The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Post-quantum crypto A high level of Digital Trust, one that leverages crypto agility, is needed for companies to thrive in environment where cyber attacks are becoming more targeted and severe – and with generative AI providing a great boon to the attackers. A we turn the corner into 2024, Digital Trust is in sight.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2024

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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. 1 – Attacker tradecraft centers on identity and MFA. 5 – Recession requires CISOs to get frank with the board about proactive security.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 29, 2024

Simply checking boxes is no longer sufficient to withstand escalating cyber attacks from criminals, nation-states, and insiders," the paper states. Manufacturers must make cyber resilience a fully institutionalized part of their organizational identity." Director, Cyber Security, Acumatica, Inc., trillion annually. "

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 6, 2020

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. That’s the ‘cheat code’ for CISO success. Corporate inertia still looms large.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

This is a well-reasoned treatise collaboratively assembled by board members of the Internet Security Alliance ( ISA.) Part one of the book catalogues how cyber criminals and US adversaries have taken full advantage of systemic flaws in how we’ve come to defend business and government networks.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 3, 2022

Researchers at Singapore-based cybersecurity company Group-IB recently discovered thousands of databases exposed to the internet that could have been exploited when they were left unprotected. Remote work compelled organizations to connect their databases to the internet to allow employees access. Changes were frequently made hastily.

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Jane Frankland

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Cybersecurity can often feel like a game of cat and mouse where cyber attackers and defenders engage in a chase, with one party trying to outsmart the other. Just like in previous years, 2024 is set to test practitioners’ skills as the frequency of cyber threats continues to surge leaving no room for complacency.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 11, 2021

In case you missed them, below is a brief recap of some of the Cisco sessions, including a fight that almost broke out between the Incident Response (IR) team represented by Matt Olney, Talos’ Intel Director, and Wendy Nather, Head of Advisory CISOs. Resilient Incident Response: Responding to Ransomware Attacks. Read on for details….

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The Security Ledger

MAY 15, 2021

Intel 471 CISO Brandon Hoffman joins us to to discuss Darkside, the ransomware group that attacked the Colonial Pipeline, why the crew may have bitten off more than it can chew and what the attack says about the state of America's Critical Infrastructure. Do Cities deserve Federal Disaster Aid after Cyber Attacks?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Also, that threat actors, especially state-sponsored, and criminal enterprises would take advantage of the expanding cyber-attack surface by using their resources to employ more sophisticated means for discovering target vulnerabilities, automating phishing, and finding new deceptive paths for infiltrating malware. STRATEGIC FORCAST.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 5, 2020

Related: The golden age of cyber espionage The United States, at present, operates with a “nebulous” definition of what constitutes a cyber attack that rises to the level of threatening national security, asserts Rogers, who was commander, U.S. It was a wide-ranging, eye-opening discussion. I’ll keep watch.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

tag=Cyber-attacks'>Cyber-attacks</a> The pandemic has impacted so many facets of life over the past 18 months. Bringing automation, Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning, and the Internet of Things (IoT) to the workplace as part of digital transformation has many benefits. <a href='/blog?tag=Cybersecurity'>Cybersecurity</a>

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2022

I had the chance to sit down with their CISO, Dave Stapleton, to learn more about the latest advancements in TPRM security solutions. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW One leading provider is Denver, Colo.-based based CyberGRX.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 10, 2023

I remember when a CISO from a health care client called me to understand whether we were aligned from a moral standpoint, both as individuals, and as companies. As one CISO said to me, installation is just “business as usual” - quick, easy, and painless. Are you ready to protect yourself in a more dangerous cyber landscape?

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 23, 2023

Your passwords are on the internet. Change your passwords and upgrade to stronger authentication methods Passwords have long been the primary method of authentication for online accounts, but as cyber-attacks become more prevalent, it's clear that they alone are not enough to protect against modern threats. They don’t work.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The primary job of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is to exercise continuous diligence in reducing risk, within the risk appetite and risk tolerance of the organization, so that the likelihood of a boom is low, and the corresponding magnitude of harm is limited. Some “Left of Boom” Processes. Frameworks.

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Appknox

JUNE 23, 2022

More threats were detected on iOS than Android devices; 68% of Australian CISOs expect their organization to suffer a material cyber-attack within the next year. Navigating the internet in 2022 is more dangerous than ever for Australian netizens. is responsible for 95.14% of all Android attacks in Australia.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 13, 2022

Step 4: Review all the facts surrounding the ransomware attack to figure out how it started so you can begin to put additional preventive measures in place. Step 5: File a thorough, detailed report about the incident to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). Pre-Crisis Opportunities. Endpoint Protection.

