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

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. ]. Both pointed out shortcomings in the cyber readiness of the United States government.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 8, 2021

In December 2020, the US Government Accounting Office (GAO) made 145 recommendations to 23 federal agencies relating to supply chain risks. In May 2021, the GAO’s director of information technology and cybersecurity, Vijay A. D’Souza, testified before Congress on supply chain risks.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 11, 2022

Like any digital technology, AI can suffer from a range of traditional security weaknesses and other emerging concerns such as privacy, bias, inequality, and safety issues.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The risk of cybercrime is not spread equally across the globe. Cyberthreats differ widely, with internet users in some countries at much higher risk than those in nations that offer more security due to strong cybercrime legislation and widely implemented cybersecurity programs, according to fraud-detection software company SEON.

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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

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.” I’ve earlier examined ESG research on enterprise CTI programs based on.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 3, 2023

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have the potential to introduce significant cybersecurity risks for organizations. Assumptions about connecting networks, ‘rationalizing’ IT and cybersecurity platforms and staff are generally made with limited knowledge of the actual functions and work performed in each organization,” Saylor says.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 26, 2020

The Inspector General's report summarizes the IRS and its IT environment like this: "The reliance on legacy systems, aged hardware and software, and use of outdated programming languages poses significant risks, including increased cybersecurity threats and maintenance costs. How massive is the IRS information technology infrastructure?

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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. At the same time, they’ve had to contend with bad actors who have become more organized, better resourced, and increasingly sophisticated.

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The evolution of cybercrime is weighing heavily on digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) teams, leading to significant burnout and potential regulatory risk. That’s according to the 2023 State of Enterprise DFIR survey by Magnet Forensics , a developer of digital investigation solutions.

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2021

After all, the increase in remote work naturally leads to increased insider risk. For those of us that have experienced the implications of an insider breach, this shouldn’t sound too surprising. 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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The Security Ledger

APRIL 5, 2023

In this Spotlight episode of the Security Ledger podcast, I interview Richard Bird, the CSO of the firm Traceable AI about the challenge of securing application programming interfaces (APIs), which are increasingly being abused to steal sensitive data. The post Spotlight: Traceable CSO Richard Bird on Securing the API Economy appeared first.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 20, 2023

Cyber insurance provider At-Bay has announced the launch of a new InsurSec solution to help small-to-mid sized businesses (SMBs) improve their security and risk management postures through their insurance policy. The emergence of InsurSec technology reflects a cyber insurance landscape that has seen significant change recently.

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The technological complexity and growing attack surface, along with a growing array of threat actors and increased interconnectivity, make securing digital systems and assets a perennial pipedream. Chief among the challenges for decision-makers and experts is simply identifying and comprehending society's cybersecurity risks.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 1, 2022

Risk-based authentication (RBA), also called adaptive authentication, has come of age, and it couldn’t happen fast enough for many corporate security managers. What is risk-based authentication? It creates a risk profile of the person or device requesting access to the system. To read this article in full, please click here

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 30, 2019

Prior to launching CyberSaint, Wrenn was CSO of Schneider Electric, a supplier of technologies used in industrial control systems. The participation led to the idea behind CyberSaint The company supplies a platform, called CyberStrong, that automatically manages risk and compliance assessments across many types of frameworks.

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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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CSO Magazine

APRIL 4, 2023

Trust assurance platform TrustCloud has announced the release of the TrustRegister application to help software companies identify risks and understand risk-related revenue/business impact. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 16, 2022

Companies that produce location-tracking algorithms and technological magic are riding the hyper-personalized marketing rocket, which continues to expand at breathtaking speed. That data is collected by your network provider, by apps on your smart devices, and by the websites with which you engage. from 2022 to 2030.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2022

The data-reliance of digital banking means an AI-driven approach to cybersecurity and risk management is integral to success, UnionDigital Bank CISO Dominic Grunden tells CSO. Working together, the two used autonomous technology to instill a “truly holistic” AI-enhanced security and risk management strategy.

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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. "If,

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 27, 2023

Internet-of-Things (IoT) and Operational Technology (OT) devices represent a rapidly expanding, often unchecked risk surface that is largely driven by the technology’s pervasiveness, vulnerability, and cloud connectivity.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 8, 2022

The prescience displayed in the 2002 film has actually short-changed the advances of science and technology between then and now. Recently, Clearview AI has announced that it is taking its advanced facial recognition technologies beyond the already controversial government/law enforcement usage into the commercial sector.

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CSO Magazine

JULY 5, 2022

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 6, 2023

Despite years of modernization initiatives, CISOs are still contending with an old-school problem: shadow IT, technology that operates within an enterprise but is not officially sanctioned — or on the radar of — the IT department.

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Just as the threat landscape evolves over time, so does security technology. Having been in the cyber security space for more than 15 years, I have witnessed a number of evolutions first hand.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 22, 2022

As regulators and legislators consider new approaches to addressing consumer privacy, CISO s and colleagues in technology and consumer products companies that use personal data should reconsider how they’re balancing their management of data privacy risks and the need for speed.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 8, 2022

The CSO50 Award is a recognized mark of risk and security excellence. Here for the first time we recognise the technologies behind our CSO 50-winning projects, each by itself a provider of excellence in security and IT. These vendors partnered with our winning organizations. To read this article in full, please click here

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 26, 2021

That means cybersecurity training and education so that key stakeholders understand the risks that businesses are facing, and which strategies are most effective for protection. Even if a company employs a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) or Chief Security Officer (CSO), the position may still report to the CIO.

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a document called Risk Considerations for Managed Service Provider Customers. In particular, CISA recommends that “SMBs should catalog which assets are the most critical to operations and characterize the risk to those assets.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 28, 2022

According to a new report from IDC and Magnet Forensics, the significant lack of cybersecurity skills gap and a plethora of other cyber risks are growing concerns. It also provides an overall assessment of the global state of DFIR across industries, with the three most prominent being financial services, healthcare, and technology.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 22, 2022

The work-from-anywhere ( WFA ) model presents security risks, so it's critical for organizations to provide enterprise-level security everywhere employees work, whether they are at home, in the office, or on the road. The following five key technologies keep employees productive and secure wherever they happen to be working.

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The Security Ledger

AUGUST 28, 2020

Given the magnitude of the problem, could taking a more risk-based approach to security pay off? Given the magnitude of the problem, could taking a more risk-based approach to security pay off? Also joining us: Sam Curry, the CSO of Cybereason. A Risk Eye on the Election Guy. Read the whole entry. »

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 12, 2020

Your questions about deception technology in cybersecurity, answered. What exactly is deception technology and how can it play a vital part in your cyber defense? How do you define deception technology? The old word for deception technologies is honeypot. The old technology really no longer applies.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 2, 2024

By spearheading cybersecurity programs, CISOs empower organizations to fend off cyber threats from criminal enterprises, insider risks, hackers, and other malicious entities that pose significant risks to operations, critical infrastructure, and even national security. RELATED: Uber CSO Found Guilty: The Sky Is Not Falling.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 28, 2022

According to CSO, 2021 shaped up to be an active year for mergers and acquisitions in the cybersecurity industry. Top cybersecurity M&A deals for 2021 | CSO Online. Companies are taking great risks in terms of their economic future when acquiring assets of a target company. It is all about risks.

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