CSO Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

In mid-June, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) reintroduced a new version of her bill , the Data Protection Act of 2021 , that would create a new independent, executive-level government agency, the Data Protection Agency (DPA). Check out CSO's ultimate guide to security and privacy laws, regulations, and compliance. |

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Jordan Rackie, CEO, and Magnus Svenningsson, CSO, share their thoughts on the incredible past year – and even more exciting times to come. The post A look back on a fantastic 2021 – and the path forward into an exciting future appeared first on Keyfactor.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 8, 2022

global resident CISO at Proofpoint, tells CSO. “Social engineering is inherently people-centric, and regardless of whether threat actors are targeting businesses or individuals, they’re responding in real time to the events and themes that have the attention of the wider world,” Lucia Milic?, To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Get the latest from CSO by signing up for our newsletters. ]. It discovered that while there was a rise in ransomware claims from Q2 2020 through Q1 2021, they dropped by 50% in Q2 2021, a trend that largely sustained through Q3 2021. Learn the 7 keys to better risk assessment. |

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Of 422 retail IT professionals surveyed internationally, 77% said their organizations were hit by ransomware attacks in 2021. This is a 75% rise from 2020, the Sophos report noted. Retailers continue to suffer one of the highest rates of ransomware attacks of any industry.

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CSO Magazine

MAY 19, 2022

Case in point: A federal judge recently ordered Uber Technologies to work with its former CSO, Joseph Sullivan (who held the position from April 2015 to November 2017), and review a plethora of Uber documents that Sullivan has requested in unredacted form for use in his defense in the upcoming criminal trial.

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InfoWorld on Security

DECEMBER 18, 2023

I recently moderated a session for the CSO Cybersecurity Summit on building resilience and addressing employee anxiety amid organizational transformation. Work-related stress is on the rise , and in 2022, 81% of workers reported that workplace stress affected their mental health, compared to 78% of respondents in 2021.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2022

The number of cybersecurity mergers and acquisitions deals in 2021 set a record pace. Many of the 2021 transactions CSO reported were in the identity and cloud security markets, especially toward the end of the year. The first three quarters of the year saw 151 transactions in the industry, according to 451 Research.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2022

billion) under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) since 28 January 2021, according to the annual GDPR Fines and Data Breach Survey by international law firm DLA Piper. Get the latest from CSO by signing up for our newsletters. ] Get the latest from CSO by signing up for our newsletters. ] billion ($1.2

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2021

2021 has been a banner year for cybercriminals, they have taken advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic and the increase in remote work, attacking both technical and social vulnerabilities. Get the latest from CSO by signing up for our newsletters. ] Piled on top of that is a growing wave of ransomware and software supply chain attacks. .

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2022

When Stephanie Franklin-Thomas joined facility management provider ABM Industries in early 2021 as the company’s first CISO, she says she found a security approach that had a lot of the right components. Sign up for CSO newsletters. ]. Sign up for CSO newsletters. ]. “I That was a plus.

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2021

So far, 2021 has proved to be somewhat of a security annus horribilis for tech giant Microsoft, with numerous vulnerabilities impacting several of its leading services, including Active Directory, Exchange, and Azure. Get the latest from CSO by signing up for our newsletters. ] Keep up with the best new Windows 10 security features. |

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

"Bad Packets honeypots have detected mass scanning and exploit activity targeting the Atlassian Confluence RCE vulnerability CVE-2021-26084 from hosts in Russia, Hong Kong, Brazil, Nepal, Poland, Romania, Estonia, United States, and Italy," threat intelligence firm Bad Packets told CSO.

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CSO Magazine

JULY 7, 2021

The vulnerability, dubbed PrintNightmare and tracked as CVE-2021-34527 , is located in the Windows Print Spooler service and the public exploits available for it are being improved. Get the latest from CSO by signing up for our newsletters. ] Learn how to harden Windows 10 for maximum security. |

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CSO Magazine

MAY 25, 2022

In early December 2021, enterprise security teams around the world went on high alert because of a string of vulnerabilities in an open-source Java component, Log4j, that is used in millions of applications.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Sign up for CSO newsletters. ]. Here are the 11 cybersecurity buzzwords and phrases that should be laid to rest in 2021. Learn 8 pitfalls that undermine security program success and 12 tips for effectively presenting cybersecurity to the board. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

DECEMBER 29, 2021

It’s the end of 2021, a time when you expect to see security pundits predict security issues for the coming year. I’d rather look back at the security issues we’ve been tracking to ensure that we’ve learned all the necessary lessons from them. To read this article in full, please click here (Insider Story)

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2021

Some 64% of CISOs fear their companies are at risk of a major cybersecurity attack in the upcoming year and 66% feel their organization is unprepared to handle it, according to the 2021 Voice of the CISO Report from security software maker Proofpoint. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2022

The State of Incident Response 2021 report, from tech companies Kroll, Red Canary and VMware, surveyed more than 400 IS professionals and 100 legal and compliance leaders and found that 45% of them identified inadequacies in detection and response resources. Sign up for CSO newsletters. ].

