CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 7, 2023

By Dannie Combs , Senior Vice President and CISO, Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) As security threats to data continue to ebb and flow (mostly flow!), Here are three risk mitigation imperatives that can help organizations get a better handle on these latest risks and threats.

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IT Security Guru

JUNE 7, 2024

For organizations yet to adopt cloud technology, updates can still be automated and distributed to staff. Foster accountability among your team by employing software that prompts users to install updates on their individual devices. Security updates are automatically applied when utilizing cloud-based software.

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Notice Bored

AUGUST 5, 2022

Security Posture suggests a confusing mix of application and account security metrics. Generally, though, the risk management and security arrangements quietly support and enable the business from the inside, as it were, rather than being exposed externally - unless they fail anyway!

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Cisco Security

APRIL 26, 2021

Insights from our new Advisory CISO, Helen Patton. If there’s anyone who’s been put through their paces in the security industry, it’s Helen Patton , our new Advisory Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Helen has come to Cisco from The Ohio State University, where she served as CISO for approximately eight years.

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Cisco Security

JULY 12, 2021

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. Should a risk-conscious, security-aware culture be considered a critical security control?

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SC Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

Dawn Cappelli is VP and CISO at Rockwell Automation. Cappelli started at Rockwell as director of insider risk. Instead, an effective CISO works with the teams across the company and is viewed as a business partner. A CISO needs to bring business value to the company. Find out more here.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 27, 2021

Today’s columnist, Jadee Hanson of Code42, says KPMG found that 44% of organizations will change their products, services and business models in the next few years – and that CIOs and CISOs must work together to meet this challenge. During the height of the pandemic last year, the CISO took on new prominence within organizations.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 3, 2021

I’m delighted to announce the latest member of our growing CISO Advisor team, Pam Lindemeon. At Anthem Pam was considered a bold and strategic thinker who envisioned and delivered a world class Enterprise Information Security strategy, including leading the Steering Committee with cross functional business and technology membership.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 17, 2023

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. Email remains the primary communication tool for businesses, but it also poses significant security risks.

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Jane Frankland

OCTOBER 31, 2023

However, new research from e2e-assure has revealed that few organisations are taking full advantage of security technologies available today. Instead, they’ve become complacent in their defence practices and may be exposing themselves to increased risks without even realising it.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 12, 2021

The pandemic has challenged CISOs worldwide to adapt their security strategies—often years early—to create a safe work-from-home environment. But this shift has caused a growing risk: the insider threat. The longer the time, the higher the risk. Use a people-centric strategy to circumvent insider risk.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 11, 2024

You Can’t Manage What You Can’t See Why Speed is Important to Asset Discovery In Summary Get a Demo Asset Discovery: A Must Have for Understanding Your Complete Attack Surface Justin Stouder, FireMon’s Asset Manager GM, met with a large financial services company a few years back, talking with the company’s CISO about their asset inventory.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In a move that has raised concerns about the company's cybersecurity posture, Amy Bogac, Clorox's CISO, has stepped down from her position. For CISOs, the 'C' in the title designates a considerable degree of responsibility for material business value.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 3, 2023

Related: Taking a risk-assessment approach to VM Unlike a typical cyber attack that exploits a software vulnerability, recent cyber attacks exploit other security risks, such as misconfigurations, security deviations, and posture anomalies. But VM vendors tend to focus more on software vulnerabilities and leave out everything else.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Responding to a recent surge in AI-generated bot accounts, LinkedIn is rolling out new features that it hopes will help users make more informed decisions about with whom they choose to connect. For example, on October 10, 2022, there were 576,562 LinkedIn accounts that listed their current employer as Apple Inc.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 7, 2022

I've spent my 20-plus-year career in cybersecurity, working closely with IT administrators, CIOs, CISOs, architects, and others to understand what they're up against and the capabilities that would truly help them sleep better at night. Bad actors seek to gain unauthorized access to a user’s digital account.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 24, 2021

Ideally, “organizations had crisis management programs activated a year ago,” said Andrew Turner, senior vice president in Booz Allen’s cybersecurity services, bringing together human resources, security teams, technology, and executive management. A second, more nuanced problem relates to technology.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Public companies will also have to share details about their "cybersecurity risk management, strategy, and governance" on an annual basis. Risk Management and Strategy Disclosure: Companies must disclose their cybersecurity risk management policies, governance procedures, and incident response plans in their annual reports.

