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GUEST ESSAY: Why internal IT teams are ill-equipped to adequately address cyber risks

The Last Watchdog

Every industry is dealing with a myriad of cyber threats in 2024. However, from the sheer amount of regulations coming down the pipeline to the tools necessary to counter threat actors, internal IT is not the right resource for this monumental task. Open are slim to none.

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LW ROUNDTABLE: Cybersecurity takeaways of 2023 — and what’s ahead in 2024 ( part 3)

The Last Watchdog

Last Watchdog posed two questions: •What should be my biggest takeaway from 2023, with respect to mitigating cyber risks at my organization? What should I be most concerned about – and focus on – in 2024? The cyber threat landscape is evolving rapidly. This start-with-the-basics momentum will carry into 2024.

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News alert: Beazley reports on how AI, new tech distract businesses as cyber risk intensifies

The Last Watchdog

Yet, boardroom focus on cyber risk appears to be diminishing. The perceived threat of cyber risk to global business leaders peaked in 2021 (34%) and over the past two years, the risk perception has dropped (27%). But worryingly they appear less concerned by cyber risk than a couple of years ago.

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News alert: Kiteworks forecast lays out risk predictions, strategies for sensitive content in 2024

The Last Watchdog

November 29, 2023 – Kiteworks , which delivers data privacy and compliance for sensitive content communications through its Private Content Network (PCN), released today its Sensitive Content Communications 2024 Forecast Report. Get the full 2024 Forecast report here. San Mateo, Calif.,

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Spotlight Podcast: How AI Is Reshaping The Cyber Threat Landscape

The Security Ledger

Host Paul Roberts speaks with Jim Broome, the CTO and President of MSSP DirectDefense about the evolution of cybersecurity threats and how technologies like AI are reshaping the cybersecurity landscape and the work of defenders and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSP). Read the whole entry. » » Click the icon below to listen.

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Security Roundup March 2024

BH Consulting

Creeping cyber risk grabbing global headlines Ransomware keeps reminding us of the strong connection between a cybersecurity incident and financial loss. Writing an op-ed column in The Times, Prof Ciaran Martin, former head of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, argued it’s time to ban ransomware payments.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 464 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

surfaces in the threat landscape Pokemon Company resets some users’ passwords Ukraine cyber police arrested crooks selling 100 million compromised accounts New AcidPour wiper targets Linux x86 devices.

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