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The Risk-Conscious, Security-Aware Culture: The Forgotten Critical Security Control

Cisco Security

Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) across the Global 2000 and Fortune 1000 are obsessed with protecting the workforce endpoints as critical vulnerabilities in the cybersecurity and risk management posture of their enterprises. These actions and their potential for disaster cause CISOs to greet every day with an anticipatory grimace.

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Understanding Cyber Risk and the C-Suite

CyberSecurity Insiders

As a result, cybersecurity has become a top priority for organisations of all sizes, and the C-suite, including CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, and CISOs, plays a critical role in managing and mitigating cyber risk. Investments in advanced email security technologies should also be a priority to effectively mitigate email-based cyber risks.

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AT&T Business Summit is virtual Oct. 27-28 and free!

CyberSecurity Insiders

Given how critical security is to digital transformation and our ability to innovate, we’ve got a robust line-up of cybersecurity topics – from SASE to zero trust and the technologies you need to help protect your business. We hope that you join us as we take this journey together. Join us from October 27-28, 2021 by registering.

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Using Cloud Securely?—?The Config Doom Question

Anton on Security

Technology underlying modern hyperscale cloud environments changes rapidly, but security misconfigurations became the key cloud security problem at least 10 years ago, and possibly 15–17 (!) years ago, and stayed “top of the charts” for all this time (public cloud computing was born, depending on who you ask, in 2006–2008).

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Using Cloud Securely?—?The Config Doom Question

Security Boulevard

Technology underlying modern hyperscale cloud environments changes rapidly, but security misconfigurations became the key cloud security problem at least 10 years ago, and possibly 15–17 (!) years ago, and stayed “top of the charts” for all this time (public cloud computing was born, depending on who you ask, in 2006–2008).

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Creating a Vulnerability Management Program – Patching: Take the Panic out of Patching by Managing CVE Threat Overload

NopSec

And while cybercrime is ramping up, the number of common vulnerabilities and exposures identified each year has been declining — from 6,610 in 2006 to 4,155 in 2011. We try to stay on top of the patches, but honestly, we can’t keep up,” the CISO complains. And truthfully, I’m not sure we are.”

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

As a leading VC, BVP offers budding companies plenty to consider, with a set of roadmaps and tools for today’s technologies and market complexities. Notable cybersecurity exits for the company include AVG Technologies, Cognitive Security, OpenDNS, and Carbon Black. Also read : Addressing Remote Desktop Attacks and Security.