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Episode 179: CISO Eye on the Virus Guy – Assessing COVID’s Cyber Risks

The Security Ledger

In this episode of the podcast (#179), CISO Kayne McGlandry of IEEE joins us to talk about the cyber risks posed by COVID and why COVID-themed phishing emails shouldn’t be your only concern. Also: SMBs Struggle with Identity Spotlight Podcast: How DU Telecom Manages Digital Transformation Risk.

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Top 5 Cyber Predictions for 2024: A CISO Perspective

Security Boulevard

Ransomware gangs also got stealthier in 2023, with ThreatLabz observing an increase in encryption-less extortion attacks. The absence of encryption allows attackers to eliminate development cycles and decryption support and quietly exfiltrate data before making ransom demands.

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7 Things Every CISO Needs to Know About PKI

Security Boulevard

7 Things Every CISO Needs to Know About PKI. A public key infrastructure (PKI) is responsible for supporting public encryption keys while also enabling users and computers to safely exchange data over networks and verify the identity of other parties. Reduce risk and achieve compliance. Ensure clean, low-risk audit results.

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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? Cryptographic inventories need finalizing and quantum safe encryption needs to be adopted for sensitive communications and data. Their guidance: Snehal Antani , CEO, Horizon3.ai

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Cyber Insurance Costs Soaring: Is Your Organization Covered Enough?

SecureWorld News

Expanding coverage : Cyber insurance policies are evolving to cover a wider range of risks, including business interruption, regulatory fines, and crisis management. Data limitations : Accurately assessing cyber risk remains a challenge due to limited data. This broader scope naturally translates to higher premiums.

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Why Data Discovery is the First Step to Effective Data-Centric Security

Security Boulevard

In a world of IT complexity, escalating cyber risk and rigorous compliance requirements, data-centric security is winning favor with a growing number of enterprise CISOs. A data-centric security approach will apply strong encryption or tokenization to that data.

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2023 Cybersecurity Predictions from Marcus Fowler, Darktrace

CyberSecurity Insiders

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. In 2023, we are likely to see an increase in cloud-enabled data exfiltration in ransomware scenarios in lieu of encryption.