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GUEST ESSAY: Essential cyber hygiene practices all charities must embrace to protect their donors

The Last Watchdog

Assess risks. Creating a solid cybersecurity foundation begins with understanding the organization’s risks. A recent study found only 27% of charities undertook risk assessments in 2023 and only 11% said they reviewed risks posed by suppliers. Keep software updated. Cybersecurity is a must for charities.

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Spotlight Podcast: CSO Chris Walcutt on Managing 3rd Party OT Risk

The Security Ledger

In this Spotlight Podcast, host Paul Roberts talks with Chris Walcutt, the CSO of DirectDefense about the rising cyber threats facing operational technology (OT) and how organizations that manage OT - including critical infrastructure owners can best manage increased cyber risks to OT environments. Read the whole entry. »

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Three Risk Mitigation Strategies to Address the Latest Data Security Threats

CyberSecurity Insiders

By Dannie Combs , Senior Vice President and CISO, Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) As security threats to data continue to ebb and flow (mostly flow!), Here are three risk mitigation imperatives that can help organizations get a better handle on these latest risks and threats.

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LW ROUNDTABLE: Cybersecurity takeaways of 2023 — and what’s ahead in 2024 ( part 3)

The Last Watchdog

Last Watchdog posed two questions: •What should be my biggest takeaway from 2023, with respect to mitigating cyber risks at my organization? ai Antani Many speculated that the ransomware attack on a Toyota supply chain player in Kojima, Japan was in retaliation for Japan’s aid to Ukraine.

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Australia Recorded the Highest Rate of iOS & Android App Threats

Appknox

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. The Australian population is at most risk if you consider the statistics on a per-device basis. RiskTool programs committed 48.75% of the mobile attacks.

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‘The people’ of cybersecurity are its greatest strength and weakness

SC Magazine

Senior security and IT leaders point to employees and their companies’ own supply chains as the source of constant risk of malicious and unintentional vulnerabilities, exacerbated by remote work and cloud-based environments. . Respondents said blurring the boundaries between work and personal computing exacerbates the problems.

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Red Team vs Blue Team vs Purple Team: Differences Explained

eSecurity Planet

Blue team members might be led by a chief information security officer (CISO) or director of security operations, making this team the largest among the three. Blue teams tend to be larger because they must prevent all attacks, while red teams may simply select a few specific attacks to pursue.