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BH Consulting

MARCH 21, 2024

Its findings included data from Irish businesses, which ranked cyber attacks and data breaches as their top risk they face. MORE Jane Frankland argues that making CISOs into heroes isn’t helpful. MORE The FBI’s internet crime report shows email scams making way for crypto fraud. for $50,000.” MORE Old tech never dies.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 10, 2020

A 2018 Cisco Cybersecurity Special Report found that 54 % of all cyber attacks cost the target company more than $0.5 However, smaller companies rarely have the IT talent, tools, or budget to prevent such attacks. million — damages that would crush most SMBs. Last Watchdog’s Melanie Grano contributing.

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Duo's Security Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The 2021 Executive Order from the White House in conjunction with the Federal Trade Commission outlined MFA as a security requirement for all federal contracts to apply to manufacturers of retail Internet of Things (IoT) devices and software. It is also the control that every employee, contractor and partner sees. economy; it added $3.9

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 3, 2023

How to prepare: CISOs must be more vigilant than ever before, and make sure their organizations can track, monitor, and remediate threats from multiple points, around the clock. We call these threat actors “ Quasi-APTs.”. But cybercriminals pay attention to technological trends perhaps even more closely than most.

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The Security Ledger

MAY 16, 2024

Chris and I talk about how organizations that manage OT – including critical infrastructure owners – are being targeted by sophisticated cyber actors and the strategies best suited to manage increased cyber risks to OT environments.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 25, 2021

This is especially true as these systems become increasingly modern and built of connected devices that are part of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). During a SecureWorld Remote Session , our team had a fireside chat with Phil Quade, CISO at Fortinet and former NSA official.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 3, 2021

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.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

MARCH 23, 2018

23% of respondents say they do not currently have a CISO or security leader. Cyber resiliency and preparedness remain a challenge for businesses worldwide. Despite these results, 72% of respondents report feeling more cyber resilient than they were last year.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

a researcher, a professional penetration tester, a reverse engineer, a CISO, etc.) Alice knows exactly what cybersecurity defence systems has implemented and she knows eventually her network will be hit by the next cybersecurity attack. Again she has no idea if her shields would resist against the attack is going to happen.

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Cisco Security

JULY 14, 2021

The pandemic has further increased opportunities for cyber attackers as employees access company resources from myriad devices/networks not managed by the corporate IT team. However, according to Cisco’s Head of Advisory CISOs, Wendy Nather , there’s a right way and a wrong way to do this.

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DoublePulsar

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Earlier in the week, the BBC reported that a ‘cyber incident’ (ransomware) at CTS, a legal tech firm (cloud MSP) in the UK, is leaving UK home sales in limbo: Cyber-attack leaves home sales in limbo CTS own Sprout IT as a core brand: Sprout IT ran Netscaler and hadn’t patched it until late.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 6, 2021

With more employees working remotely than ever before due to COVID-19, businesses are at greater risk from a cyber-attack with workers accessing systems outside of the usual company network. As World Password Day comes around again this May 6 th , how much has changed in the year since we last marked the occasion?

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2021

As attack methodologies evolve due to AI, machine learning and nation-state hackers , security startups are receiving a lot of funding to develop products that can secure application access for remote workers , provide real-time visibility into cyber attacks and protect data as it travels from the cloud to IoT devices.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 4, 2019

Such bona fides led to the inaugural private “by invitation” Global Cyber Innovation Summit (GCIS) in Baltimore in May 2019. BlueRidge AI integrates the Internet of Things, machine learning and predictive analytics to enable manufacturers to transform their operations into globally competitive operations.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

To protect personal information and feel safe while surfing the internet; 2. 3 Basic Cyber Security Training Courses For Everybody The best cyber security courses online listed below contain the information everybody must know to keep their data safe in the high-risk online environment. All presented with real examples.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

VoIP phishing and impersonation also victimized millions of corporate employees across the world , contributing to an even greater cyber threat. The contemporary world has witnessed the rise of the Internet and global communication, and collaboration technologies, including mobile data use and the culture of bring your own device [BYOD].

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Abnormal Security Cloud email security 2019 Private Sqreen Application security 2019 Acquired: Datadog Demisto SOAR 2018 Acquired by PAN Skyhigh Cloud security 2012 Acquired: McAfee OpenDNS Internet security 2009 Acquired: Cisco Palo Alto Networks Cloud and network security 2006 NYSE: PANW. Insight Partners.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Colonial shut down its pipeline, the largest of its kind in the US, after the company learned it was the victim of this cyber extortion attempt. And when you think of an API at attack, where that data is just exfiltrated. He was the first CISO for a US presidential campaign, working for Pete Buttigieg.

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