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CSO sentenced to 3 years imprisonment for Uber Data Breach cover up

CyberSecurity Insiders

Joe Sullivan, the former Chief Security Officer (CSO) of Uber, has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and 200 hours of community service for covering up a cyber attack on the company’s servers in 2016, which led to a data breach affecting over 50 million riders and drivers.

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CISOs Getting Back to 'Business as Usual,' Proofpoint Survey Shows

SecureWorld News

Proofpoint today released its annual report titled, "2023 Voice of the CISO: Global insights into CISO challenges, expectations and priorities," in which it surveyed 1,600 CISOs sharing their experiences over the past year and their outlook for what is to come for the cybersecurity industry. That's changing.

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BrandPost: CISOs Are Focused on These 3 Trends, Are You?

CSO Magazine

There’s also the increase in the sheer volume of cyber attacks to contend with; between July 2020 and June 2021, there was a 1,070% increase in ransomware attacks alone. [1] 1] For Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), this has created a variety of new challenges to contend with.

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Black Hat 2021: Better Than Ever (As Always)

Duo's Security Blog

Organizations have invested in security tools such as MFA, EDRs, MDMs, VPNs and more to mitigate these attacks. All in the Family: Other Interesting Talks Make sure to keep a spot in your schedule for these other sessions featuring Cisco speakers: Rock ‘Em, SOC ‘Em: Intel Director vs. CISO Battling for Better Incident Response ?

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BrandPost: Security Leaders Share 5 Steps to Strengthening Cyber Resilience

CSO Magazine

With new threat actors emerging every day and a growing number of cyber attacks making headlines, cybersecurity has become a critical business imperative. Based on the responses we received, we developed five steps organizations can take to improve their cyber resilience in the process.

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Our Top 10 Cybersecurity Podcast Episodes

SecureWorld News

Details: We discuss the "Big Four" nation-state bad actors and the cyber attacks they are capable of. Also, we cover the top 10 cyber attack methods used by Iran and its hacking groups. Featured interview: CISO and cyber attorney Alexander Urbelis who uncovered this cyberattack. and other parts of the world?

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Interview with Dr. Arun Vishwanath on the Latest Cybersecurity Attacks

CyberSecurity Insiders

The worst is yet to come and 2021 might, unfortunately, see even bigger attacks realized. What is the “people problem” of cyber security? . The “people problem” is a phrase I heard in many different occasions when I met with IT managers (CISO, CSO, CIOs), many in leading research labs, national security establishments, and such.