunnel. As we turn toward 2023, these will be the top ten challenges facing CISOs in the new year.". Here is a look at the year ahead.".

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2023

While regulatory action typically lags behind advanced technology development, API security is increasing the scope and severity of security breaches. With their motherlode of rich customer data and transactions, banks, fintech companies, insurance companies, and other financial institutions represent a favorite attack target for hackers.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 20, 2021

To prepare for ransomware attacks, Okumu stressed the importance of an incident response plan (IRP) that addresses both the technology and business sides of recovery. On the former, it’s important to know your environment, establish a communication and escalation procedure, and have a methodical process for plan activation. Backup Strategy.

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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. We also talk about how better instrumenting of information security can help companies get a grip on fast-evolving cyber risks like.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 30, 2023

World Backup Day is an annual celebration held by the backup technology industry to encourage people to back up their data and avoid the risk of losing it forever. But similar to an insurance policy, this additional financial expense is disproportionate to the devastating consequences of a total failure.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 13, 2025

Case in Point : In 2019, First American Title Insurance Company experienced a significant data exposure incident, revealing sensitive customer documents due to a vulnerability in their document-sharing application. A $3 million penalty was levied against an insurance company for delayed incident reporting. Here are the highlights: 1.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Effectively managing risk across complex technology environments, protecting against sophisticated threats, and dealing with growing regulatory compliance demands all put pressure on security teams. For example, Gregg partnered with North Dakota's insurance provider to offer reduced rates to entities that deployed his team's security tools.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 23, 2023

These habits highlight the need for more modern password technology and stronger authentication methods. Cisco CISO Wolfgang Goerlich highlights the case for why passwords are kept around in The Life and Death of Passwords : “In an ideal world, we say goodbye to passwords altogether. Will we ever get rid of passwords completely?

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