Javvad Malik

JULY 7, 2021

Who cares about the CISO? Now contrast this with a CISO, or a security department within an organisation. What kind of relationship has that CISO formed with their audience? Is the security team perceived as the Department of No ? And that’s the relationship that has been built. Conclusions.

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Cisco Security

JANUARY 10, 2023

In my role, I regularly engage with CISOs in all kinds of sectors, representatives at industry bodies, and experts at analyst houses. This gives me an invaluable macroview not only of how the last 12 months have affected organizations and what CISOs are thinking about, but also how the upcoming year is shaping up.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 11, 2024

This year’s Cyber Security Awareness Month theme is “Generation Cyber Safe: Because online security knows no age”, but what does that mean? The annual theme of The post Generational security: The meaning behind this year’s Cyber Security Awareness Month theme appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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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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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

In response to continuing waves of data breaches and network disruptions, companies have made a concerted effort and poured substantial resources into promoting data security awareness among employees, suppliers and clients. Incorporate security education into corporate volunteer or mentoring programs.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Michael Gregg, the CISO for the State of North Dakota, speaks across the country, including keynoting at SecureWorld Detroit on Sep. A recent blog by Frank Domizio titled " The CISO Role: Beyond Technology " explores exactly what I am talking about. That's a soft skill that even the most adept CISOs are still trying to master.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 31, 2025

Onboarding new employees into an organization is an exciting time, but it also presents security challenges. Ensuring that new hires understand cybersecurity risks from day one The post Integrating onboarding and security awareness training for employees appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Chief should mean something," said Patrick Benoit , Global CISO for Brinks and member of the SecureWorld Houston Advisory Council. "I By the way, the CISO should not be reporting to the CIO. A CISO reporting to a CIO is basically putting the CIO in charge of reporting risk about his domain. I think we are too focused on titles.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Author: Mike Britton, Chief Information Security Officer, Abnormal Security October is upon us, and as we embrace the start of […] The post Cybersecurity Awareness Month: How CISOs can engage, educate, and empower appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Earlier this year, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) published updated recommendations for phishing simulations in security awareness training programs. For security awareness training to be successful, it has to be collaborative. Ready to establish your own successful security awareness training?

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 13, 2021

Several innovative CISOs and Security Awareness Executives are sharing the book to bring conversations about cybersecurity into the homes and minds of their employees, clients, and community partners. It’s available at Watering Can Press , and I hope it can help parents with the vital responsibility of raising cyber smart kids.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 22, 2024

The 2024 Proofpoint “Voice of the CISO” report is a useful barometer for understanding the current cybersecurity landscape, providing valuable insights from 1,600 CISOs globally. The post Human Error and AI Emerge as Key Challenges in Survey of CISOs appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Checking status at the point of entry helps mitigate this risk in a practical and immediate way.” — Richard Archdeacon, Advisory CISO, Duo Security But there was a limited time frame to make patches work. They are not there to do security. Not with the usual awareness training. They are there to do their daily jobs.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Before co-founding Cyolo, Almog Apirion was a CISO for 15 years. “I With my co-founders, we formed a team to build the tool I always wanted while I was a CISO. What sets Cyolo apart is that we are security realists and understand the day-to-day reality of cybersecurity.”. “For Arctic Wolf. That’s great news for Vanta.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Next-generation firewalls are well, XDRing, IPS in prevention mode, and we had 100% attainment of our security awareness weekly training podcast. With each new layer of adaptive security control, there is supposed to be a layer of new and improved protection and new attack surfaces. Cybersecurity is a Successfully Failure.

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

“At this year’s Conference 46 percent of all keynote speakers were women,” according to Sandra Toms, VP and curator, RSA Conference, in a blog she posted on the last day of this year’s event. 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.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Check out invaluable cloud security insights and recommendations from the “Tenable Cloud Risk Report 2024.” Plus, a PwC study says increased collaboration between CISOs and fellow CxOs boosts cyber resilience. Meanwhile, a report finds the top cyber skills gaps are in cloud security and AI.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The discovery of the more than 20,000 DCIM software instances and products exposed to the internet makes it highly likely that there will be “increasing cyber threats towards data centers worldwide,” investigators with Cyble Research Labs wrote in a blog post. This is laziness at its worst.”.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 4, 2024

As Cyber Security Awareness Month (CSAM) kicks off, providing your team with accessible, engaging resources for CSAM is a great way to reinforce cybersecurity best practices. The post The best resources for CSAM: Resources to send your team this month appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Notice Bored

