SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Increased risk of cyberattacks The rising cost of living can lead to an increase in cybercrime, as people become more desperate to make money. I think it requires taking a step back and assessing what you can do with less," said Chris Roberts, CISO and Senior Director at Boom Supersonic. This is more critical now than it's ever been."

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Forrester also predicts that the number of women CISOs at Fortune 500 companies will rise to 20 percent in 2019 , compared with 13 percent in 2017. Her work centered on helping aerospace manufacturers manage the convergence of cyber risk across their increasingly complex business ecosystem, including IT, OT and connected products.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Earlier this year, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) published updated recommendations for phishing simulations in security awareness training programs. For security awareness training to be successful, it has to be collaborative. Ready to establish your own successful security awareness training?

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Help Net Security’s photo gallery captured the flavour of the day-long conference. Éireann Leverett, CTO of Concinnity Risks, whose talk closed the conference, aimed to hit a similarly optimistic note. DI Doyle gave examples of victims including an unnamed law firm and a large engineering company. Cybersecurity focused on SMEs.

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Spinone

JULY 29, 2020

Application Security Engineer The job of an app security engineer has two major aspects. Firstly, you will need to help developers to create more secure apps. Don’t be surprised that sometimes, different roles share some responsibilities. Risky and insecure apps should be blacklisted.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 16, 2023

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. Small entities struggle with the cost of security services. Sean Scranton is a consultant on the Cyber Risk Solutions Team at WTW and often speaks on cyber insurance issues.

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SC Magazine

MAY 1, 2021

Below is our esteemed panel of SC Awards judges, contributing from health care, engineering, finance, education, manufacturing, nonprofit and consulting, among others. Cedric Leighton is founder and president of Cedric Leighton Associates, a strategic risk and leadership management consultancy. He retired as a colonel in 2010.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 17, 2022

That was the case for a broadcast SecureWorld recently hosted with Mike Britton, CISO of Abnormal Security , and legendary investigative journalist Brian Krebs. Key takeaway #2: Collaborative platforms are at heightened risk for security breaches due to WFH.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Even with a generic greeting, you would think an AL-powered anti-phishing protection engine would have blocked the message. Even with some excellent advanced threat protection, do not risk exposure to your device. Phishing attacks often rely on social engineering techniques to trick users into revealing sensitive data.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

And a key part of building out any cybersecurity policy for your local government is to develop an organizational understanding of risk to systems, people, data, and so on. In Michigan’s Cyber Partners Program , for example, local communities receive services from a CISO-level consultant. Employee security awareness training.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 19, 2020

Sherry brought to Princeton his 25 years of technology experience, 12 of which was in higher education as the former CISO at Brown University. In many ways, leading a security mission out of a university is like securing a city. A recent risk assessment began to expand, and we started a publicity blitz….

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2021

And this requires securing our networks for the new normal of IT infrastructures. Surprisingly, a large portion of cyberattacks can be best prevented by reducing the risks to a remote workforce created by human error. In a survey of UK&I CISOs, 55% said that human error posed a risk no matter what protections are in place.

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Deryck Mitchelson, EMEA field CISO for Check Point, chimed in on this point. With so many alerts coming in to security operations centres and incident management systems, AI can help security teams from being overworked and potentially missing vital signals that something’s wrong. “Any To be trusted, listen,” she said. “I

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Jane Frankland

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Or they want to innovate but don’t know how to without an increase in risk. Thanks to the pandemic, previous barriers to implementation have been removed and those who took a measured risk by moving first, have done well. The culture is tough too, for many of the partners are keen to understand more but are playing catch up.

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The Falcon's View

AUGUST 6, 2018

As such, when you think about everything, be it basic security hygiene, information risk management, or even behavioral infosec, you must first consider how it fits with org culture. For more on my thoughts around org culture, please see my post "Quit Talking About "Security Culture" - Fix Org Culture!". Risk Management.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 6, 2021

This installment features Jason Lau , CISO for Crypto.com and an official member and contributor on the Forbes Technology Council. I am currently the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Crypto.com, where I drive the company’s global cybersecurity and data privacy strategy. What job do you do today?