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IT Security Guru

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The pre-COVID-19 CISO. The global COVID-19 pandemic has been a tumultuous time for Chief information security officers (CISOs) who on any given day have a long and complicated list of responsibilities. An explosion of cyber risks and a complicated and constantly changing threat landscape.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2022

Identity credentials and source code are critical assets that can create major risks for your organization when exposed by breaches of third-party cloud service companies that provide identity management and software composition analysis. Know the risks of pushing your crown jewels into other services running in the cloud.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 14, 2021

SonicWall has just issued an urgent security notice detailing "critical risk" to some unpatched vulnerabilities on a couple of its products. SonicWall warns that organizations who fail to take appropriate action are "at imminent risk of a targeted ransomware attack.". x firmware are past temporary mitigations.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2022

While you might think that these actors are interested in government and defense information, their operations prove they are interested in much more – including software development and information technology, data analytics, and logistics. Educate your employees on threats and risks such as phishing and malware.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 17, 2022

Minimum adherence to security requirements policy, based on an application’s inherent risk profile, can lead to reduction in risk vulnerabilities. Accountability for software security often falls under the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Like other major changes, it’s important to set realistic expectations.

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The Security Ledger

JULY 22, 2020

In this Spotlight podcast* we’re joined by Andrew Jaquith, the CISO at QOMPLX to talk about how the COVID pandemic is highlighting longstanding problems with cyber risk management and cyber resilience. We also talk about how better instrumenting of information security can help companies get a grip on fast-evolving cyber risks like.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 14, 2019

The firings came as a result of a massive data breach which routed through an HVAC contractor’s compromised account. So they began inundating their third-party suppliers with “bespoke assessments” – customized cyber risk audits that were time consuming and redundant. For a full drill down, please listen to the accompanying podcast.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 12, 2021

On August 3, 2021, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) released a report entitled “Federal Cybersecurity: America’s Data Still at Risk.”. The modern CISO is more than “IT security.” The Risk Management Framework doesn’t take into account that the human is the new perimeter of the enterprise.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 7, 2021

. & HYDERABAD, India–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Analytics Insight has named ‘ The 10 Most Influential CISOs to Watch in 2021 ’ in its October magazine issue. The magazine issue recognizes ten futuristic CISOs who are reimagining the business world and adopting new ways of working. He holds a Ph.D

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 30, 2023

Seasoned CISOs/CSOs understand the importance of effectively communicating cyber risk and the need for investment in cybersecurity defense to the board of directors. To ensure cybersecurity becomes a strategic part of the corporate culture, it is crucial for CISOs to present the topic in a clear, concise, and compelling manner.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 10, 2020

I spoke with Maurice Côté, VP Business Solutions, and Martin Lemay, CISO, of Devolutions , at the RSA 2020 Conference in San Francisco recently. We hide the complexity of all these providers and all of these technologies,” Côté told me. Current PAM solutions cater almost exclusively for large organizations. I’ll keep watch.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 31, 2024

Blockchain Developer: Blockchain is a disruptive technology that has created new development roles in the last five years or so. The days of 'full-stack engineer' may be behind us as focus shifts towards specialized roles in technology and cybersecurity.

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Lenny Zeltser

AUGUST 23, 2023

You’ll help reduce risk, cut costs, and build goodwill with your colleagues. This way of thinking about cybersecurity brings CISOs closer to the world of CIOs. For each expense that you’d like to add to your budget, capture the following: The cost (upfront, recurring, technology, people, etc.)

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Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Additionally, Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) have also been under scrutiny for the actions they’ve taken to address these issues. Technology exists to harden your infrastructure. You’ll have to account for any human verification as a possible risk factor.

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Jane Frankland

APRIL 28, 2022

Nowadays, organisations need digital leaders such as CIOs, CISOs, and CTOs who are strategists, visionaries, and know how to manage, effectively. The pressure for those in charge is immense as cyber risks have scaled, and can now bring businesses, economies, and communities to a halt. billion) is expected online.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 22, 2022

Cyber insurance has become more critical to organizations to help offset the risk to the company. Highly experienced cybersecurity experts, experienced personnel with a cyber risk management background, and professional engineers who understand physical infrastructure are in huge demand. What is the role of the CIO and CISO in ESG?

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 16, 2023

The EU is attempting to provide guardrails on a technology that is still not well understood but does present a lot of concerns from a legal perspective," said Jordan Fischer, cyber attorney and partner at Constangy, who recently moderated a panel discussion on "The Future of Privacy and Cyber: AI, Quantum and Mind Readers" at SecureWorld Chicago.

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NopSec

MAY 4, 2022

Businesses run fast to keep pace in a market that is ever dynamic, with new entries threatening to oust established players and advanced technology critical for success in nearly every sector. There are two fundamental categories that anyone involved in information security should understand: vulnerabilities and risks. What are Risks?

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SecureWorld News

JULY 14, 2021

SonicWall has just issued an urgent security notice detailing "critical risk" to some unpatched vulnerabilities on a couple of its products. SonicWall warns that organizations who fail to take appropriate action are "at imminent risk of a targeted ransomware attack.". x firmware are past temporary mitigations.

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