OCTOBER 22, 2021

With respect to whoever crafted the wording of the 10th topic-specific example policy for ISO/IEC 27002:2022 , "management of technical vulnerabilities" is the kind of phrase that speaks volumes to [some, switched-on, security-aware] IT pro's. I'll pick up on that point at the end of this blog series.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The goal of a successful Cyber Security Awareness Month is to increase engaged learning and a positive The post Countdown to CSAM: How to extend the impact of CSAM beyond October appeared first on Security Boulevard. The impact of CSAM shouldn’t end on October 31st.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 9, 2025

This was a key discussion point at this years World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Cybersecurity Summit, where the consensus among my fellow global CXOs and CISOs was that GenAI applications must be treated as part of overall enterprise security strategynot as standalone projects.

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SC Magazine

MAY 7, 2021

Google took an important step on Thursday by saying that “very soon” they will automatically enroll users in multifactor authentication – what they are calling two-step verification (2SV) – a move security researchers say is a step in the right direction.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Which topics should CEOs, CIOs and CISOs have on their radar when it comes to Identity and Access Management ( IAM ) and cyber security risks in 2022? The post GUEST ESSAY: 5 steps all SMBs should take to minimize IAM exposures in the current enviroment appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 9, 2019

As the security firm explains in a blog post : The bottom line… is a lack of IT administrator visibility over the apps being used within the organization. What’s striking is how many organizations nevertheless fail to adjust their security strategies to keep their companies secure. But that’s not for a lack of awareness.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 15, 2021

Words have meaning. When I was writing policies, it was imperative that ‘shall’, ‘will’, ‘may’ and ‘must’ be used correctly. The significance of a statement is dependent upon the word selected. With this in mind, it may be time to consider promoting ‘cyber safety’ instead of ‘cybersecurity.’

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Jane Frankland

OCTOBER 1, 2021

In May of 2020, Sodinokibi (REvil) ransomware group listed Grubman, Shire, Meiselas, & Sacks on their data leak site “Happy Blog”. How to secure a dissolved perimeter, onboard new partners and suppliers, manage passwords, train your employees on security awareness, and deal with a breach or ransomware attack?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 11, 2019

The GDPR mandates that a business must inform EU DPAs very quickly (within 72 hours) and thoroughly of any security data breach involving European citizens. What you can do as a CISO – A risk-based approach to GDPR is key. Data Loss Prevention (DLP).

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Enterprises and their staff dealt with a lot of change in 2020. The pandemic and resulting lockdowns forced organizations to allow staff to work from home. This vastly increased mobility, cloud computing and social networking usage; in some cases, this transition occurred before companies and staff were fully prepared.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 20, 2023

According to these vendors, traditional security tools are getting boosted by advanced algorithms that can analyze large amounts of event and behavioral data to trigger automated decisions that keep organizations safe.

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Deryck Mitchelson, EMEA field CISO for Check Point, chimed in on this point. With so many alerts coming in to security operations centres and incident management systems, AI can help security teams from being overworked and potentially missing vital signals that something’s wrong. To be trusted, listen,” she said. “I

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Responsible Cyber

JULY 14, 2024

Key Responsibilities: Analyzing security alerts Investigating security breaches Implementing protective measures Security Operations Manager: Oversees the daily operations of a security team, manages resources, coordinates incident responses, and ensures compliance with security policies.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 6, 2021

One of the oldest clichés in security is “security is a journey, not a destination.” The post The Cybersecurity Hero’s Journey is Ours appeared first on Security Boulevard. ” It is clear that, when it comes to defending ourselves and the enterprise, we never reach the end. Life is that way.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Spoiler alert — Hacking AL and ML is coming in an upcoming blog! Whaling, spear, barrel, reverse social engineering, malware, ransomware, account compromise. Many vendors are leveraging more AI and ML to stop these attacks.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 13, 2022

It seems that no organization is safe from cyberattacks these days – even school districts. In September, two school districts in Los Angeles and Michigan were victimized by ransomware attacks that closed schools for several days.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Building effective cyber security training for executives is no longer just an optionits a business necessity. In todays rapid information sharing world, executive cyber awareness is The post Cyber security training for executives: Why and how to build it appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The post Hurricane scammers: How to stay safe during national emergencies appeared first on Security Boulevard. During national weather emergencies, many turn to online platforms to get the latest news but don’t know about the threat lurking in the weeds: Hurricane scammers.

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