The Last Watchdog

APRIL 1, 2020

Related: What we’ve learned from the massive breach of Capitol At RSA 2020 , I learned about how one of the routine daily chores all large organizations perform — data governance — has started to emerge as something of a cybersecurity multiplier. Egnyte is in a good position to champion the cause.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 11, 2021

Learn 12 tips for effectively presenting cybersecurity to the board and 6 steps for building a robust incident response plan. Sign up for CSO newsletters. ]. The attacks have been primarily targeting US and global organizations from a range of sectors including energy, financial, insurance, manufacturing, public utilities and retail.

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Learn 12 tips for effectively presenting cybersecurity to the board and 6 steps for building a robust incident response plan. Sign up for CSO newsletters. ]. It arose in September 2020, at the same time the Maze ransomware gang announced its intention to shut down operations.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 19, 2022

The threat of litigation is enough to keep any business leader up at night, and the increasing prevalence of data protection, privacy, and cybersecurity legislation and regulation is piling on the pressure for CISOs.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 23, 2021

Jason Lee joined Zoom in June 2020 to become the videoconferencing platform’s CISO. Lee was tasked with overseeing strategies to drive the organization toward a cybersecurity and privacy posture more in scope with its rapidly advancing customer base, features offering and use requirements, all under increasing public scrutiny.

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Even though jobs in cybersecurity pay well, far fewer women go into the field than men. According to the 2020 (ISC)² Cybersecurity Workforce Study , gender disparities persist around the globe. And because of the ongoing talent shortage, salaries in cybersecurity are high.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 22, 2022

I hate to do this but consider the following thought exercise: Transport yourself back to fall 2020 when literally the entire world was waiting for a COVID vaccine. Most of the world was elated to find out in early December 2020 that efficacy rates were 95%.

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Cybersecurity 132

CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2021

He refined his plans through 2020 and then, this year, implemented its wide-reaching recommendations to ensure his institution could handle even better whatever emergency came next. Learn 12 tips for effectively presenting cybersecurity to the board and 6 steps for building a robust incident response plan.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 26, 2020

But this time, it is the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration auditing the IRS, the agency's legacy IT environment and its cybersecurity. What does effective asset management look like from a cybersecurity perspective? Aflac CSO Tim Callahan told us as much after his keynote at a SecureWorld conference last year.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 28, 2022

Nowadays you need a scorecard to keep track of the monthly acquisitions and mergers in the cybersecurity industry. cybersecurity M&A deals hit 151 in the first three quarters of 2021, compared to 80, 88 and 94 in 2018, 2019 and 2020, respectively, according to data from 451 Research. In fact, the volume of U.S.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 3, 2021

What are the most important cybersecurity risks for 2021? The “people problem” is a phrase I heard in many different occasions when I met with IT managers (CISO, CSO, CIOs), many in leading research labs, national security establishments, and such. I think SolarWinds shows that everyone needs to practice digital safety.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 29, 2022

John Deskurakis had a green field opportunity when he stepped into the role of chief product security officer in April 2020 at Carrier Global Corp. Learn 8 pitfalls that undermine security program success and 12 tips for effectively presenting cybersecurity to the board. Sign up for CSO newsletters. ].

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

While few people foresaw the dramatic developments of the past year, the Center for Internet Security (CIS) interviewed some of their in-house experts in 2020 and identified several cybersecurity trends that persisted or even accelerated in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

The 2020 Cybersecurity Workforce Study conducted by (ISC) 2 found that the number of cybersecurity professionals required to close the cybersecurity skills gap has shrunk from 4.07 million to 3.12 million professionals. Although this is a step forward, the gap remains significant.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 27, 2021

Organizations will face significant challenges in purchasing, renewing, and benefitting from cyber insurance policies this year as various factors drive the sector towards a stricter, more specialized position, global specialists in law, risk, and cybersecurity predict. To read this article in full, please click here (Insider Story)

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 21, 2022

The sharp increase in funding and mergers-and-acquisition (M&A) activity in the cybersecurity industry over the last year has brought into focus the challenges that organizations can run into when their vendor is acquired by or merges with another company. Some were acquired outright by these firms.

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The demand for cybersecurity professionals has surged over the past decade. According to (ISC) 2 ’s 2020 Cybersecurity Workforce Study , while the global cybersecurity workforce need stands at 3.1 million, with nearly 400,000 open cybersecurity positions in the U.S.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Cybersecurity and threat analysts from Fox-IT (part of NCC Group) have shone a light on the mechanics of ransomware negotiations to help organizations improve the outcome of an attack. The data comes from research of over 700 attacker-victim negotiations between 2019 and 2020 and a paper that explores three main topics.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 16, 2022

Founded in late 2020 by cybersecurity industry veterans, Guy Flechter and Daniel Krivelevich, Cider Security’s mission is to solve the most commonly encountered challenges CISOs and security engineers face today. You can access the full research report here. . About Cider Security . IL:+972 54 467 6317. US:+1 347 897 9276 .