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CSO Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Cybercriminals are known to significantly expand their efforts to exploit bargain-seeking shoppers during this time in the lead up to Christmas, and 2021 has been no exception.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 15, 2021

Get the latest from CSO by signing up for our newsletters. ]. The May 2021 release of Windows 10 may be the most stable Windows 10 release ever. You no longer have to wait for a new operating system to deploy new security features. Learn how to identify, block and remove malware from Windows PCs. | Windows 10 21H1.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

With the roller coaster ride that was cybersecurity in 2021, we’re all curious to see what 2022 has in store for our industry. Cunningham, Nuspire CSO, who offered their cybersecurity predictions. To help shed some light on what to expect, we recently hosted a webinar featuring Lewie Dunsworth, Nuspire CEO, and J.R.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2022

Education and research were the top targets for cyberattackers in 2021, with an average of 1605 attacks per organization per week, a 75% increase from 2020, according to research by Check Point Software Technologies. Pandemic’s push for digital invites threats .

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 15, 2021

2021 is shaping up to be an active year for mergers and acquisitions in the cybersecurity industry. March alone saw more than 40 firms being acquired. The level of activity is driven by growth in sectors such as identity management , zero trust , managed security services, DevSecOps and cloud security.

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Learn CISOs’ 15 top strategic priorities for 2021 , 7 tips for better CISO-CFO relationships and 5 key qualities of successful CISOs. Sign up for CSO newsletters. ]. “My

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 28, 2021

The 2H2020 Threat Intelligence Report correctly predicted that 2020’s record-breaking distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack activity would follow the COVID-19 pandemic into 2021. million DDoS attacks in the first quarter of 2021, a 31% increase from the same time in 2020.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 15, 2021

Sign up for CSO newsletters. ]. The first vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-21985, is caused by improper input validation in the Virtual SAN (vSAN) Health Check plug-in that's enabled by default in vCenter Server. Remote code execution and authentication bypass.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2021

In the guidance issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in April 2021 on securing one’s supply chain, a portion of the guidance was dedicated to the threat vector posed to entities during their design phase. Sign up for CSO newsletters. ].

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CSO Magazine

JULY 19, 2022

Security breaches from issues associated with supply chain and third-party suppliers made an unprecedented jump in the US in 2021, rising 297% year over year and representing about a fourth of all security breaches, according to a study by IAM (identity and access management) company ForgeRock. million in 2020.

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The report surveyed the threat landscape between April 2020 and July 2021. According to CSO Online , VPNs have a lot of shortcomings for handling remote network connections. MORE Six takeaways from major breaches and attacks in 2021. MORE 2021 has seen more zero-day hacking attacks than any other year. Links we liked.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 27, 2021

These include the continued evolution and impact of cyberthreats throughout 2020 and the early months of 2021, chiefly in the form of ransomware attacks and wide-ranging supply chain security issues. To read this article in full, please click here (Insider Story)

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Learn CISOs’ 15 top strategic priorities for 2021 , 7 tips for better CISO-CFO relationships and 5 key qualities of successful CISOs. Sign up for CSO newsletters. ]. She also manages workers who help enforce company policies regarding content posted on its community sites.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 8, 2021

In May 2021, the GAO’s director of information technology and cybersecurity, Vijay A. Get the latest from CSO by signing up for our newsletters. ]. Get the latest from CSO by signing up for our newsletters. ]. D’Souza, testified before Congress on supply chain risks.

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Assessment Center (DIBCAC) approved the first company to become a certified assessor in May 2021. Get the latest from CSO by signing up for our newsletters. ]. Since then, three additional companies have been approved. Learn what you need to know about defending critical infrastructure. |

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CSO Magazine

MAY 4, 2021

Winners will be recognized at the annual CSO50 Conference + Awards taking place November 16-18, 2021. It is an opportunity for security leaders to share with their peers the risk and security innovations that led the way to greater success for their organizations.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 11, 2021

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. Learn 12 tips for effectively presenting cybersecurity to the board and 6 steps for building a robust incident response plan.

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CSO Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued on July 20, 2021, an alert ( AA-22-2021A ) addressing the successful Chinese intrusion of the United States oil and natural gas pipeline companies from 2011 to 2013. Get the latest from CSO by signing up for our newsletters. ].

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