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LW ROUNDTABLE: Wrist slap or cultural shift? SEC fines cyber firms for disclosure violations

The Last Watchdog

Responses edited for clarity and length: Ambuj Kumar , CEO, Simbian Kumar While the SEC has fined the corporations, CISOs are worried that they may be held individually responsible and feel targeted by both attackers and now law enforcement. Some have moved away from the CISO role.

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MY TAKE: RSAC 2025’s big takeaway — GenAI is growing up fast, but still needs human direction

The Last Watchdog

Jay” Abdullah , Mastercards Deputy CSO who gave a keynote address at The CSA Summit from Cloud Security Alliance at RSAC 2025. He told me he takes his responsibility to vet every GenAI output vigorously especially when deploying it to come up with information relayed back to customers with engineering backgrounds. The payoff?

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Strangest social engineering attacks of 2021

CSO Magazine

New research has highlighted the creative and occasionally unusual lengths fraudsters take to carry out social engineering attacks. As organizations continue to struggle to defend information, devices, and systems against socially engineered attacks, experts say the most successful social engineering groups are usually the most imaginative.

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Battling Burnout: A Growing Concern for CISOs and Security Professionals

SecureWorld News

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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Security Recruiter Directory

CSO Magazine

CSO's security recruiter directory is your one-stop shop. Looking for a qualified candidate or new job?

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Fake LinkedIn CISO Profiles Target Top Companies

SecureWorld News

Most recently, one of those new schemes involves fake LinkedIn profiles representing Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) at some of the world's largest corporations. CISO profiles spoofed on LinkedIn. One of the fake profiles that was discovered was for one Victor Sites, claiming to be the CISO at Chevron.

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How to unleash the power of an effective security engineering team

CSO Magazine

Security engineering teams, on the other hand, are builders. Security engineering teams are typically made up of software and infrastructure engineers, architects, and product managers. As security engineering teams continue to grow in prominence, CISOs need to be intentional with their structure and development.