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

A 2020 survey by the nonprofit certification organization ISC 2 puts the shortage at 3.12 million globally, while a study by Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) finds 70% of organizations have been impacted somewhat or significantly by the global cybersecurity skills shortage. To read this article in full, please click here

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 26, 2023

SolarWinds Corporation, which suffered a major breach of its Orion software platform in December 2020, submitted a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing on June 23rd, saying the enforcement staff of the SEC provided the company with a Wells Notice related to its investigation into the cyber incident.

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

While phishing , business email compromise (BEC) , and ransomware still rank among the most popular cyberattack techniques, a mix of new-breed attacks is gaining steam, according to a new report from cybersecurity and compliance company Proofpoint. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

MAY 24, 2022

Cyberattacks that involved the misuse of machine identities increased by 1,600% over the last five years, according to a report released last spring by cybersecurity vendor Venafi. Research firm Gartner named machine identity as one of the top cybersecurity trends of the year, in a report released last fall.

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Cybersecurity 121

CSO Magazine

JULY 20, 2022

Securing the software supply chain continues to be one of the most discussed topics currently among IT and cybersecurity leaders. A study by In-Q-Tel researchers shows a rapid rise in software supply chain attacks starting around 2016, going from almost none in 2015 to about 1,500 in 2020.

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Retailers are fast becoming the favorite targets for ransomware criminals, with two out of three companies in the sector being attacked last year, according to a new report from cybersecurity firm Sophos. This is a 75% rise from 2020, the Sophos report noted.

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Many organizations transact with hundreds of third-party partners, according to EY’s Global Third-Party Risk Management Survey 2019-2020 , a trend that PwC finds shows no sign of slowing, even as the risks increase. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released a warning outlining the TTP (tactics, techniques, and protocols) of Iran-based Emennet Pasargad, reportedly a cybersecurity and intelligence firm servicing Iranian government agencies, to help recipients inform and defend themselves against the group’s malicious activities.

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2022

While most security teams believe that security operations centers (SOCs) play a pivotal role in cybersecurity programs, several challenges are impacting SOC performance within businesses, according to a new report. Among these are information overload, worker burnout, and talent retention. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

of its controversial and complex Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). The goal of the CMMC is to provide cybersecurity requirements that DIB contractors must implement. The Department of Defense (DoD) Introduced CMMC three years ago and adopted it in an interim format in September 2020.

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Cybersecurity 106

CSO Magazine

JUNE 11, 2021

Mike McGuire, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Surrey, and sponsored by HP – highlights there has been a 100% rise in “significant” nation state incidents between 2017-2020.

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CSO Magazine

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The year 2021 was unprecedented in the strain it placed on cybersecurity professionals. The year started with wide-scale remediation efforts stemming from the late-2020 discovery of the state-sponsored Nobelium cyber-espionage campaign that exploited SolarWinds’ widely used Orion platform. Please stop cybering.”

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2021

The shortage of cybersecurity workers is well known, with studies showing that millions more professionals are needed to meet the increasing demand for skilled talent in this profession. The 2020 Cybersecurity Workforce Study from the nonprofit professional organization (ISC)² estimates that the global workforce shortage stands at 3.12

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Cybersecurity can be one of the most nuanced and important areas of focus for a board, but not all board members are well versed in why and what they need to care about related to cybersecurity. Cybersecurity is a board level topic for three main reasons: Cybersecurity breaches are a serious matter for any company.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 25, 2021

The recent cybersecurity symposium that aimed to “prove” the 2020 US election was a fraud made headlines not because of evidence found, but rather the absence of evidence. As I watched the three-day event, it reminded me how unknown most of the technology behind computers is.

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CSO Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2021

When it comes to cybersecurity, phishing is one of the oldest tricks in the book. A recent report from Sophos, based on an independent survey of 5,400 IT professionals around the globe, finds 70% of respondents say the number of phishing emails increased in 2020. But it is still incredibly hard to defend against. The reason?

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SecureWorld News

JULY 30, 2024

The decision pertains to the company's cybersecurity practices and disclosures before and after the infamous SUNBURST cyberattack. The SEC's lawsuit against SolarWinds and Brown stemmed from the massive cyberattack that was discovered in December 2020. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against SolarWinds Corp.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 22, 2021

Patching for these issues is so urgent that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a deadline for federal agencies to complete patches by the end of the week. Have you patched the known vulnerabilities discovered in Pulse Secure's Connect Secure products? What is Pulse Secure saying about product vulnerabilities?

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