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Operationalizing a “think like the enemy” strategy

CSO Magazine

CISOs, recognizing the value of thinking like the enemy, have overcome this deficit by conducting penetration testing or red teaming exercises, attacking themselves to test their defenses. To read this article in full, please click here

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A CISO's Guide to a Good Night's Sleep

SecureWorld News

It is a common feeling in the cybersecurity community that CISOs do not sleep well at night. CISOs worry about the latest incident, end of life technology in their environment, breaches in the news, insecure users and vendors, penetration testing results, budget and resources, and the latest vulnerability report (to name a few).

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Are You Prepared for Cybersecurity in the Boardroom?

McAfee

It is not only the CISO, CSO or CIO’s responsibility to care and do the right thing. There are third party companies who will perform penetration testing to determine how easy a “hacker” can get into your company. Everyone is responsible and accountable.

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Cyber Security Awareness and Risk Management

Spinone

The Global State of Information Security Survey 2017 suggests that companies should look into deploying threat detection tools and processes (including monitoring and analyzing security intelligence information), conducting vulnerability and threat assessments, penetration tests and security information, and event management (SIEM) tools.

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Camera tricks: Privacy concerns raised after massive surveillance cam breach

SC Magazine

“When an attacker gains access to surveillance cameras, the amount of knowledge which stands to be gained could be vast and poses a very real physical security threat,” said James Smith, principal security consultant and head of penetration testing at Bridewell Consulting. Look at the Mac operating system.