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Unmasking the Cracks of Today’s Cyber Defence

Jane Frankland

C-suites across all industries, from traditional finance to the latest “unicorns” emerging in the fintech industry, are facing a formidable challenge: how to protect their business and customer data against growing cyber threats. As a CISO or ITDM, the cyber defence challenges you face in your business couldn’t be tougher.

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People Skills Outweigh Technical Prowess in the Best Security Leaders

SecureWorld News

Michael Gregg, the CISO for the State of North Dakota, speaks across the country, including keynoting at SecureWorld Detroit on Sep. A recent blog by Frank Domizio titled " The CISO Role: Beyond Technology " explores exactly what I am talking about. That's a soft skill that even the most adept CISOs are still trying to master.

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WEF Outlines Path to Cyber Resilience for Manufacturing Sector

SecureWorld News

The manufacturing sector faces an increasingly daunting cyber threat landscape that puts production operations, intellectual property, and entire supply chains at risk. The risk is too great, and key business partnerships are required," said Amy Bogac , former CISO at The Clorox Company. "If Cyber threats have morphed.

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GUEST ESSAY: The case for complying with ISO 27001 — the gold standard of security frameworks

The Last Watchdog

Of the numerous security frameworks available to help companies protect against cyber-threats, many consider ISO 27001 to be the gold standard. These efforts will help elevate security right alongside achieving the designed functionality as the ultimate goals in every DevOps project.

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LW ROUNDTABLE: Cybersecurity takeaways of 2023 — and what’s ahead in 2024 ( part 3)

The Last Watchdog

The cyber threat landscape is evolving rapidly. Our success will hinge on deploying AI in a way that not only matches, but anticipates and outmaneuvers, the threat actors’ evolving tactics. CISOs will have to get quantum resilient encryption on their cyber roadmap. Our defensive strategies must evolve.

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GUEST ESSAY: 5 tips for ‘de-risking’ work scenarios that require accessing personal data

The Last Watchdog

Working with personal data in today’s cyber threat landscape is inherently risky. Setting up security contours for certain types of personal data can be useful for: •Nullifying threats and risks applicable to general infrastructural components and their environment. This can include: Security contours. Unique IDs.

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GUEST ESSAY: In pursuit of smarter cybersecurity — to overcome complex risks and grow revenue

The Last Watchdog

And when malware, ransomware, or other cyber threats get in the way, the focus shifts from forward progress to focused co-operation. When it comes down to it, C-level goals and CISO initiatives are not all that misaligned. Gartner refers to it as “CAASM,” or cyber asset attack surface management.

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