The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Splunk’s inability to migrate to a modern cloud-native architecture makes it difficult to take advantage of these cost-saving benefits or implement advanced data science use cases critical for threat detection. Influxes of data ingestion and the flat architecture of data lakes have led to difficulties in extracting value from repositories.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 20, 2024

As defenders of digital assets, Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and cybersecurity professionals face immense pressure, often leading to burnout. Key findings from the report include: 90% of CISOs are concerned about stress, fatigue, or burnout affecting their team's well-being.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 6, 2025

CISOs and their teams operate in a high-stakes environment where every misstep can result in breach headlines, financial loss, or reputational damage. The cybersecurity industry has long since moved to a mental model of resilience when thinking about programs and architecture. In cybersecurity, the stress is relentless.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Experts warn that organizations must act decisively to protect against this growing threat by implementing Zero Trust architectures, patching vulnerabilities, and strengthening identity security. Cybersecurity awareness and incident response Train employees to recognize phishing attempts and social engineering.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 2, 2024

This past year set a profound stage, from the advent of stringent cyber regulations to the convergence of generative AI, social engineering, and ransomware. Last year, we witnessed the fast-evolving nature of social engineering attacks, and this evolution poses greater challenges for detection and defense.

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Cisco Security

JULY 21, 2021

Today, the Cisco Investments team released their 2021 CISO Survival Guide to Emerging Trends in the Startup Ecosystem. There is a wealth of insightful information for CISOs in this report. Because Zero Trust and XDR are integrated architectural outcomes, the majority of CISOs are anchoring their SASE strategies here.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 30, 2021

Touhill : The Software Engineering Institute and CERT are a world leader in cybersecurity and if you go back and look at the history and the lineage of the organizations, I’ve been engaged with [them] since their inception. That includes the architectures, the computing platforms, the algorithms and the people and the process as well.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 8, 2021

And the developers say this chip could end the "patch and pray" strategy that keeps security teams running in circles and lower the stress level of CISOs in the process. Imagine trying to solve a Rubik's Cube that rearranges itself every time you blink," says Todd Austin, U-M Professor of Computer Science and Engineering.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 1, 2023

Mandal “In just four years, Nile has engineered an entirely new connectivity experience through a groundbreaking approach that prioritizes security and empowers IT to transform operations,” said Sumant Mandal, co-founder and managing partner at March Capital.

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Lenny Zeltser

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As the CISO at a tech company, my responsibilities include empowering our software engineering teams to maintain a strong security posture of our products. While everyone agrees that security is important, the different incentives of security and engineering teams can make it harder to collaborate.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 18, 2022

A foundational approach to cybersecurity empowers CISOs to see abnormalities and block threats before they do damage. By increasing visibility into DNS traffic, CISOs can detect, block, and respond to incidents more quickly as well as use this data to institute new controls and increase overall resiliency.

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IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The IT Security Guru caught up with Tarnveer Singh a CISO and finalist in the Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards 2023 for his thoughts on how to get more professionals involved in the cybersecurity industry: There are many ways we can inspire new cybersecurity professionals to join our industry. We must reduce barriers to entry.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2018

This has left many CISOs questioning if today’s incumbent cybersecurity solutions are enough. This has left many CISOs to questions whether or not today’s cybersecurity categories are still relevant. It requires a massive architecture overhaul. CISO need to change the conversation. Categorizing solutions.

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Forrester also predicts that the number of women CISOs at Fortune 500 companies will rise to 20 percent in 2019 , compared with 13 percent in 2017. Director/CISO of IT Risk Management. Director/CISO of IT Risk Management at Ulta Beauty located in Bolingbrook, IL. Alexandra holds a B.S. Diane Brown. Ulta Beauty. Elizabeth Moon.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 31, 2024

Artificial Intelligence Engineer 4. DevOps Engineer 7. Machine Learning Engineer 8. Emerging/new roles Artificial Intelligence Engineer: This role has emerged in the last five to seven years as AI/ML became more mainstream. Machine Learning Engineer: Similar to AI Engineer, this specialized role didn't exist a decade ago.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 8, 2020

For instance, SD-WAN solutions have generally lacked threat prevention capacities that CISOs today look for in cybersecurity solutions, Greenfield observes. Kramer and Shatz envisioned providing a service that would function as a “global, single-pass networking and security engine in the cloud,” Greenfield added. “A

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Cisco Security

APRIL 20, 2021

Our latest innovation is behavioral protection , extending the depth of Secure Endpoint’s sophisticated prevention engine. Cisco Secure Endpoint and MITRE ATT&CK: Why it matters to CISOs right now. Cisco Secure Endpoint is security that works for your secure remote worker, SASE, XDR, and Zero Trust architecture.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 9, 2025

Threat actors used AI tools to orchestrate highly convincing and scalable social engineering campaigns, making it easier to deceive users and infiltrate systems. Organizations have respondedand must continue toby adopting AI-powered cybersecurity tools and implementing zero trust architecture as a critical countermeasure.

