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GUEST ESSAY: The three horsemen of cyber risks: misinformation, disinformation and fake news

The Last Watchdog

Such a transformation however, comes with its own set of risks. Misleading information has emerged as one of the leading cyber risks in our society, affecting political leaders, nations, and people’s lives, with the COVID-19 pandemic having only made it worse.

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Seeds of Destruction: Cyber Risk Is Growing in Agriculture

The Security Ledger

In this episode of the podcast (#213): Molly Jahn of DARPA and University of Wisconsin joins us to talk about the growing cyber risk to the Food and Agriculture sector, as industry consolidation and precision agriculture combine to increase the chances of cyber disruption of food production. Read the whole entry. »

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Spotlight Podcast: Managing the Digital Risk in your Digital Transformation

The Security Ledger

Companies are pursuing digital transformation at all costs. But do they really understand the risks lurking in their digital transformation strategies? Companies are pursuing digital transformation at all costs. Re-Thinking Cyber Risk. The post Spotlight Podcast: Read the whole entry. »

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GUEST ESSAY: Five stages to attain API security — and mitigate attack surface exposures

The Last Watchdog

APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) play a critical role in digital transformation by enabling communication and data exchange between different systems and applications. So, how can you ensure your API security is effective and enable your digital transformation?

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Episode 179: CISO Eye on the Virus Guy – Assessing COVID’s Cyber Risks

The Security Ledger

In this episode of the podcast (#179), CISO Kayne McGlandry of IEEE joins us to talk about the cyber risks posed by COVID and why COVID-themed phishing emails shouldn’t be your only concern. Also: SMBs Struggle with Identity Spotlight Podcast: How DU Telecom Manages Digital Transformation Risk.

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RSAC insights: How ‘TPRM’ can help shrink security skills gap — while protecting supply chains

The Last Watchdog

Digital transformation had taken hold; so their timing was pitch perfect. Cyber risks profiling. CyberGRX’s global cyber risk Exchange caught on quickly. The exchange has proven to be a perfect mechanism for fleshing out much richer cyber risk profiles of third-party vendors.

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Q&A: Why SOAR startup Syncurity is bringing a ‘case-management’ approach to threat detection

The Last Watchdog

Now toss in the fact that digital transformation is redoubling software development and data handling complexities. This, in short, is the multi-headed hydra enterprises must tame in order to mitigate rising cyber risks. LW: How has ‘digital transformation’ exacerbated the need for SOAR? Smart money.