CSO Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2021

Sign up for CSO newsletters. ]. Operating within an enclaved system means direct user access to more advanced technologies from their workstations wasn’t happening. They do have the challenge of employees using technology and applications with capabilities that far outstrip their ability to keep up.

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CSO Magazine

JULY 12, 2021

Now, sophisticated tools and technologies are making it possible for database developers to have their cake and, to stay in metaphor, not count the calories by keeping the information private. Databases hold vast amounts of personal information including some very sensitive tidbits, creating headaches for the companies that must curate them.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2021

Keep up on the latest thought leadership, insights, how-to, and analysis on IT security through CSO Online’s newsletters. ]. These include things like trusted execution, virtualization, memory encryption, runtime BIOS resilience and threat detection technology ( Intel TDT ). To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2021

Get the latest from CSO by signing up for our newsletters. ]. All the firewalls in the world can’t help you if an attacker removes your storage media from the storage room. Learn what you need to know about defending critical infrastructure. |

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CSO Magazine

JULY 30, 2021

Get the latest from CSO by signing up for our newsletters. ]. Both efforts aim to prepare the nation for the next significant cybersecurity incidents, making up for lost time due to the previous administration's relative inattention to the topic. Learn what you need to know about defending critical infrastructure. |

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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

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. ] Learn what makes these 6 social engineering techniques so effective. | To read this article in full, please click here

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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

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

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.

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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.

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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

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. That’s up from 94 for the same period in 2020.

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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

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.

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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.

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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. 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

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. ]. 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. She shouldn't worry—maybe it's just stress. Learn 12 tips for effectively presenting cybersecurity to the board and 6 steps for building a robust incident response plan.

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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 ! ] Security firm Cybereason has dubbed the campaign Operation GhostShell and said it targeted primarily companies in the Middle East, but also in the US, Europe and Russia.

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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. Alas, most CTI programs are far from mature, but this may change over the next few years as most enterprise organizations bolster CTI program investment.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 12, 2022

Wilson was opening keynote speaker at the recent CSO UK Security Summit where she reflected upon the biggest changes in the risk and security landscape and how CISOs must respond to lead teams and embrace emerging opportunities.

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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. The second challenge is process-related.

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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

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Over the past year we’ve seen an explosion in ransomware attacks – over 10x according to FortiGuard Labs – making the odds increasingly high that your organization will be attacked. 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

The oath Marene Allison took years ago to defend and protect the United States is the same tenet that now guides her work maintaining cybersecurity at one of the largest pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods manufacturers in the world.

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Insider breaches are growing – because you can actually see them In their annual look at trends in cyber security , Forrester made a few startling revelations: 33% of your breaches in 2021 are going to be insider threat related. Insider threat incidents are expected to grow 8% in 2021 .

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 30, 2023

Soon after Latitude Financial revealed it suffered a cyber attack, DXC Technology quietly published a note on its website stating its global network and customer support networks were not compromised.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 5, 2022

About the essayist: Den Jones, CSO at Banyan Security , which supplies s imple, least-privilege, multi-cloud application access technologies. Food for thought, eh!

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 14, 2022

Nowadays, companies are showing a lot of interest in offering products loaded with connected technology. And unless these devices are secure enough, their usage can invite more troubles,” said Alistair MacGibbon, the CSO of CyberCX.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

As NETSCOUT’s 1H 2021 Threat Intelligence Report shows, the long tail of cybercrime innovation swept through the lockdown days of the COVID-19 pandemic to infiltrate the bulk of 2021. The vulnerabilities introduced by the global shift to online work and play are admittedly an outlier event.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 7, 2025

(Source: ISACAs Tech Workplace and Culture 2025 report, March 2025) For more information about recruiting and retaining cybersecurity professionals: 10 Ways to Boost Cybersecurity Talent Retention (InformationWeek) 60% of cybersecurity pros looking to change employers (CSO) The cybersecurity industry has an urgent talent shortage.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 2, 2024

RELATED: Uber CSO Found Guilty: The Sky Is Not Falling. Yet ] With the advent of Artificial Intelligence and the proliferation of large language model-based technologies, CISOs are confronted with even greater challenges in ensuring security, compliance, and regulatory adherence.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 6, 2023

The transportation industry has doubled down in the area of fleet tracking in recent years, which has come with great benefits and not a few security headaches.

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The Security Ledger

MAY 13, 2023

In this episode of the podcast, I speak with Window Snyder, the founder and CEO of Thistle Technologies about the (many) security challenges facing Internet of Things (IoT) devices and her idea for making things better: Thistle’s platform for secure development and deployment of IoT devices. The post Episode 250: Window Snyder of Thistle on.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 14, 2024

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced the finalization of three post-quantum cryptography standards, marking a significant milestone in the effort to secure digital communications against the looming threat of quantum computing. You may view the session on-demand here.

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