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Either businesses or individuals, we are all in the same boat when it comes to the risk of data loss. The growing risks leave us with the fact that cybersecurity education is not a matter of choice anymore – it’s a matter of necessity. To pursue a career in the cybersecurity field and find a course to get started.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The post GoDaddy Hosting Hacked — for FOURTH Time in 4 Years appeared first on Security Boulevard. GoDaddy’s web hosting service breached yet again. This time, the perps were redirecting legit websites to malware.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 10, 2023

The post ‘Extraordinary, Egregious’ Data Breach at House and Senate appeared first on Security Boulevard. Capitol Trouble: Senators, representatives and staffers suffer PII leak. Could it finally kickstart some action?

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Meta Security Guards Hacked Facebook Users appeared first on Security Boulevard. Facebook parent Meta has disciplined or fired at least 25 workers for allegedly hacking into user accounts. The post Oops!

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Group appeared first on Security Boulevard. Hackers Play in Sony’s World: If true, Sony might have to push the RESET button (again). The post ‘All of Sony’ Hacked, Claims Ransomed.vc

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The post Chinese Tech: Banned in DC, but not in the States appeared first on Security Boulevard. There’s a massive loophole in the federal ban on Chinese technology from sus firms such as Huawei and ZTE: It doesn’t stop states from buying it.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 17, 2023

The post OPSEC FAIL: US Military Email Going to Mali — via Typo appeared first on Security Boulevard. MX Mixup: Russian-allied government can intercept “highly sensitive information”—because there’s no “I” in.ML

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Korean Job Scams Push Trojans via LinkedIn appeared first on Security Boulevard. Hey, hey, DPRK, how many people will you scam today? The post Warning: N.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The post Reddit Hacked — 2FA is no Phishing Phix appeared first on Security Boulevard. Reddit got hacked with a “sophisticated” spear phishing attack. The individual victim was an employee who clicked the wrong email link.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The post Top 2024 Scams: The top predicted scams for this year appeared first on Security Boulevard. The post Top 2024 Scams: The top predicted scams for this year appeared first on Click Armor.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 29, 2024

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. trillion annually. "

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The post Black Friday scams: Attacks to be aware of during the biggest sale of the year appeared first on Click Armor. The post Black Friday scams: Attacks to be aware of during the biggest sale of the year appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 16, 2021

The post Stalkers: ‘Ugly Truth’ of Facebook Staff Abusing Private Data appeared first on Security Boulevard. A new book exposes yet another Facebook failure for the social media firm to say sorry about. But nothing’s going to change.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Says it’s Microsoft’s Fault appeared first on Security Boulevard. Microsoft has issued another of its “look how clever we are” writeups of detecting APT29 hackers. But the U.S. government sees it differently. The post New Russian Hacks Revealed—but U.S.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 16, 2022

The Open Source Security Foundation and Linux Foundation have a plan to fix our broken software supply chains. The post Do You Want Secure Supply Chains? SHOW ME THE MONEY appeared first on Security Boulevard. Benjamins needed.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 16, 2021

must Stop Secret Gag Orders appeared first on Security Boulevard. Microsoft president and CLO Brad Smith says secretly subpoenaing data from cloud providers—blocking them from telling customers—must stop. The post Microsoft’s Legal Head: U.S.

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NopSec

JUNE 26, 2015

Information security professionals have a single core mission: to understand technological risks and take the necessary steps to protect information assets from harm. We have implemented and followed strategies, frameworks, roadmaps and standards that offer recommendations for robust risk mitigation solutions.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Suing the CISO: SolarWinds Fires Back. However, this is not just another nameless, faceless piece of litigation; this one specifically names the company's Chief Information Security Officer. A group of investors filed the suit which specifically calls out SolarWinds, its former CEO, and also Tim Brown, who is VP of Security and CISO.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 21, 2021

By Abel Morales, senior security engineer, Exabeam. It has also placed more responsibility and decision-making power in the hands of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and called for more swift and earnest action to investigate breach incidents.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Back in the day, security training was largely reserved for IT security specialists and then extended to include IT personnel in general. These days, all employees need to be well educated in security best practices and good habits if the organization wishes to steer clear of ransomware and malware. Key Differentiators.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

“The security risks of remote working have been well documented. This Cybersecurity Awareness Month provides the perfect opportunity to remind ourselves and co-workers to do our part and #BeCyberSmart. Tyler Farrar ,CISO, Exabeam. Terry Storrar, Managing Director, Leaseweb UK. ” Danny Lopez, CEO, Glasswall.

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