SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

These amendments, which represent the most substantial revisions since the initial implementation of Part 500 in 2017, aim to address the evolving cybersecurity landscape and equip regulated entities with the necessary tools to combat cyber threats.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 11, 2024

"In our research on cyber insurance, we found that insurance prices have increased significantly and that most companies who get cyber insurance ultimately use it and with many using it multiple times, " said Joseph Carson, Chief Security Scientist and Advisory CISO at Delinea.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 18, 2022

A look ahead to 2023 we can expect to see changes in MFA, continued Hactivism from non-state actors, CISOs lean in on more proactive security and crypto-jackers will get more savvy. 2 – Continued ‘hacktivism’ from non-state actors complicates cyber attribution and security strategies.

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BH Consulting

MARCH 21, 2024

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. Ransomware is by far the most damaging cyber-threat to most businesses right now,” he wrote. MORE Jane Frankland argues that making CISOs into heroes isn’t helpful.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 24, 2022

She discussed how ransomware and other cyber threats have permeated every sector and that they are something we will have to learn to deal with for a long time, but she wants discussions around cyber hygiene and risk mitigation to become just as common. Conference of Mayors meeting in Washington, D.C.,

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Security Boulevard

JULY 3, 2023

With the increasing adoption of cloud-based solutions and the growing sophistication of cyber threats, identity has emerged as the ultimate control point for SaaS security programs. Traditional perimeter-based security approaches are no longer sufficient in the face of evolving cyber threats.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 1, 2023

The findings echo a report by Aimpoint Group, W2 Research, and CISO Connect, which revealed that 42% of 400 chief information security officers (CISOs) identified API security as their primary concern. This marks a significant rise from its seventh-place position in a similar 2019 survey.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Government actions will increase: Expect more government regulations, state-sponsored cyberattacks, and increased documentation required to protect CISOs. Christine Bejerasco, CISO of WithSecure , expands that “in the physical dimension, poisoning the well could impact communities in the area.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Adaptive control, no trust, zero-trust, auto-remediation artificial intelligence, and content filter with multi-factor authentication aligning with your CASB deployment add in open-source technology, unpatched critical infrastructure, is your organization’s cybersecurity risks and compliance mandates protected? Time for a new perspective?

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 6, 2020

Cyber threats now command the corporate sector’s full attention. Corporate consultancy PwC’s recent poll of 1,600 CEOs worldwide found that cyber attacks are now considered the top hinderance to corporate performance, followed by the shortage of skilled workers and the inability to keep up with rapid tech advances.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 17, 2023

A recent report from cybersecurity firm SentinelOne sheds light on a concerning trend in the cyber threat landscape: the expansion of a cloud credential stealing campaign targeting Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Follow SecureWorld News for more stories related to cybersecurity.

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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. Investments in advanced email security technologies should also be a priority to effectively mitigate email-based cyber risks.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 25, 2023

"The threat actor attempts to leverage any privileges afforded by the Fortinet device, extracts credentials to an Active Directory account used by the device, and then attempts to authenticate to other devices on the network with those credentials," the announcement said. China's cyber threat landscape presents a distinct challenge.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 19, 2021

Users should turn on two-factor authentication for their service providers.”. CopperStealer represents an extremely capable malware, offering its users a wide variety of options to exfiltrate sensitive data and drop additional malware, said Chris Morgan, senior cyber threat intelligence analyst at Digital Shadows.

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BH Consulting

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

By a quirk of timing, last month An Garda Siochana’s National Cyber Crime Bureau published an infographic underlining the importance of protecting passwords. It included recommendations never to share passwords and to use multi-factor authentication. MORE The evolving CISO role and how to align security with business priorities.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

In particular, local governments looking to be eligible for the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program must include these best practices in their cybersecurity plan: Multi-factor authentication (MFA). In Michigan’s Cyber Partners Program , for example, local communities receive services from a CISO-level consultant.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 31, 2021

There are two major considerations for us: enhanced authentication security, and user workflow efficiency. “In In the case of user efficiency, now with a full remote workflow for user authentication, all devices are authenticating over an enterprise VPN client. Justin Sherman, Tech Policy and Geopolitics Expert.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

This is why "quantum readiness" is a fairly new buzz term, referring to the ability of an organization to protect its data and systems from the threats posed by quantum computing. Director of Information Security, State of Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology; and Toby Zimmerer, Sr. Demand and Delivery Director, Optiv.

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Centraleyes

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Maintaining confidentiality involves implementing access controls, encryption, and user authentication mechanisms to restrict access to data based on user roles and permissions. Role-based access control (RBAC) and user authentication are common methods to enforce access control.

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Adam Levin

AUGUST 21, 2019

It is creating a culture of cyber threat awareness and best practices. Teach employees how to manage cyber during enterprise-wide change. And then there is the more technical stuff for your CISO, whether that person is in-house or subcontracted. All that aside, the best solution is free. Figure it out by Monday.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2021

The Cybersecurity Cost of Human Error While many security executives agree that ransomware poses the greatest threat to security infrastructure, a majority believes that human error is the greatest risk to their business operations. In a survey of UK&I CISOs, 55% said that human error posed a risk no matter what protections are in place.

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DoublePulsar

DECEMBER 3, 2023

This one was, to me, clearly going to be a major issue as it allowed the bypass of multi-factor authentication controls, it didn’t log exploitation and it was easy to exploit. We all know that Boeing is the outlier here, as currently every CISO is playing a Western game on TLP:RED. we shouldn’t do them too late.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In a blog post this week, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team – Wordfence offers an endpoint firewall and malware scanner designed to protect WordPress – said that in late August they disclosed a vulnerability dubbed CVE-2021-39333 in the Hashthemes Demo Importer plug-in to WordPress.

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McAfee

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

McAfee XDR orchestrates both McAfee and non-McAfee security assets to deliver actionable cyber threat management and support both guided and automated investigations. . McAfee can help bridge this gap by offering organisations a global outlook across the entire threat landscape with local context to respond appropriately.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Cyber attacks nowadays do not often come from ingenious ‘hackers’ in dark rooms, they’re often the result of an employee reusing the same password, or businesses not implementing basic practices such as multi-factor authentication. By acting smart now, we can eliminate some of the greatest cyber threats facing our businesses today.”

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