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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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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Keep in mind that the typical CISO manages about 75 security tools and applications. SASE is a network architecture that combines SD-WAN with cloud-native security functions such as secure web gateways , cloud access security brokers , firewalls and zero-trust network access , while supporting the dynamic secure access needs of organizations.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

A critical part of achieving balanced security is for the organization to execute an architecture optimization. By breaking out the various architecture domains of the organization relating to risk and cybersecurity, including: SecOps Processes aligning to current adaptive control capabilities.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 9, 2024

Many next-generation technologies became deployed parallel to existing solutions, including zero-trust architecture ( ZTNA ), extended detection and response ( XDR ), and cloud-based multi-factor authentication. Assessing Duplication of Security Controls. Importance of Assessing Duplication of Security Controls.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2022

CEO Todd McKinnon tweeted, “In late January 2022, Okta detected an attempt to compromise the account of a third-party customer support engineer working for one of our subprocessors. At ShiftLeft we elected to use an agent-based architecture that does not require us to upload all your source code into our systems.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 29, 2024

Staying Ahead of Adversarial AI with Incident Response Automation 5 min read · Just now -- A Security Engineering Commentary from industry insider Rohan Bafna , SecOps Engineer. SecOps engineers continue to struggle with the stress from the sheer volume of attacks.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 19, 2023

Permalink The post BSidesTLV 2023 – Ofir Balassiano & Ofir Shaty – The Dark Side Of Cloud-Based Database Engines appeared first on Security Boulevard. Many thanks to BSidesTLV for publishing their presenter’s erudite BSidesTLV 2023 security content on the organizations’ YouTube channel.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 2, 2025

(SecurityWeek) For more information about secure software development: CISA Tells Tech Vendors To Squash Command Injection Bugs, as OpenSSF Calls on Developers To Boost Security Skills (Tenable) Secure Development (Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon Univ.)

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

I think it requires taking a step back and assessing what you can do with less," said Chris Roberts, CISO and Senior Director at Boom Supersonic. Andrew Smeaton, CISO at Afiniti, says reassessment of cybersecurity programs and plans is necessary. Too many folks focus on the technology as opposed to the people or process.

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NopSec

AUGUST 22, 2013

Data Loss Prevention control has recently jumped on most organizations CISOs’ radarscreens because of the whistle-blowing revelations on NSA by Mr. Snowden. Web applications layered architecture need to be appropriately structured to prevent the various layers to be compromised independently.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 31, 2025

Microsofts Majorana 1 Breakthrough: A CISOs Roadmap to Post-Quantum Security madhav Tue, 04/01/2025 - 06:42 Imagine a future where a powerful quantum computer cracks the codes protecting bank transactions, secure exchanges, and sensitive documents like medical records in minutes. Investing in Crypto-Agile Architectures 4. Why Act Now?

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 29, 2022

Except for a few “off-the-books” emergency budget requests to cover things cybersecurity insurance claims the provider did not pay, the CISO and CIO pretty much know how many “swords” they have to work with to support 24x7x365 security monitoring and operations. SOAR automation expertise supporting an adaptive security architecture.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

Chris Clements, VP of Solutions Architecture, Cerberus Sentinel. It is not be simply a matter of hiring a CISO, but ensuring that proper procedures and tools are implemented across the organization, including its third-party suppliers and contractors. For T-Mobile, this is the sixth major breach since 2018.

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NetSpi Executives

JULY 11, 2024

These resources are focused on becoming a blue team/defensive application security (AppSec) engineer, not a web penetration tester/bug bounty hunter. While you do not need to come from a development background, it is important to know how to code so you’re speaking the same language as the developers and engineers you’ll work with.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The most prevalent first- and second-generation SIEMs also came with very basic correlation engines, the best they knew how to do at that time. Splunk was founded in 2003 as essentially the first-ever flexible and powerful store and search engine for big data. They were also used for data retention and compliance.

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SC Magazine

MAY 1, 2021

Below is our esteemed panel of SC Awards judges, contributing from health care, engineering, finance, education, manufacturing, nonprofit and consulting, among others. Prior to joining Delta Dental, Almeida was the CISO at Covanta Holding Corporation, a leader in energy-from-waste management services.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 29, 2024

The risk is too great, and key business partnerships are required," said Amy Bogac , former CISO at The Clorox Company. "If Safety is always the number one priority in manufacturing organizations," said Tammy Klotz , CISO at Trinseo. It warns that by 2030, damages from cyberattacks on manufacturing could total $1.5 Air Force (Ret.);

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SecureWorld News

MAY 16, 2023

We use this type of model for our 'Whole of State' approach to security in North Dakota," says Michael Gregg, CISO for the State of North Dakota. Mike Parkin, Senior Technical Engineer at Vulcan Cyber, a provider of SaaS for enterprise cyber risk remediation, is a fan of the collaborative. He says: "I love this idea!

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NetSpi Executives

DECEMBER 3, 2024

This will drive a greater shift towards fewer, more comprehensive solutions that reduce management complexity and enhance team productivity. With cyber threats growing more complex and frequent, CISOs are under immense pressure to ensure that their teams can respond rapidly and decisively.

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